Acts 2:25
David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- c. AD 30
WHEN
c. AD 30
counted from the text
Pentecost is fifty days after Passover. It is the only liturgical date the text itself gives.
WHO RULED
- Tiberius emperor of Rome AD 14-37
- Pontius Pilate prefect of Judea AD 26-36
- Herod Antipas tetrarch of Galilee 4 BC – AD 39
- Philip tetrarch of Ituraea 4 BC – AD 34
- Caiaphas high priest AD 18-36
SOURCES
- date — 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.
- Tiberius — Tacitus, Annals I-VI; Suetonius, Tiberius
- Pontius Pilate — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.3-4; Tacitus, Annals XV.44; the Caesarea inscription, which carries his name and office in stone
- Herod Antipas — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- Philip — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4
- Caiaphas — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.2.2 and XVIII.4.3; the ossuary of "Joseph, son of Caiaphas," found in Jerusalem in 1990
SEE ALSO
- Psalms 16:8-11 I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. …
- Isaiah 41:13 For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
- Psalms 62:6 He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
- Psalms 109:31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
- Isaiah 50:7-9 Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame. …
- Psalms 62:2 He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
- Psalms 110:5 The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
- Psalms 30:6 In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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