Luke 3:20
Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- AD 28-29
WHEN
AD 28-29
dated by the text itself
The only place in the New Testament where the text dates itself by seven authorities at once. It is not our reconstruction: it is in the verse.
WHO RULED
- Tiberius emperor of Rome AD 14-37
- Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene AD 26-29
- Pontius Pilate prefect of Judea AD 26-36
- Herod Antipas tetrarch of Galilee 4 BC – AD 39
- Philip tetrarch of Ituraea 4 BC – AD 34
- Caiaphas high priest AD 18-36
SOURCES
- date — 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.
- Tiberius — Tacitus, Annals I-VI; Suetonius, Tiberius
- Lysanias — 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 — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.3-4; Tacitus, Annals XV.44; the Caesarea inscription, which carries his name and office in stone
- Herod Antipas — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- Philip — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4
- Caiaphas — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.2.2 and XVIII.4.3; the ossuary of "Joseph, son of Caiaphas," found in Jerusalem in 1990
SEE ALSO
- 2 Kings 24:4 and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
- 2 Chronicles 24:17-22 After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them. …
- 2 Chronicles 36:16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
- Nehemiah 9:26 But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed…
- Jeremiah 2:30 “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
- Matthew 23:31-33 So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. …
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15-16 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men, …
- Revelation 16:6 For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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