Acts 9:1
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Damascus
- WHEN
- c. AD 34-36
ON THE MAP
WHEN
c. AD 34-36
counted from the text
The conversion of Saul, dated by the count he himself gives in a letter.
WHO RULED
- Tiberius emperor of Rome AD 14-37
- Pontius Pilate prefect of Judea AD 26-36
- Herod Antipas tetrarch of Galilee 4 BC – AD 39
- Philip tetrarch of Ituraea 4 BC – AD 34
- Caiaphas high priest AD 18-36
SOURCES
- date — Counted back from Galatians 1:18 and 2:1, which give three years and then fourteen between the conversion and the Council of Jerusalem.
- Tiberius — Tacitus, Annals I-VI; Suetonius, Tiberius
- Pontius Pilate — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.3-4; Tacitus, Annals XV.44; the Caesarea inscription, which carries his name and office in stone
- Herod Antipas — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- Philip — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4
- Caiaphas — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.2.2 and XVIII.4.3; the ossuary of "Joseph, son of Caiaphas," found in Jerusalem in 1990
WHAT HAPPENED
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The conversion of Saul AD 34 (approximate date)
The persecutor goes blind on the road and spends three days without sight. The man who baptizes him is one of those he was coming to arrest.
SEE ALSO
- Acts 8:3 But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
- 1 Timothy 1:13 I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy.
- Acts 9:11-21 “Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying. …
- Galatians 1:13 For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
- 1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
- Acts 7:58 They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
- Acts 22:3-5 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for…
- Acts 26:9-11 So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. …
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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