Luke 3:1
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
3 He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
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- BSB
- In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
- KJV
- Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
- WEB
- Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
- ASV
- Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
- DARBY
- Now in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituraea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
- BLB
- And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip being tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene,
- ÅB
- I det femtende år av keiser Tiberius' regjering, mens Pontius Pilatus var landshøvding i Judea, og Herodes fjerdingsfyrste i Galilea, og hans bror Filip fjerdingsfyrste i det itureiske og trakonittiske land, og Lysanias fjerdingsfyrste i Abilene,
- OTB
- I det femtende året av keiser Tiberius' regjering, da Pontius Pilatus var landshøvding i Judea, Herodes var landsfyrste i Galilea, hans bror Filip var landsfyrste i området Iturea og Trakonitis, og Lysanias var landsfyrste i Abilene,
- B1930
- I det femtende år av keiser Tiberius' regjering, mens Pontius Pilatus var landshøvding i Judea, og Herodes fjerdingsfyrste i Galilea, og hans bror Filip fjerdingsfyrste i det itureiske og trakonittiske land, og Lysanias fjerdingsfyrste i Abilene,
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Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 23:6–11
When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
Read in contextGenesis 49:10
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
Read in contextLuke 23:24
So Pilate sentenced that their demand be met.
Read in contextActs 4:27
In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
Read in contextMatthew 27:2
They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.
Read in contextMark 6:17
For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
Read in contextLuke 2:1
Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.
Read in contextLuke 9:7
When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,
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