Luke 3:1

Expanded Bible

The Preaching of John^(A)

3 It was the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar [^Cthe Roman emperor, ad 14–37]. ·These men were under Caesar: Pontius Pilate, [^L…when Pontius Pilate was] the ·ruler [or governor; ^Chis official title was “prefect”; Pilate governed from ad 26–36] of Judea; Herod [^CHerod Antipas, son of Herod the Great], the ·ruler [^Ltetrarch; ^Cthe title meant “ruler of a fourth,” but came to be used of any minor ruler] of Galilee; Philip [^Canother son of Herod the Great], the ·ruler [^Ltetrarch] of Iturea and Traconitis; and Lysanias, the ·ruler [^Ltetrarch] of Abilene.