# Acts 8:17

> Then Peter and John laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

— Acts 8:17, 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 19:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/19/6
- Acts 6:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/6/6
- 2 Timothy 1:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-timothy/1/6
- Acts 8:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8/18
- Acts 2:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/4
- Numbers 8:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/numbers/8/10
- Numbers 27:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/numbers/27/18
- Acts 9:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/17

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8/17
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).