# Luke 23:4

> Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”

— Luke 23:4, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- AD 30-33? (counted from the text)
- Date source: The same reconstruction of the Passion: AD 30 or 33, within Pilate's prefecture.

## 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

- John 18:38 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/18/38
- Mark 15:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/15/14
- Luke 23:14-15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/23/14
- Luke 23:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/23/22
- Hebrews 7:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/7/26
- 1 Peter 1:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-peter/1/19
- 1 Peter 2:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-peter/2/22

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/23/4
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/23
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).