“Creator Confounds Critics by Calling Quirky Commoner.”

Perhaps that would be a good tabloid headline for today’s Gospel reading.  Let me explain why. A depiction of John the Baptist When I first read the passage from Luke, at first I really struggled to understand why the Gospel writer would list several prominent civil and religious leaders by name — Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate, Herod, Philip, Lysanias, Annas, and Caiaphas — before introducing John the Baptist.  How does their mention contribute to

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