# Acts 1:2

> until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.

— Acts 1:2, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

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

## 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

- Acts 1:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1/9
- Isaiah 59:20-21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/59/20
- John 20:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/20/21
- Acts 10:38 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/38
- Hebrews 9:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/9/24
- John 13:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/13/18
- Isaiah 48:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/48/16
- Matthew 28:19-20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/28/19

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1/2
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).