# Acts 2:38

> Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

— Acts 2:38, 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

- Acts 22:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/22/16
- Mark 16:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/16/16
- Acts 8:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/8/12
- Luke 24:47 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/24/47
- Acts 10:48 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/48
- Acts 3:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/3/19
- 1 Peter 3:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-peter/3/21
- Acts 10:44-45 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/44

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/38
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).