Acts 9:7
The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.
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
- Acts 22:9 My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
- Daniel 10:7 Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.
- Acts 26:13-14 About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions. …
- John 12:29 The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.
- Matthew 24:40-41 Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. …
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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