1. In the fifteenth year of the reign of Caesar Tiberius, Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip was tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Traconitis, and Lysanias was the tetrarch of Abilene.
2. Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
3. He came into the region surrounding the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.