John the Baptist Prepares the Way

1 ^bIn the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, ^cPontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and ^dHerod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother ^ePhilip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

Repent or Perish

1 There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

13 The ^aGod of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, ^bglorified his ^cservant¹ Jesus, whom ^dyou delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when ^ehe had decided to release him.

27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both ^sHerod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

13 I ^dcharge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his ^etestimony before¹ Pontius Pilate made the good confession,