John the Baptist Prepares the Way
1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of [ch. 2:1] Tiberius Caesar, See Matt. 27:2Pontius Pilate ch. 2:2being governor of Judea, and ver. 3:19;ch. 8:3;9:7,9;13:31;23:7;Matt. 14:1;Acts 4:27;13:1;[Mark 6:14]Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2 during John 18:13,24;Acts 4:6the high priesthood of Annas and See Matt. 26:3Caiaphas, For ver. 2-17, see Matt. 3:1-12;Mark 1:2-8the word of God came to John 1:6,7John the son of Zechariah in ch. 1:80;Josh. 15:61;[Judg. 1:16]the wilderness.