# Acts 8:22

> Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.

— Acts 8:22, 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

- 2 Timothy 2:25-26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-timothy/2/25
- Daniel 4:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/4/27
- Hebrews 4:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/4/12
- Matthew 7:7-8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/7/7
- Luke 11:9-13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/11/9
- Acts 9:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/11
- Acts 17:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/17/30
- Romans 2:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/2/4

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8/22
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).