Luke 22:44

And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain

WHEN

AD 30-33?

counted from the text

WHO RULED

MEANWHILE

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

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