John the Baptist Prepares the Way
1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Matt. 27:2Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2 while John 11:49; 18:13; Acts 4:6Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of God came to Luke 1:13John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 Matt. 3:1; Mark 1:4And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance Luke 1:77for the remission of sins,