Group

Name

Period of Office

Scriptural References

The Herods

Herod the Great

37–4 BC

Matt 2:1–22; Luke 1:5

Archelaus

4 BC–AD 6

Matt 2:22

Antipas

4 BC–AD 39

Matt 14:1–11; Mark 6:14–28; 8:15; Luke 3:1, 19–20; 8:3; 9:7–9; 13:31–33; 23:5–16; Acts 4:27; 13:1

Philip

4 BC–AD 33/4

Matt 14:3; Mark 6:17–18; Luke 3:1

Agrippa I

AD 37–44

Acts 12:1–23

Agrippa II

AD 53–93

Acts 25:13–26:32

High Priests

Annas

AD 6–15

Luke 3:2; John 18:13, 24; Acts 4:6

Caiaphas

AD 18–36

Matt 26:3, 57; Luke 3:2; John 11:49; 18:13, 14, 24, 28; Acts 4:6

Ananias

AD 47–58

Acts 23:2; 24:1

Kings of the Nabateans

Aretas IV

9 BC–AD 40

2 Cor 11:32

Roman Emperors

Augustus

27 BC–AD 14

Luke 2:1

Tiberius

AD 14–37

Luke 3:1

Claudius

AD 41–54

Acts 11:28; 18:2

Nero

AD 54–68

Acts 25:10; 28:19 (called “Caesar”)

Roman Proconsuls of Achaia

Gallio

AD 51–52

Acts 18:12–17

Roman Procurators of the Province of Judaea

Pontius Pilate

AD 26–36

Matt 27:11–31; Luke 3:1; 23:1; Mark 15:1–5; John 18:28–19:16

M. Antonius Felix

AD 52–60

Acts 23:24–26; 24:1–27

Porcius Festus

AD 60–62

Acts 24:27