# Acts 1:5

> For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

— Acts 1:5, 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

- Matthew 3:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/3/11
- Acts 11:15-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/15
- Luke 3:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/3/16
- 1 Corinthians 12:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/12/13
- Titus 3:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/titus/3/5
- Mark 1:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/1/8
- Acts 2:1-4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/1
- Acts 10:45 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/45

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1/5
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).