# Acts 8:31

> “How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

— Acts 8:31, 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

- Romans 10:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/10/14
- Psalms 73:16-17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/73/16
- Isaiah 29:18-19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/29/18
- Psalms 25:8-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/25/8
- Proverbs 30:2-3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/30/2
- Matthew 18:3-4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/18/3
- 1 Corinthians 8:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/8/2
- 2 Kings 5:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/5/26

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8/31
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8
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