en_tn_condensed/luk/03/02.md

488 B

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas

"while Annas and Caiaphas were serving together as the high priest." Annas was the high priest, and the Jews continued to recognize him as such even after the Romans appointed his son-in-law, Caiaphas, to replace him as high priest.

the word of God came

The writer speaks of God's message as though it were a person who moved toward those who heard it. AT: "God spoke his message" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)