Now in the fifteenth year (εν ετε δε πεντεκαιδεκατω). Tiberius Caesar was ruler in the provinces two years before Augustus Caesar …

Luke Chapter 3

Now in the fifteenth year. This was the thirteenth year of Tiberius's being sole emperor. He was two years joint emp…

The difficulty presented here allows for at least three explanations:

1. Joseph may have been the son of Jacob by birth and of Heli b…

Now in the fifteenth yea of the reign of Tiberias Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his…

St. Gregory the Great: The time when the forerunner of the Savior received the word of preaching is marked by the names of the …

The dating provided in this verse was useful to Luke’s first-century readers to place the ministry of John. Since Luke was probably using the norma…

When Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea. It is probable that this was the second year of Pilate’s government. For since Tiberius had hel…

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar ,
&c.] Emperor of Rome, and the third of the Caesars; Juli…

The scope and design of John's ministry were to bring the people from their sins and to their Savior. He came preaching, not a sect or party, but a…