# Acts 2:45

> Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.

— Acts 2:45, 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

- 1 John 3:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-john/3/17
- 1 Timothy 6:18-19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-timothy/6/18
- Acts 4:34–5:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/4/34
- James 2:14-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/2/14
- Proverbs 19:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/19/17
- Luke 18:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/18/22
- Proverbs 11:24-25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/11/24
- Isaiah 58:7-12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/58/7

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2/45
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/2
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