# Acts 2:17

> ‘In the last days, God says,
I will pour out My Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.

— Acts 2:17, Berean Standard Bible

## 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

- Joel 2:28-32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/joel/2/28
- Isaiah 44:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/44/3
- Titus 3:4-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/titus/3/4
- Acts 10:45 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/45
- John 7:39 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/7/39
- Zechariah 12:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/12/10
- Ezekiel 11:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/11/19
- Hebrews 1:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/1/2

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/17
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