# Luke 3:1

> In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

— Luke 3:1, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Galilee 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/galilee-1
- **Trachonitis** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/trachonitis
- **Ituraea** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/ituraea
- **Abilene** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/abilene
- **Judea 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/judea-1

## When

- AD 28-29 (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Luke 3:1-2 dates itself by the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar and names Pilate, Herod, Philip, Lysanias, Annas and Caiaphas.

## Who ruled

- **Tiberius**, emperor of Rome, AD 14-37, named in the text · Source: Tacitus, Annals I-VI; Suetonius, Tiberius
- **Lysanias**, tetrarch of Abilene, AD 26-29, named in the text · Source: Luke 3:1. The Lysanias known to Josephus (Antiquities XIV.13) was executed in 36 BC, and the identity of the tetrarch of Abilene is debated; inscriptions from Abila point to a second Lysanias.
- **Pontius Pilate**, prefect of Judea, AD 26-36, named in the text · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.3-4; Tacitus, Annals XV.44; the Caesarea inscription, which carries his name and office in stone
- **Herod Antipas**, tetrarch of Galilee, 4 BC – AD 39, named in the text · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- **Philip**, tetrarch of Ituraea, 4 BC – AD 34, named in the text · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4
- **Caiaphas**, high priest, AD 18-36 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.2.2 and XVIII.4.3; the ossuary of "Joseph, son of Caiaphas," found in Jerusalem in 1990

## See also

- Genesis 49:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/49/10
- Luke 23:6-11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/23/6
- Matthew 27:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/27/2
- Mark 6:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/mark/6/17
- Luke 2:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/2/1
- Luke 9:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/9/7
- Luke 23:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/23/24
- Acts 4:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/4/27

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## This document

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