Luke 3:1

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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 the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

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The Roman Empire of the New TestamentThe Roman Empire around the Mediterranean, the political world of the New Testament.

The Holy Land in the Time of JesusThe Holy Land in the time of Jesus, showing Galilee, Samaria, Judea and the territories under Herod's rule.

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These regions mark the political geography of Roman

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Luke 3:1 mentions Abilene, Galilee, Ituraea, Jordan, Judea and Trachonitis.

Photo of Abilene — Abilene · Detroit Publishing Co.

Photo of Galilee — Galilee · מלאק אבו גוש