# Acts 8:20

> But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

— Acts 8:20, 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

- Daniel 5:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/5/17
- Matthew 10:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/10/8
- Acts 2:38 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/38
- Revelation 18:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/18/15
- 1 Timothy 6:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-timothy/6/9
- James 5:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/5/3
- 2 Peter 2:14-17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-peter/2/14
- 2 Kings 5:15-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/5/15

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8/20
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).