John 19:42
And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
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 19:14 It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
- John 19:31 It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the…
- Isaiah 53:9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
- John 19:41 Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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