# Acts 8:14

> When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

— Acts 8:14, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

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

## 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

- 1 Thessalonians 2:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-thessalonians/2/13
- 1 Thessalonians 3:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-thessalonians/3/2
- Acts 8:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8/1
- Galatians 2:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/2/9

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8/14
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).