# Mark 14:12

> On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

— Mark 14:12, 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

- Exodus 12:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/12/6
- Exodus 12:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/12/8
- Exodus 12:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/12/18
- Leviticus 23:5-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/23/5
- Numbers 28:16-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/numbers/28/16
- Matthew 26:17-19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/26/17
- 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/5/7

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/14/12
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