# Mark 14:37

> Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?

— Mark 14:37, 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

- Matthew 26:40 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/26/40
- 2 Samuel 16:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-samuel/16/17
- Matthew 25:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/25/5
- Mark 14:29-31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/14/29
- Mark 14:40-41 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/14/40
- Luke 9:31-32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/9/31
- Luke 22:45-46 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/22/45
- Hebrews 12:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/12/3

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

## This document

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