# Acts 9:40

> Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.

— Acts 9:40, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Joppa** (Judea · today Jaffa) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/joppa

## 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

- Matthew 9:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/9/25
- Mark 5:40-42 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/5/40
- Luke 8:54 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/8/54
- 2 Kings 4:32-36 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/4/32
- Acts 7:60 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/7/60
- 1 Kings 17:19-23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/17/19
- Mark 9:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/9/25
- John 11:43-44 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/11/43

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/40
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).