# Acts 1:6

> So when they came together, they asked Him, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

— Acts 1:6, 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

- Luke 19:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/19/11
- Daniel 7:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/7/27
- Luke 17:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/17/20
- Matthew 24:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/24/3
- Ezekiel 37:24-27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/37/24
- Isaiah 9:6-7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/9/6
- Jeremiah 23:5-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/23/5
- Jeremiah 33:15-17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/33/15

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1/6
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).