# Acts 9:8

> Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.

— Acts 9:8, 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 22:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/22/11
- Acts 9:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/18
- 2 Kings 6:17-20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/6/17
- Acts 13:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/13/11

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/8
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).