# Acts 8:39

> When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.

— Acts 8:39, 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

- 1 Kings 18:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/18/12
- 2 Kings 2:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/2/16
- Ezekiel 8:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/8/3
- Ezekiel 43:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/43/5
- Ezekiel 11:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/11/1
- Ezekiel 3:12-14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/3/12
- Ezekiel 11:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/11/24
- 2 Corinthians 12:2-4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-corinthians/12/2

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8/39
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8
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