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1 Nowe in the fifteenth yeere of the reigne of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being gouernour of Iudea, and Herod being Tetrarch of Galile, and his brother Philip Tetrarch of Iturea, and of the countrey of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the Tetrarch of Abilene,
1 Y EN el año quince del imperio de Tiberio César, siendo gobernador de Judea Poncio Pilato, y Herodes tetrarca de Galilea, y su hermano Felipe tetrarca de Iturea y de la provincia de Traconite, y Lisanias tetrarca de Abilinia,
2 (When Annas and Caiaphas were the hie Priestes) the worde of God came vnto Iohn, the sonne of Zacharias in the wildernes.
2 Siendo sumos sacerdotes Anás y Caifás, vino palabra del Señor sobre Juan, hijo de Zacarías, en el desierto.
3 And hee came into all the coastes about Iordan, preaching the baptisme of repentance for the remission of sinnes,
3 Y él vino por toda la tierra al rededor del Jordán predicando el bautismo del arrepentimiento para la remisión de pecados;
4 As it is written in the booke of the sayings of Esaias the Prophet, which saith, The voyce of him that crieth in the wildernes is, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make his paths straight.
4 Como está escrito en el libro de las palabras del profeta Isaías que dice: Voz del que clama en el desierto: Aparejad el camino del Señor, haced derechas sus sendas.
5 Euery valley shalbe filled, and euery mountaine and hill shall be brought lowe, and crooked things shalbe made straight, and the rough wayes shalbe made smoothe.
5 Todo valle se henchirá, y bajaráse todo monte y collado; y los [caminos] torcidos serán enderezados, y los caminos ásperos allanados;
6 And all flesh shall see the saluation of God.
6 Y verá toda carne la salvación de Dios.
7 Then said he to the people that were come out to be baptized of him, O generations of vipers, who hath forewarned you to flee from the wrath to come?
7 Y decía á las gentes que salían para ser bautizadas de él: ¡Oh generación de víboras, quién os enseñó á huir de la ira que vendrá?
8 Bring foorth therefore fruites worthy amendment of life, and beginne not to say with your selues, We haue Abraham to our father: for I say vnto you, that God is able of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham.
8 Haced, pues, frutos dignos de arrepentimiento, y no comencéis á decir en vosotros mismos: Tenemos á Abraham por padre: porque os digo que puede Dios, aun de estas piedras, levantar hijos á Abraham.
9 Nowe also is the axe layed vnto the roote of the trees: therefore euery tree which bringeth not foorth good fruite, shalbe hewen downe, and cast into the fire.
9 Y ya también el hacha está puesta á la raíz de los árboles: todo árbol pues que no hace buen fruto, es cortado, y echado en el fuego.
10 Then the people asked him, saying, What shall we doe then?
10 Y las gentes le preguntaban, diciendo: ¿Pues qué haremos?
11 And he answered, and said vnto them, He that hath two coates, let him part with him that hath none: and hee that hath meate, let him doe likewise.
11 Y respondiendo, les dijo: El que tiene dos túnicas, dé al que no tiene; y el que tiene qué comer, haga lo mismo.
12 Then came there Publicanes also to bee baptized, and saide vnto him, Master, what shall we doe?
12 Y vinieron también publicanos para ser bautizados, y le dijeron: Maestro, ¿qué haremos?
13 And hee saide vnto them, Require no more then that which is appointed vnto you.
13 Y él les dijo: No exijáis más de lo que os está ordenado.
14 The souldiers likewise demaunded of him, saying, And what shall we doe? And he saide vnto them, Doe violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages.
14 Y le preguntaron también los soldados, diciendo: Y nosotros, ¿qué haremos? Y les dice: No hagáis extorsión á nadie, ni calumniéis; y contentaos con vuestras pagas.
15 As the people waited, and all men mused in their heartes of Iohn, if he were not that Christ,
15 Y estando el pueblo esperando, y pensando todos de Juan en sus corazones, si él fuese el Cristo,
16 Iohn answered, and saide to them all, In deede I baptize you with water, but one stronger then I, commeth, whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to vnloose: hee will baptize you with the holy Ghost, and with fire.
16 Respondió Juan, diciendo á todos: Yo, á la verdad, os bautizo en agua; mas viene quien es más poderoso que yo, de quien no soy digno de desatar la correa de sus zapatos: él os bautizará en Espíritu Santo y fuego;
17 Whose fanne is in his hande, and hee will make cleane his floore, and will gather the wheate into his garner, but the chaffe will hee burne vp with fire that neuer shalbe quenched.
17 Cuyo bieldo está en su mano, y limpiará su era, y juntará el trigo en su alfolí, y la paja quemará en fuego que nunca se apagará.
18 Thus then exhorting with many other things, he preached vnto the people.
18 Y amonestando, otras muchas cosas también anunciaba al pueblo.
19 But when Herod the Tetrarch was rebuked of him, for Herodias his brother Philips wife, and for all the euils which Herod had done,
19 Entonces Herodes el tetrarca, siendo reprendido por él á causa de Herodías, mujer de Felipe su hermano, y de todas las maldades que había hecho Herodes,
20 He added yet this aboue all, that he shut vp Iohn in prison.
20 Añadió también esto sobre todo, que encerró á Juan en la cárcel.
21 Nowe it came to passe, as all the people were baptized, and that Iesus was baptized and did pray, that the heauen was opened:
21 Y aconteció que, como todo el pueblo se bautizaba, también Jesús fué bautizado; y orando, el cielo se abrió,
22 And the holy Ghost came downe in a bodily shape like a doue, vpon him, and there was a voyce from heauen, saying, Thou art my beloued Sonne: in thee I am well pleased.
22 Y descendió el Espíritu Santo sobre él en forma corporal, como paloma, y fué hecha una voz del cielo que decía: Tú eres mi Hijo amado, en ti me he complacido.
23 And Iesus himselfe began to bee about thirtie yeere of age, being as men supposed the sonne of Ioseph, which was the sonne of Eli,
23 Y el mismo Jesús comenzaba á ser como de treinta años, hijo de José, como se creía; que fué hijo de Elí,
24 The sonne of Matthat, the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Melchi, the sonne of Ianna, the sonne of Ioseph,
24 Que fué de Mathat, que fué de Leví, que fué de Melchî, que fué de Janna, que fué de José,
25 The sonne of Mattathias, the sonne of Amos, the sonne of Naum, the sonne of Esli, the sonne of Nagge,
25 Que fué de Mattathías, que fué de Amós, que fué de Nahum, que fué de Esli,
26 The sonne of Maath, the sonne of Mattathias, the sonne of Semei, the sonne of Ioseph, the sonne of Iuda,
26 Que fué de Naggai, que fué de Maat, que fué de Mattathías, que fué de Semei, que fué de José, que fué de Judá,
27 The sonne of Ioanna, the sonne of Rhesa, the sonne of Zorobabel, the sonne of Salathiel, the sonne of Neri,
27 Que fué de Joanna, que fué de Rhesa, que fué de Zorobabel, que fué de Salathiel,
28 The sonne of Melchi, the sonne of Addi, the sonne of Cosam, the sonne of Elmodam, the sonne of Er,
28 Que fué de Neri, que fué de Melchî, que fué de Abdi, que fué de Cosam, que fué de Elmodam, que fué de Er,
29 The sonne of Iose, the sonne of Eliezer, the sonne of Iorim, the sonne of Matthat, the son of Leui,
29 Que fué de Josué, que fué de Eliezer, que fué de Joreim, que fué de Mathat,
30 The sonne of Simeon, the sonne of Iuda, the sonne of Ioseph, the sonne of Ionan, the sonne of Eliacim,
30 Que fué de Leví, que fué de Simeón, que fué de Judá, que fué de José, que fué de Jonán, que fué de Eliachîm,
31 The sonne of Melea, the sonne of Mainan, the sonne of Mattatha, the sonne of Nathan, the sonne of Dauid,
31 Que fué de Melea, que fué de Mainán, que fué de Mattatha, que fué de Nathán,
32 The sonne of Iesse, the sonne of Obed, the sonne of Booz, the sonne of Salmon, the sonne of Naasson,
32 Que fué de David, que fué de Jessé, que fué de Obed, que fué de Booz, que fué de Salmón, que fué de Naassón,
33 The sonne of Aminadab, the sonne of Aram, the sonne of Esrom, the sonne of Phares, the sonne of Iuda,
33 Que fué de Aminadab, que fué de Aram, que fué de Esrom, que fué de Phares,
34 The sonne of Iacob, the sonne of Isaac, the sonne of Abraham, the sonne of Thara, the sonne of Nachor,
34 Que fué de Judá, que fué de Jacob, que fué de Isaac, que fué de Abraham, que fué de Thara, que fué de Nachôr,
35 The sonne of Saruch, the sonne of Ragau, the sonne of Phalec, the sonne of Eber, the sonne of Sala,
35 Que fué de Saruch, que fué de Ragau, que fué de Phalec, que fué de Heber,
36◆ The sonne of Cainan, the sonne of Arphaxad, the sonne of Sem, the sonne of Noe, the sonne of Lamech,
36 Que fué de Sala, que fué de Cainán, que fué de Arphaxad, que fué de Sem, que fué de Noé, que fué de Lamech,
37 The sonne of Mathusala, the sonne of Enoch, the sonne of Iared, the sonne of Maleleel, the sonne of Cainan,
37 Que fué de Mathusala, que fué de Enoch, que fué de Jared, que fué de Maleleel,
38 The sonne of Enos, the sonne of Seth, the sonne of Adam, the sonne of God.
38 Que fué de Cainán, que fué de Enós, que fué de Seth, que fué de Adam, que fué de Dios.

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  • Addi

    Son of Cosam (Luke)

    Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as the son of Cosam.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:28

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  • Amos

    Son of Nahum (Luke)

    Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as the son of Nahum.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:25

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  • Annas

    High priest, father-in-law of Caiaphas

    Named as high priest alongside Caiaphas when John began preaching, and as the father-in-law of Caiaphas, to whom Jesus was brought first.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:2; John 18:13; John 18:24

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  • Caiaphas

    High priest

    The high priest that year, son-in-law of Annas, in whose court the council met to plot against Jesus and to whom Jesus was sent bound.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 26:3; Matthew 26:57; Luke 3:2

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  • Cainan

    Son of Arphaxad (Luke)

    Luke 3:36 lists Cainan as the son of Arphaxad and father of Shelah; he is absent from the Hebrew Genesis 11 list, which has Arphaxad as Shelah's father directly.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:36

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  • Cosam

    Son of Elmadam (Luke)

    Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as the son of Elmadam.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:28

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  • Eliezer

    Son of Jorim (Luke)

    Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as the son of Jorim.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:29

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  • Er

    Son of Joshua (Luke)

    Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as the son of Joshua.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:28

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  • Esli

    Son of Naggai (Luke)

    Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as the son of Naggai.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:25

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  • Lysanias

    Tetrarch of Abilene

    Named in Luke 3:1 as tetrarch of Abilene in the fifteenth year of Tiberius.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:1

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  • Maath

    Son of Mattathias (Luke)

    Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as the son of Mattathias.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:26

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  • Mattatha

    Son of Nathan (Luke)

    Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as the son of Nathan.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:31

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  • Mattathias

    Son of Amos (Luke)

    Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as the son of Amos.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:25

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  • Mattathias

    Son of Semein (Luke)

    Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as the son of Semein.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:26

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  • Matthat

    Son of Levi (Luke)

    Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as the son of Levi.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:24

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  • Matthat

    Son of Levi (Luke)

    Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as the son of Levi.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:29

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  • Melchi

    Son of Addi (Luke)

    Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as the son of Addi.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:28

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  • Melchi

    Son of Jannai (Luke)

    Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as the son of Jannai.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:24

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  • Melea

    Son of Menna (Luke)

    Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as the son of Menna.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:31

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  • Neri

    Son of Melchi (Luke)

    Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as the son of Melchi.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:27

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  • Obed

    Grandfather of David

    Son of Boaz and Ruth, and grandfather of King David.

    Cited in the guide: Ruth 4:13-22; 1 Chron. 2:12; Matt. 1:5; Luke 3:32

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  • Philip

    Tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis

    Called the brother of Herod and tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis in the fifteenth year of Tiberius.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:1

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  • Pontius Pilate

    Governor of Judea

    Roman governor of Judea who questioned Jesus, found no guilt in Him, released Barabbas, and gave Him up to be crucified and permitted Joseph of Arimathea to take the body.

    Cited in the guide: Matthew 27:2; Luke 3:1; John 18:38

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  • Rhesa

    Son of Zerubbabel (Luke)

    Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as the son of Zerubbabel.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:27

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  • Simeon

    Son of Judah (Luke)

    Listed in Luke's genealogy of Jesus as the son of Judah.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:30

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  • Tiberius Caesar

    Roman emperor

    The emperor in the fifteenth year of whose reign the word of God came to John the Baptist.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:1

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Cross references (32)

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  1. 1 Luke 23:6–11; Genesis 49:10; Luke 23:24; Acts 4:27; Matthew 27:2
  2. 2 Acts 4:6; Jonah 1:1; Luke 1:80; Micah 1:1; John 18:24
  3. 3 Luke 1:77; Matthew 3:5–6; Acts 13:24; Matthew 3:11; Acts 19:4
  4. 4 Isaiah 40:3–5; John 1:23; John 1:26–36; Luke 1:76–79; John 1:7
  5. 5 Isaiah 40:4; Isaiah 42:16; Isaiah 45:2; Isaiah 49:11; Ezekiel 17:24
  6. 6 Isaiah 52:10; Isaiah 40:5; Psalm 98:2–3; Isaiah 49:6; Romans 10:18
  7. 7 Matthew 23:33; Matthew 12:34; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Hebrews 6:18; 1 John 3:8
  8. 8 Ezekiel 18:27–31; Acts 26:20; Isaiah 1:16–18; Galatians 5:22–24; Matthew 21:43
  9. 9 Matthew 7:19; John 15:6; Isaiah 10:33–34; Luke 13:9; Matthew 3:10
  10. 10 Acts 2:37; Luke 3:14; Acts 16:30; Acts 9:6; Luke 3:12
  11. 11 Isaiah 58:7–11; 1 John 3:17; 1 Timothy 6:18; Luke 18:22; 1 John 4:20
  12. 12 Luke 7:29; Luke 18:13; Luke 15:1–2; Matthew 21:31–32
  13. 13 Luke 19:8; Ephesians 4:28; 1 Corinthians 6:10; Isaiah 1:16–17; Micah 6:8
  14. 14 Hebrews 13:5–6; Exodus 20:16; 1 Timothy 6:8–10; Philippians 4:11; Exodus 23:1
  15. 15 John 10:24; John 3:28–29; John 1:19–28
  16. 16 Matthew 3:11; Acts 1:5; Acts 11:15–16; John 1:33; John 1:26
  17. 17 Micah 4:12; Jeremiah 15:7; Matthew 13:30; Psalm 1:4; Psalm 21:9–10
  18. 18 Acts 2:40; John 1:34; John 3:29–36; John 1:29; John 1:15
  19. 19 Matthew 14:3–4; Luke 3:1; Mark 6:17–18; Proverbs 15:12; Matthew 11:2
  20. 20 2 Chronicles 24:17–22; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Revelation 16:6; Matthew 23:31–33; 2 Kings 24:4
  21. 21 John 1:32–34; Matthew 3:13–17; Luke 5:16; John 12:27–28; Mark 1:9–11
  22. 22 Psalm 2:7; 2 Peter 1:17–18; Isaiah 42:1; John 1:32; Luke 9:34–35
  23. 23 Luke 4:22; Matthew 13:55; Numbers 4:3; John 6:42; Acts 1:1
  24. 27 Matthew 1:12
  25. 31 1 Chronicles 3:5; 2 Samuel 5:14; Zechariah 12:12; 1 Chronicles 14:4
  26. 32 Ruth 4:18–22; Isaiah 11:1–2; Matthew 1:3–6; 1 Chronicles 2:10–15; Acts 13:22–23
  27. 33 1 Chronicles 9:4; 1 Chronicles 2:4–5; 1 Chronicles 2:9–10; Ruth 4:12; Genesis 38:29
  28. 34 Genesis 21:3; Joshua 24:2; Matthew 1:2; 1 Chronicles 1:34; Acts 7:8
  29. 35 Genesis 11:12–21; Genesis 10:24–25
  30. 36 Genesis 10:21–22; Genesis 5:28–32; Genesis 9:1; Hebrews 11:7; Genesis 11:10–26
  31. 37 1 Chronicles 1:1–3; Genesis 5:6–28
  32. 38 Genesis 2:7; Isaiah 64:8; 1 Corinthians 15:45; 1 Corinthians 15:47; Genesis 4:25–5:3

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  1. Quotes verse 3:17 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book I, Chapters III–IV)

    … but a sword." They also maintain that John indicated the same thing when he said, "The fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly purge the floor, and will gather the wheat into His garner; but the chaff He will burn with fire unquenchable." By this declaration He set forth the faculty of Horos.

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 3:5 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book IX)

    … pleasant it is to me, O Lord, to confess unto Thee, by what inward goads Thou didst subdue me, and how Thou didst make me low, bringing down the mountains and hills of my imaginations, and didst straighten my crookedness, and smooth my rough ways; and by what means Thou also didst subdue that brother of my heart, Alypius, unto …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  3. Quotes verse 3:16 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily III)

    So likewise John: "I am not meet to loose the latchet of His shoe;" because of this he was the "friend of the Bridegroom," and the hand which he affirmed to be unworthy to touch His shoes, this did Christ draw unto His own head.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 3:11 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture III)

    Let him that hath two coats give to him that hath none: the teacher was worthy of credit, since he was also the first to practise what he taught: he was not ashamed to speak, for conscience hindered not his tongue: and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  5. Quotes verse 3:16 Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (Chapters XI–XIII)

    "For into one Spirit," it says, "we were all baptized in one body." And in harmony with this are the passages: "You shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost," and "He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost." But no one on this account would be justified in calling that baptism a perfect baptism wherein only the name of the …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)