# Acts 2:3

> They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.

— Acts 2:3, 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

## What happened

- **Pentecost** (AD 30)
  The Spirit comes down on the disciples, and each listener hears them in his own language. The church begins multilingual, which is the opposite of Babel.

## See also

- Matthew 3:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/3/11
- John 1:32-33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/1/32
- Jeremiah 23:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/23/29
- Acts 2:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/4
- Isaiah 11:2-3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/11/2
- Luke 24:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/24/32

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/3
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).