Covenant Reformed News – November 2014 • Volume XV, Issue 7
This exegetical article examines Luke 3:1-2 and the historical figures present at John the Baptist's ministry, demonstrating how the text's naming of political and religious leaders reveals the spiritual wickedness of the age into which Christ came. The commentary traces the roles of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate, Herod, and the high priests, showing how their opposition to Christ fulfilled God's sovereign purposes in redemptive history.
The Voice Crying in the Wilderness (2) “Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, 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, Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness” (Luke 3:1-2). Not only do these names date the beginning of John the Baptist’s public...