Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
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Gregory The Dialogist
AD 604
Because the Jews were to be scattered for their crime of treachery, the Jewish kingdom was shut upinto parts under several governors According to that saying, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation.
Because John preached Him who was to be at the same time both King and Priest, Luke the Evangelist has marked the time of that preaching by the mention not only of Kings, but also of Priests. As it follows, Under the High Priests Annas and Caiaphas.