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It was the fifteenth year of the rule of the Emperor Tiberius; Pontius Pilatus was governor of Judea; Herod ruled over Galilee, his brother Philip ruled over the country of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias over Abilene. (Luke 3, 1)
and announce the Lord's year of mercy." (Luke 4, 19)
Jesus then took the five loaves and two fish, and raising his eyes to heaven, pronounced a blessing over them; he broke them and gave them to the disciples to distribute to the crowd. (Luke 9, 16)
If a friend of peace lives there, the peace shall rest upon that person. But if not, the blessing will return to you. (Luke 10, 6)
The gardener replied: 'Leave it one more year, so that I may dig around it and add some fertilizer; (Luke 13, 8)
When they were at table, he took the bread, said a blessing, broke it and gave each a piece. (Luke 24, 30)
Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year, spoke up, "You know nothing at all nor do you see clearly what you need. (John 11, 49)
In saying this Caiaphas did not speak for himself, but being High Priest that year, he foretold as a prophet that Jesus would die for the nation, (John 11, 51)
and they took him first to Annas. Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the High Priest that year; (John 18, 13)
and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they had meetings with the Church and instructed many people. It was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians. (Acts 11, 26)
So Paul stayed a year and a half in that place, teaching the word of God among them. (Acts 18, 11)
Is this blessing only for the circumcised or is it also for the uncircumcised? We have just said that, because of his faith, Abraham was made a just man, (Romans 4, 9)