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. ”
ლუკას მიერ მოწოდებული ამ უზუსტესი ცნობების საფუძველზე შეგვიძლია დავასკვნათ, რომ იოანეს „ღვთის სიტყვა გამოეცხადა“ ახ. წ.