Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Luke 3:1
Jesus Anointed by the Holy Spirit
SUMMARY OF LUKE 3: John's Preaching and Baptism. John's Witness of
Christ. Herod and Herodias. Jesus Baptized. The Anointing and the
Voice from Heaven. The Genealogy of Christ.
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. Tiberius,
the second Roman emperor, was the step-son and successor of Augustus
Caesar. See PNT "Lu 2:1". Tiberius was raised to the throne
A.U.C. 764 (after the founding of Rome), and the fifteenth year would
be A.U.C. 779. Counting back thirty years from this, brings us to
A.U.C. 749, which is about four years earlier than the common date of
the birth of Jesus and before the death of Herod the king.
See PNT "Mt 2:1".
Pilate being governor of Judaea. Archelaus, the son of "Herod the
king", was deposed after ten years of rule, and Judea made a province
under the rule of a Roman governor. Pontius Pilate was the fifth of
these. See PNT "Mt 27:2".
Herod being tetrarch of Galilee. See PNT "Mt 2:1", on the
Herods. It was this Herod, Herod Antipas, who murdered John the Baptist.
His brother Philip. This was not the husband of Herodias, but
another brother Philip.
Abilene. North of Palestine.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 2:1
Matthew 14:6
Luke 3:1
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