# Acts 1:18

> (Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out.

— Acts 1:18, Berean Standard Bible

## 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

- Matthew 27:3-10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/27/3
- Psalms 55:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/55/23
- Psalms 55:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/55/15
- Matthew 26:14-15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/26/14
- Numbers 22:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/numbers/22/7
- Joshua 7:21-26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joshua/7/21
- 2 Kings 5:20-27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/5/20
- Job 20:12-15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/job/20/12

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1/18
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