District ruled by Lysanias (Luke 3:1)

Roman emperor during Jesus’ ministry [2 words] (Luke 3:1)

Herod, his brother Philip, and Lysanias held this position (Luke 3:1)

Mentioned only by Luke, it was a region administered by the Roman ruler Philip (Luke 3:1)

But of all the Messianic claimants of the first century, only one appeared on the world scene in 29 C.E. and died in 33 C.E., and that was Jesus of Nazareth!​—Compare Luke 3:1, 2.

(9) Luke 3:1-3, 21.

The Gospel account of Luke, which has won praise for historical accuracy, states that John the Baptizer, forerunner of Jesus, began his public preaching in the spring of “the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,” which ran into 29 C.E. (Luke 3:1, 2)

John began his work “in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,” the Roman emperor. (Luke 3:1, 2)

The modernists are wrong in stating that “the Gospels are not historical.” (For example, see Luke 2:1, 2; 3:1, 2.)

The Gospel account of Luke informs us that Jesus’ forerunner, John the Baptist, began his public activity “in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,” which ran into 29 C.E. (Luke 3:1)

This period of rule included the three and a half years of Jesus’ earthly ministry. (Luke 3:1, 23)