# 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.

— Acts 9:15, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Damascus** (Syria · today Damascus) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/damascus

## 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

## What happened

- **The conversion of Saul** (AD 34)
  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 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/1/15
- Ephesians 3:7-8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ephesians/3/7
- Romans 11:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/11/13
- 2 Timothy 4:16-17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-timothy/4/16
- Acts 26:17-20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/26/17
- Acts 22:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/22/21
- Jeremiah 1:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/1/5
- Romans 1:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/1/5

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/15
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).