Biblical reference In chapter 3 of the Gospel of Luke, the timeframe when John the Baptist began to preach his baptism of repentance in the wilderness is indicated by noting which rulers were ruling in certain areas: 1 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 Ituræa and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
Biblical reference In chapter 3 of the Gospel of Luke the timeframe when John the Baptist began to preach his baptism of repentance in the wilderness is ind?icated by noting which rulers were ruling in certain areas 1 Now in the fifteen,th year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa and Herod being tetrarch of G,alilee and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and of the region of Trachonitis and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the hig.h priests the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness