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Luke 3:1
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Luke 3:1
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
In The Fifteenth Year of Tiberius, John Is Sent Out By God
3 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,
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- Luke 3:1 This points to a year between a.d. 26 and 29.
- Luke 3:1 He was the Roman emperor from a.d. 14 to 37.
- 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.
- Luke 3:1 That is, Herod Antipas. See Mt 14:1.
- Luke 3:1 That is, being-governor, appointed by Rome.
- 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.
Luke 3:1
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Luke 3:1
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John the Baptist Prepares the Way(A)(B)
3 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate(C) was governor of Judea, Herod(D) tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene—
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