Luk 3:1 | HCSB | STEP | In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar , while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea , Herod was tetrarch of Galilee , his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis , and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene ,

Luke 3:1

1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, ^{▼▼Emperor who ruled the Roman Empire a.d. 14-37} while Pontius ^{▼▼Pilate: Pontius Pilate was governor of the province of Judea a.d. 26-36.}Pilate was governor of Judea, ^c ^{▼▼Herod/Herodians: The name of the Idumean family ruling Palestine from 37 b.c. to a.d. 95; the main rulers from this family mentioned in the NT are: Herod Antipas(4 b.c.-a.d. 39) son of Herod the Great; ruled one-fourth of his father's kingdom (Galilee and Perea); killed John the Baptist and mocked Jesus; Herod I (37 b.c.-4 b.c.) also known as Herod the Great; built the great temple in Jerusalem and massacred the male babies in Bethlehem; Herod Agrippa I (A.D. 3744) The grandson of Herod the Great; he beheaded James the apostle and imprisoned Peter; Herod Agrippa II (A.D. 52ca 95) The great-grandson of Herod the Great; he heard Paul's defense. Herodians were political supporters of Herod the Great and his family}Herod was tetrarch ^{▼▼Or ruler} of Galilee, ^f his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Iturea ^{▼▼A small province northeast of Galilee} and Trachonitis, ^{▼▼A small province northeast of Galilee} and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, ^{▼▼A small Syrian province}