# Luke 24:5

> As the women bowed their faces to the ground in terror, the two men asked them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?

— Luke 24:5, 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

- Mark 16:5-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/16/5
- Revelation 1:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/1/18
- Matthew 28:3-5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/28/3
- Luke 1:12-13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/1/12
- Revelation 2:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/2/8
- Daniel 10:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/10/16
- Daniel 10:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/10/19
- Daniel 8:17-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/8/17

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/24/5
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/24
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).