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Luke 3:1

The Fifteenth Year

A Voice in the Wilderness and the Beloved Son · Luke 3

Story guide: A tied papyrus roll, wax seal, and inkpot introduce the imperial setting in which Luke dates John’s ministry.

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1In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,

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