# Acts 8:12

> But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

— Acts 8:12, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Samaria** (Samaria · today Sebastia) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/samaria

## 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

- Acts 2:38 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/38
- Acts 1:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1/3
- Matthew 28:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/28/19
- Acts 2:41 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/41
- 1 Peter 3:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-peter/3/21
- Acts 5:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5/14
- Acts 28:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28/31
- Romans 10:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/10/10

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8/12
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).