# 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.

— Acts 2:25, 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

- Psalms 16:8-11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/16/8
- Isaiah 41:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/41/13
- Psalms 62:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/62/6
- Psalms 109:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/109/31
- Isaiah 50:7-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/50/7
- Psalms 62:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/62/2
- Psalms 110:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/110/5
- Psalms 30:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/30/6

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/25
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