# Acts 1:12

> Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is near the city, a Sabbath day’s journey away.

— Acts 1:12, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Mount of Olives** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/mount-of-olives

## 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

- Luke 24:52 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/24/52
- Matthew 21:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/21/1
- Luke 24:50 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/24/50
- Zechariah 14:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/14/4
- Matthew 24:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/24/3
- Matthew 26:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/26/30
- Luke 21:37 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/21/37

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1/12
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).