SCRIPTORIA BIBLE

Acts 1:23

So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.

Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain

WHEN
c. AD 30
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WHEN

c. AD 30

counted from the text

Pentecost is fifty days after Passover. It is the only liturgical date the text itself gives.

WHO RULED

  • Tiberius emperor of Rome AD 14-37
  • Pontius Pilate prefect of Judea AD 26-36
  • Herod Antipas tetrarch of Galilee 4 BC – AD 39
  • Philip tetrarch of Ituraea 4 BC – AD 34
  • Caiaphas high priest AD 18-36
SOURCES
  • date — 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.
  • Tiberius — Tacitus, Annals I-VI; Suetonius, Tiberius
  • Pontius Pilate — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.3-4; Tacitus, Annals XV.44; the Caesarea inscription, which carries his name and office in stone
  • Herod Antipas — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
  • Philip — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4
  • Caiaphas — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.2.2 and XVIII.4.3; the ossuary of "Joseph, son of Caiaphas," found in Jerusalem in 1990

SEE ALSO

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