# 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.

— Acts 8:1, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Samaria 2** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/samaria-2
- **Judea 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/judea-1

## When

- c. AD 34-36 (counted from the text)
- Date source: Counted back from Galatians 1:18 and 2:1, which give three years and then fourteen between the conversion and the Council of Jerusalem.

## Who ruled

- **Tiberius**, emperor of Rome, AD 14-37 · Source: Tacitus, Annals I-VI; Suetonius, Tiberius
- **Pontius Pilate**, prefect of Judea, AD 26-36 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.3-4; Tacitus, Annals XV.44; the Caesarea inscription, which carries his name and office in stone
- **Herod Antipas**, tetrarch of Galilee, 4 BC – AD 39 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- **Philip**, tetrarch of Ituraea, 4 BC – AD 34 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4
- **Caiaphas**, high priest, AD 18-36 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.2.2 and XVIII.4.3; the ossuary of "Joseph, son of Caiaphas," found in Jerusalem in 1990

## See also

- Daniel 3:16-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/3/16
- Acts 22:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/22/20
- Acts 5:40 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5/40
- Luke 11:49-50 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/11/49
- Acts 1:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1/8
- Acts 5:33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5/33
- Acts 7:58 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/7/58
- Exodus 10:28-29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/10/28

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8/1
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).