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Luke 3 Literal Standard Version

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1 And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar—Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip, tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias 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,
1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
2 [and] Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests—there came a word of God to John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,
2 Siendo sumos sacerdotes Anás y Caifás, vino palabra del Señor sobre Juan, hijo de Zacarías, en el desierto.
2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
3 and he came to all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming an immersion of conversion for forgiveness of sins,
3 Y él vino por toda la tierra al rededor del Jordán predicando el bautismo del arrepentimiento para la remisión de pecados;
3 He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.
4 as it has been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare 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.
4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.
5 Every valley will be filled, || And every mountain and hill will be made low, || And the crooked will become straightness, || And the rough become smooth ways;
5 Todo valle se henchirá, y bajaráse todo monte y collado; y los [caminos] torcidos serán enderezados, y los caminos ásperos allanados;
5 Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.
6 And all flesh will see the salvation of God.”
6 Y verá toda carne la salvación de Dios.
6 All flesh will see God’s salvation.’”
7 Then he said to the multitudes coming forth to be immersed by him, “Brood of vipers! Who prompted you to flee from the coming wrath?
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?
7 He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be baptized by him, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Make, therefore, fruits worthy of conversion, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have a father—Abraham; for I say to you that God is able to raise children to Abraham out of these stones;
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.
8 Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance, and don’t begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father;’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!
9 and also the axe is already laid to the root of the trees, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and it is cast into 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.
9 Even now the ax also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
10 And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, “What, then, will we do?”
10 Y las gentes le preguntaban, diciendo: ¿Pues qué haremos?
10 The multitudes asked him, “What then must we do?”
11 And he answering says to them, “He having two coats, let him impart to him having none; and he having food, let him do in like manner.”
11 Y respondiendo, les dijo: El que tiene dos túnicas, dé al que no tiene; y el que tiene qué comer, haga lo mismo.
11 He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.”
12 And there also came tax collectors to be immersed, and they said to him, “Teacher, what will we do?”
12 Y vinieron también publicanos para ser bautizados, y le dijeron: Maestro, ¿qué haremos?
12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?”
13 And he said to them, “Exact no more than that directed you.”
13 Y él les dijo: No exijáis más de lo que os está ordenado.
13 He said to them, “Collect no more than that which is appointed to you.”
14 And also questioning him were those warring, saying, “And we, what will we do?” And he said to them, “Do violence to no one, nor accuse 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.
14 Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”
15 And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;
15 Y estando el pueblo esperando, y pensando todos de Juan en sus corazones, si él fuese el Cristo,
15 As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,
16 John answered, saying to all, “I indeed immerse you in water, but He comes who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the strap of His sandals—He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and 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;
16 John answered them all, “I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire.
17 whose winnowing shovel [is] in His hand, and He will thoroughly cleanse His floor, and will gather the wheat into His storehouse, and He will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
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.
17 His winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
18 And therefore, indeed, with many other things, exhorting, he was proclaiming good news to the people,
18 Y amonestando, otras muchas cosas también anunciaba al pueblo.
18 Then with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people,
19 and Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, and concerning all the evils that Herod did,
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,
19 but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, his brother’s wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,
20 added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison.
20 Añadió también esto sobre todo, que encerró á Juan en la cárcel.
20 added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
21 And it came to pass, in all the people being immersed, Jesus also being immersed, and praying, Heaven was opened,
21 Y aconteció que, como todo el pueblo se bautizaba, también Jesús fué bautizado; y orando, el cielo se abrió,
21 Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized and was praying. The sky was opened,
22 and the Holy Spirit came down in a bodily appearance, as if a dove, on Him, and a voice came out of Heaven, saying, “You are My Son, the Beloved, in You I delighted.”
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.
22 and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.”
23 And Jesus Himself was beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, Son of Joseph,
23 Y el mismo Jesús comenzaba á ser como de treinta años, hijo de José, como se creía; que fué hijo de Elí,
23 Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
24 the [son] of Eli, the [son] of Matthat, the [son] of Levi, the [son] of Melchi, the [son] of Janna, the [son] of Joseph,
24 Que fué de Mathat, que fué de Leví, que fué de Melchî, que fué de Janna, que fué de José,
24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
25 the [son] of Mattathias, the [son] of Amos, the [son] of Nahum, the [son] of Esli,
25 Que fué de Mattathías, que fué de Amós, que fué de Nahum, que fué de Esli,
25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
26 the [son] of Naggai, the [son] of Maath, the [son] of Mattathias, the [son] of Semei, the [son] of Joseph, the [son] of Judah,
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,
26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Joseph, the son of Judah,
27 the [son] of Joanna, the [son] of Rhesa, the [son] of Zerubbabel, the [son] of Shealtiel,
27 Que fué de Joanna, que fué de Rhesa, que fué de Zorobabel, que fué de Salathiel,
27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
28 the [son] of Neri, the [son] of Melchi, the [son] of Addi, the [son] of Cosam, the [son] of Elmodam, the [son] 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,
28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er,
29 the [son] of Jose, the [son] of Eliezer, the [son] of Jorim, the [son] of Matthat,
29 Que fué de Josué, que fué de Eliezer, que fué de Joreim, que fué de Mathat,
29 the son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
30 the [son] of Levi, the [son] of Simeon, the [son] of Judah, the [son] of Joseph, the [son] of Jonan, the [son] of Eliakim,
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,
30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim,
31 the [son] of Melea, the [son] of Mainan, the [son] of Mattatha, the [son] of Nathan,
31 Que fué de Melea, que fué de Mainán, que fué de Mattatha, que fué de Nathán,
31 the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
32 the [son] of David, the [son] of Jesse, the [son] of Obed, the [son] of Boaz, the [son] of Salmon, the [son] of Nahshon,
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,
32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
33 the [son] of Amminadab, the [son] of Aram, the [son] of Esrom, the [son] of Perez,
33 Que fué de Aminadab, que fué de Aram, que fué de Esrom, que fué de Phares,
33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
34 the [son] of Judah, the [son] of Jacob, the [son] of Isaac, the [son] of Abraham, the [son] of Terah, the [son] of Nahor,
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,
34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
35 the [son] of Serug, the [son] of Reu, the [son] of Peleg, the [son] of Eber,
35 Que fué de Saruch, que fué de Ragau, que fué de Phalec, que fué de Heber,
35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
36◆ the [son] of Salah, the [son] of Cainan, the [son] of Arphaxad, the [son] of Shem, the [son] of Noah, the [son] 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,
36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
37 the [son] of Methuselah, the [son] of Enoch, the [son] of Jared, the [son] of Mahalaleel,
37 Que fué de Mathusala, que fué de Enoch, que fué de Jared, que fué de Maleleel,
37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
38 the [son] of Cainan, the [son] of Enos, the [son] of Seth, the [son] of Adam, the [son] of God.
38 Que fué de Cainán, que fué de Enós, que fué de Seth, que fué de Adam, que fué de Dios.
38 the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

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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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  • Eliakim

    Son of Melea (Luke)

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

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:30

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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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  • Jacob

    Father of Joseph

    The father of Joseph in Matthew's genealogy, on the eve of the Messiah's coming.

    Cited in the guide: Matt. 1:15-16; cf. Luke 3:23

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  • Jesus

    The Messiah

    The Son of God, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary (Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:35): the promised Son of David and Son of Abraham, 'the Word became flesh.' Joseph,…

    Cited in the guide: Matt. 1:1, 16-17; Luke 3:23-38; John 1:14; Rom. 1:3

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  • Jorim

    Son of Matthat (Luke)

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

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:29

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  • Joseph

    Son of Jonam (Luke)

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

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:30

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  • Joseph

    Son of Mattathias (Luke)

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

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:24

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  • Judah

    Son of Joseph (Luke)

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

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:30

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  • Levi

    Son of Melchi (Luke)

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

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:24

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  • Levi

    Son of Simeon (Luke)

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

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:29

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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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  • Naggai

    Son of Maath (Luke)

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

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:25

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  • Nahum

    Son of Esli (Luke)

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

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:25

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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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  • Shealtiel

    Son of Jeconiah

    A son of the exiled king, a link between fallen throne and hoped-for return.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chron. 3:17; Ezra 3:2; Hag. 1:1; Matt. 1:12; 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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Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  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)