# Mark 15:38

> And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

— Mark 15:38, 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

- Hebrews 10:19-23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/10/19
- Luke 23:45 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/23/45
- Matthew 27:51-53 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/27/51
- Hebrews 9:3-12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/9/3
- Leviticus 16:2-19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/16/2
- Exodus 26:31-34 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/26/31
- Hebrews 4:14-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/4/14
- Hebrews 6:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/6/19

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/15/38
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