# Luke 3:14

> Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”

— Luke 3:14, Berean Standard Bible

## 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 · Source: Tacitus, Annals I-VI; Suetonius, Tiberius
- **Lysanias**, tetrarch of Abilene, AD 26-29 · 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 · 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 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- **Philip**, tetrarch of Ituraea, 4 BC – AD 34 · 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

- Hebrews 13:5-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/13/5
- Exodus 20:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/20/16
- 1 Timothy 6:8-10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-timothy/6/8
- Exodus 23:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/23/1
- Philippians 4:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/philippians/4/11
- Leviticus 19:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/19/11
- Romans 13:9-10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/romans/13/9
- Luke 19:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/19/8

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/3/14
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/3
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).