Luke 3:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of Galilee, his brother Philip king of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias king of Abilene,

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  • Matt 27:2 : 2 And they put cords on him and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate, the ruler.
  • Matt 14:1 : 1 At that time news of Jesus came to Herod the king;
  • Luke 2:1 : 1 Now it came about in those days that an order went out from Caesar Augustus that there was to be a numbering of all the world.
  • Luke 3:19 : 19 But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done,
  • Luke 9:7 : 7 Now Herod the king had news of all these things: and he was in doubt, because it was said by some people that John had come back from the dead;
  • Acts 4:27 : 27 For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,
  • Acts 23:26 : 26 Claudius Lysias, to the most noble ruler, Felix, peace be with you.
  • Acts 24:27 : 27 But after two years Porcius Festus took the place of Felix, who, desiring to have the approval of the Jews, kept Paul in chains.
  • Acts 26:30 : 30 And the king and the ruler and Bernice and those who were seated with them got up;
  • Gen 49:10 : 10 The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.
  • Luke 23:1-4 : 1 And they all went and took him before Pilate. 2 And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king. 3 And Pilate said to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he said in answer, You say so. 4 And Pilate said to the chief priests and the people, In my opinion this man has done no wrong.
  • Luke 23:6-9 : 6 But at these words Pilate said, Is the man a Galilaean? 7 And when he saw that he was under the authority of Herod, he sent him to Herod, who was in Jerusalem himself at that time. 8 Now when Herod saw Jesus he was very glad, having for a long time had a desire to see him, for he had had accounts of him, and was hoping to see some wonders done by him. 9 And he put a great number of questions to him, but he said nothing. 10 And the chief priests and the scribes were there, making statements against him violently. 11 And Herod, with the men of his army, put shame on him and made sport of him, and dressing him in shining robes, he sent him back to Pilate.
  • Luke 23:24 : 24 And Pilate gave his decision for their desire to be put into effect.
  • Matt 14:3 : 3 For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
  • Mark 6:17 : 17 For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself.

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    2 When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the waste land.

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  • Luke 2:1-3
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    1 Now it came about in those days that an order went out from Caesar Augustus that there was to be a numbering of all the world.

    2 This was the first numbering, which was made when Quirinius was ruler of Syria.

    3 And all men went to be numbered, everyone to his town.

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    1 At that time news of Jesus came to Herod the king;

  • Luke 23:6-7
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    6 But at these words Pilate said, Is the man a Galilaean?

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    5 In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

  • Luke 3:19-21
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    19 But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done,

    20 Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up in prison.

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    1 And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

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    27 For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together,

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    15 Now at the feast it was the way for the ruler to let free to the people one prisoner, at their selection.

  • Luke 3:23-24
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    23 And Jesus at this time was about thirty years old, being the son (as it seemed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

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  • Acts 23:34-35
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    34 And after reading it, he said, What part of the country do you come from? And, hearing that he was from Cilicia,

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  • Mark 6:21
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    9 And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan.

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  • Luke 1:8
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    8 Now it came about that in his turn he was acting as priest before God,

  • Matt 27:2
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    2 And they put cords on him and took him away, and gave him up to Pilate, the ruler.

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    13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.

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    29 The son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

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    1 I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,

  • Matt 2:3
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    3 And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

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    3 It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their order, to put the facts in writing for you, most noble Theophilus;

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  • John 3:24
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    24 For at this time John had not been put into prison.

  • Luke 9:9
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    9 And Herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of whom such stories are given to me? And he had a desire to see him.

  • John 18:13
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    13 They took him first to Annas, because Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was the high priest that year.

  • Luke 23:2
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    2 And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.

  • Mark 15:6
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    6 Now at the feast every year he let one prisoner go free at their request.