# Acts 2:37

> When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

— Acts 2:37, 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

- Luke 3:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/3/10
- Acts 16:29-31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/16/29
- Acts 22:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/22/10
- Hebrews 4:12-13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/4/12
- Luke 3:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/3/12
- Luke 3:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/3/14
- John 8:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/8/9

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/37
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).