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In The Fifteenth Year of Tiberius, John Is Sent Out By God

Now in the fifteenth[a] year of the government of Tiberius[b] Caesar— Pontius Pilate[c] being-governor of Judea, and Herod[d] being-tetrarch[e] of Galilee, and Philip[f] his brother being tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene, in-the-time-of the high priest Annas and Caiaphas— the word of God came to[g] John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.

John Proclaims a Baptism of Repentance, In Fulfillment of Isaiah

And he went into all the surrounding-region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:1 This points to a year between a.d. 26 and 29.
  2. Luke 3:1 He was the Roman emperor from a.d. 14 to 37.
  3. Luke 3:1 He was the fifth Roman prefect (a military officer put in charge of a district to maintain order) of Judea, serving from a.d. 26 to 36.
  4. Luke 3:1 That is, Herod Antipas. See Mt 14:1.
  5. Luke 3:1 That is, being-governor, appointed by Rome.
  6. Luke 3:1 This Philip II was a half-brother of Herod Antipas. His capital was Philip’s Caesarea (seen in Mt 16:13). He reigned from 4 b.c. to a.d. 34.
  7. Luke 3:2 Or, upon.

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