John the Baptist Prepares the Way^(A)

3 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, ^(B)Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

Christ Born of Mary^(A)

2 And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.

² And when they had bound Him, they led Him away and ^(A)delivered Him to ^[a]Pontius Pilate the governor.

³⁰ When he had said these things, the king stood up, as well as the governor and Bernice and those who sat with them;

²⁷ But after two years Porcius Festus succeeded Felix; and Felix, ^(A)wanting to do the Jews a favor, left Paul bound.