# Acts 8:24

> Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

— Acts 8:24, 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

- Exodus 8:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/8/8
- Numbers 21:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/numbers/21/7
- Job 42:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/42/8
- Genesis 20:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/20/7
- Exodus 10:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/10/17
- Exodus 12:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/12/32
- 1 Kings 13:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/13/6
- James 5:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/5/16

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8/24
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).