Luke 3:1
And in the fifteenth year in the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituria and the Trachonitis country, and Lusanius tetrarch of Abilene, during the high-priesthood of Annas
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
2and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
Cross References
Matthew 14:3For Herod having arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison, on account of Herodias the wife of his brother Philip.
Mark 6:17For Herod himself having sent, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip: because he married her.
Luke 3:19And Herod the tetrarch, being convicted by him concerning Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, and concerning the wickedness which Herod did,
Luke 23:1And all the multitude of them rising up, lead Him to Pilate.
Luke 23:24And Pilate decided that their request should be granted.
Matthew Henry on Luke 3:1
Nothing is related concerning our Lord Jesus from his twelfth year to his entrance on his thirtieth year. We often think it would have been a pleasure and advantage to us if we had journals, or at least annuls, of occurrences concerning him; but we have as much as Infinite Wisdom thought fit to communicate to us, and, if we improve not that, neither should we have improved more if we had had it. The great intention of the evangelists was to give us an account of the gospel of Christ, which we are to believe, and… Read the whole commentary →