# Mark 16:18

> they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”

— Mark 16:18, 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

- Luke 10:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/10/19
- James 5:14-15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/james/5/14
- Acts 19:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/19/12
- Acts 28:3-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28/3
- Acts 4:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/4/30
- Acts 28:8-9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/28/8
- Mark 5:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/5/23
- Acts 3:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/3/16

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/16/18
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/16
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).