# Acts 1:8

> But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

— Acts 1:8, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Samaria 2** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/samaria-2
- **Judea 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/judea-1

## 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 28:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/28/19
- Mark 16:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/16/15
- Romans 15:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/15/19
- Acts 4:33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/4/33
- Acts 5:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/5/32
- Acts 6:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/6/8
- Luke 24:46-49 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/24/46
- Acts 2:1-4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/1

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1/8
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).