Luke 3:1

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Trachonitis,

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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 Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,

In Context

2and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being high priests, the word of God came unto John the Son of Zacharias in the wilderness:

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Cross References

Matthew 14:3for Herod had apprehended John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife;

Mark 6:17For Herod had sent and seized John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he had married her:

Luke 3:19But Herod the tetrarch being reproved by him on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all the wicked things which Herod did,

Luke 23:1Then they all rose up and led Him to Pilate.

Luke 23:24So Pilate gave sentence that what they demanded should be done.

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 →

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