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Tiberius ... Tiberius came to the throne in August AD 14.
The year 15 of Tiberius is thus the year in which Jesus and John alike began their labours.
Since Luke is writing the history of Jesus, and not that of John, this wealth of chronological data must refer primarily to Jesus, and only incidentally to the Baptist. - Caspari, p. 41 [See Caspari p. 42 for greater details of the reign of each of these.]