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John the Baptist’s message

In the fifteenth year of the rule of the emperor Tiberius—when Pontius Pilate was governor over Judea and Herod was ruler[a] over Galilee, his brother Philip was ruler[b] over Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was ruler[c] over Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas—God’s word came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:1 Or tetrarch
  2. Luke 3:1 Or tetrarch
  3. Luke 3:1 Or tetrarch

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