# Acts 9:17

> So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

— Acts 9:17, 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

- Acts 8:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8/17
- Acts 2:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/4
- Acts 6:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/6/6
- Acts 22:12-14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/22/12
- Acts 13:52 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/13/52
- 1 Timothy 5:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-timothy/5/22
- 1 Peter 1:22-23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-peter/1/22

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

## Questions linked to this verse

- Who placed his hands on Saul so that he would see again? — https://scriptoria.digital/en/questions/01a151d8-1aad-7fe7-85d9-e2992789a552

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/17
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).