Acts 9:15
“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
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
- Galatians 1:15-16 But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by His grace, was pleased …
- Ephesians 3:7-8 I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power. …
- Romans 11:13 I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
- 2 Timothy 4:16-17 At my first defense, no one stood with me, but everyone deserted me. May it not be charged against them. …
- Acts 26:17-20 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them …
- Acts 22:21 Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
- Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
- Romans 1:5 Through Him and on behalf of His name, we received grace and apostleship to call all those among the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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