(tī-bîr′ē-əs)Full nameTiberius Julius Caesar Augustus.42bc-ad37. Emperor of Rome (ad14-37). Chosen by Augustus as his successor, he generally followed Augustus's policies. He retired in his later years to Capri (26), from where he ordered the assassination of his adviser Sejanus...
Usage:The name Tiberius in the New Testament refers to Tiberius Caesar, the Roman Emperor during the time of Jesus' ministry. It is used to denote the period of his reign, which provides a chronological marker for events in the Gospels. Cultural and Historical Background:Tiberius Caesar was t...
To help put things into historical perspective, Jesus Christ walked the earth during the reign of Tiberius. However, it is quite unlikely that their paths ever crossed. Tiberius was the second Roman Emperor. The story of how Tiberius came to succeed Augustus is nothing short of remarkable. ...
Luke 3:1-2.Now in the fifteenth year of Tiberius— Reckoning from the time when Augustus made him his colleague in the empire:Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea— He was made governor in consequence of Archelaus being banished, and his kingdom reduced into a Roman province. See note o...
A major socio-political development during the reign of Tiberius and Sejanus was the Judean governorship of Pontius Pilate, and the emergence of Jesus Christ and the Christian religion that followed. Not only would the story grow into the most overwhelming religious force in the western world, bu...
3Tiberius Caesar had been king for fifteen years. Pontius Pilate was the ruler of Judea. Herod was the ruler of Galilee. Herod's brother Philip was the ruler of Iturea and Trachonitis. Lysanias was the ruler of Abilene. 2Annas and Caiaphas were high priests. At that time God spoke ...
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ 23Now Jesus Himself beganHis ministry atabout thirty years of age, being (as was supposed)theson of Joseph,the sonof Heli,24the sonof Matthat,the sonof Levi,the sonof Melchi,the sonof Janna,the sonof Joseph,25the sonof Mattathiah,the sonof Amos,the so...
3 In the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar’s reign—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene— 2 In the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas...
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ 23Now Jesus Himself beganHis ministry atabout thirty years of age, being (as was supposed)theson of Joseph,the sonof Heli,24the sonof Matthat,the sonof Levi,the sonof Melchi,the sonof Janna,the sonof Joseph,25the sonof Mattathiah,the sonof Amos,the so...
3 Now in the fifteenth[a] year of the government of Tiberius[b] Caesar— Pontius Pilate[c] being-governor of Judea, and Herod[d] being-tetrarch[e] of Galilee, and Philip[f] his brother being tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene,...