Acts 8:1

And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain

WHERE: Jerusalem, Samaria 2, Judea 1
WHEN: c. AD 34-36

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WHEN

c. AD 34-36

counted from the text

The conversion of Saul, dated by the count he himself gives in a letter.

WHO RULED

Tiberius emperor of Rome AD 14-37
Pontius Pilate prefect of Judea AD 26-36
Herod Antipas tetrarch of Galilee 4 BC – AD 39
Philip tetrarch of Ituraea 4 BC – AD 34
Caiaphas high priest AD 18-36

SOURCES

date — Counted back from Galatians 1:18 and 2:1, which give three years and then fourteen between the conversion and the Council of Jerusalem.
Tiberius — Tacitus, Annals I-VI; Suetonius, Tiberius
Pontius Pilate — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.3-4; Tacitus, Annals XV.44; the Caesarea inscription, which carries his name and office in stone
Herod Antipas — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
Philip — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4
Caiaphas — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.2.2 and XVIII.4.3; the ossuary of "Joseph, son of Caiaphas," found in Jerusalem in 1990

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