Luke wrote: “In the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was district ruler of Galilee, Philip his brother was district ruler of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was district ruler of Abilene, in the days of chief priest Annas and of Caiaphas, God’s declaration came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. ”
त्याने येशूच्या काही काळ आधी संदेष्ट्याचं कार्य केलं. हे कार्य त्याने कधी सुरू केलं याची तारीख आपल्याला लूक ३: १, २ या वचनातून कळते.