John 19:39
Nicodemus, who had previously come to Jesus at night, also brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- AD 30-33?
WHEN
AD 30-33?
counted from the text
WHO RULED
- Tiberius emperor of Rome AD 14-37
- Pontius Pilate prefect of Judea AD 26-36
- Herod Antipas tetrarch of Galilee 4 BC – AD 39
- Philip tetrarch of Ituraea 4 BC – AD 34
- Caiaphas high priest AD 18-36
MEANWHILE
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AD 33 Italy
Credit crisis in Rome
Tiberius injects a hundred million sesterces to stop the banks from collapsing.
SOURCES
- date — The same reconstruction of the Passion: AD 30 or 33, within Pilate's prefecture.
- Tiberius — Tacitus, Annals I-VI; Suetonius, Tiberius
- Pontius Pilate — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.3-4; Tacitus, Annals XV.44; the Caesarea inscription, which carries his name and office in stone
- Herod Antipas — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- Philip — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4
- Caiaphas — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.2.2 and XVIII.4.3; the ossuary of "Joseph, son of Caiaphas," found in Jerusalem in 1990
- Credit crisis in Rome — Tacitus, Annals VI.16-17
SEE ALSO
- John 7:50-52 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked, …
- Song of Songs 4:14 with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.
- John 3:1-21 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. …
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