1. It was the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar. These men were under Caesar: Pontius Pilate was the ruler of Judea. Herod was the ruler of Galilee. Philip, Herod’s brother, was the ruler of Iturea and Trachonitis. And Lysanias was the ruler of Abilene.
2. Annas and Caiaphas were the high priests. At this time, a command from God came to John son of Zechariah. John was living in the desert.