# Acts 8:26

> Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

— Acts 8:26, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Gaza** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/gaza

## 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 Kings 1:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/1/3
- Acts 5:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5/19
- Hebrews 1:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/1/14
- Acts 27:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/27/23
- Acts 10:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/22
- Acts 12:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12/23
- Acts 10:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/7
- Acts 12:8-11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/12/8

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8/26
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).