# Acts 1:11

> “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”

— Acts 1:11, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Galilee 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/galilee-1

## When

- c. AD 30 (counted from the text)
- Date source: The Ascension and Pentecost fall in the year of the crucifixion. Paul's chronology, anchored in Gallio's term (AD 51-52 by the Delphi inscription), puts the crucifixion in AD 30 or 33.

## 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

- Revelation 1:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/1/7
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-thessalonians/4/16
- Mark 13:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/13/26
- John 14:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/14/3
- Matthew 24:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/24/30
- Daniel 7:13-14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/7/13
- Matthew 16:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/16/27
- Matthew 25:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/25/31

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1/11
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).