Jesus was baptized in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, who was coemperor with Augustus beginning in A.D. 26. [1]
Tiberius allowed Pontius Pilate to serve as procurator of Judea for a decade due to his competence in governing minor provinces, despite his moral cowardice and failure to understand the significance of Judaism. [2] Gonod carried greetings from the princes of India to Tiberius, who admired Jesus' kingly bearing and gracious manner. [3] Tiberius admired Jesus' bearing and wished for his own kingly and gracious manner. [4] Tiberius died while Pilate was on his way to Rome, never recovering from the regret of sacrificing Jesus and eventually being deposed. [5]