# Acts 1:9

> After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.

— Acts 1:9, 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

- Daniel 7:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/7/13
- Luke 24:50-51 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/24/50
- Mark 16:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/16/19
- Exodus 19:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/19/9
- John 6:62 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/6/62
- Acts 1:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1/2
- Ephesians 4:8-12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ephesians/4/8
- Luke 21:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/21/27

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1/9
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).