# Acts 9:31

> Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.

— Acts 9:31, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Galilee 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/galilee-1
- **Samaria 2** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/samaria-2
- **Judea 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/judea-1

## 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

- Psalms 111:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/111/10
- John 14:16-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/14/16
- Isaiah 33:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/33/6
- Proverbs 14:26-27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/14/26
- Proverbs 23:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/23/17
- Nehemiah 5:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/5/9
- Psalms 86:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/86/11
- Proverbs 1:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/1/7

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/31
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).