# Acts 8:30

> So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

— Acts 8:30, Berean Standard Bible

## 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

- Luke 24:44-45 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/24/44
- John 5:39 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/5/39
- Ephesians 5:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ephesians/5/17
- Matthew 13:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/13/23
- Matthew 15:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/15/10
- Matthew 13:51 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/13/51
- Matthew 24:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/24/15

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8/30
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).