3In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilatewas governor of Judea, Herodtetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene—2during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas,the word of God came to Johns...
in the Bible. It corresponds with the Argob ofDeuteronomy 3:14, and with the modernEl Lejah.Both the Hebrew and the Greek names point to the rocky character of the region with its caves and cliffs. It was conquered, like Ituræa, by Augustus, and by him given to Herod. It lay ...
In The Fifteenth Year of Tiberius, John Is Sent Out By God - Now in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar— Pontius Pilate
2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias...