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1 εν ετει δε πεντεκαιδεκατω τησ ηγεμονιασ τιβεριου καισαροσ ηγεμονευοντοσ ποντιου πιλατου τησ ιουδαιασ και τετραρχουντοσ τησ γαλιλαιασ ηρωδου φιλιππου δε του αδελφου αυτου τετραρχουντοσ τησ ιτουραιασ και τραχωνιτιδοσ χωρασ και λυσανιου τησ αβιληνησ τετραρχουντοσ
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 επι αρχιερεωσ αννα και καιαφα εγενετο ρημα θεου επι ιωαννην τον ζαχαριου υιον εν τη ερημω
2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
3 και ηλθεν εισ πασαν την περιχωρον του ιορδανου κηρυσσων βαπτισμα μετανοιασ εισ αφεσιν αμαρτιων
3 He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.
4 ωσ γεγραπται εν βιβλω λογων ησαιου του προφητου λεγοντοσ φωνη βοωντοσ εν τη ερημω ετοιμασατε την οδον κυριου ευθειασ ποιειτε τασ τριβουσ αυτου
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 πασα φαραγξ πληρωθησεται και παν οροσ και βουνοσ ταπεινωθησεται και εσται τα σκολια εισ ευθειαν και αι τραχειαι εισ οδουσ λειασ
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 και οψεται πασα σαρξ το σωτηριον του θεου
6 All flesh will see God’s salvation.’”
7 ελεγεν ουν τοισ εκπορευομενοισ οχλοισ βαπτισθηναι υπ αυτου γεννηματα εχιδνων τισ υπεδειξεν υμιν φυγειν απο τησ μελλουσησ οργησ
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 ποιησατε ουν καρπουσ αξιουσ τησ μετανοιασ και μη αρξησθε λεγειν εν εαυτοισ πατερα εχομεν τον αβρααμ λεγω γαρ υμιν οτι δυναται ο θεοσ εκ των λιθων τουτων εγειραι τεκνα τω αβρααμ
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 ηδη δε και η αξινη προσ την ριζαν των δενδρων κειται παν ουν δενδρον μη ποιουν καρπον καλον εκκοπτεται και εισ πυρ βαλλεται
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 και επηρωτων αυτον οι οχλοι λεγοντεσ τι ουν ποιησομεν
10 The multitudes asked him, “What then must we do?”
11 αποκριθεισ δε λεγει αυτοισ ο εχων δυο χιτωνασ μεταδοτω τω μη εχοντι και ο εχων βρωματα ομοιωσ ποιειτω
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 ηλθον δε και τελωναι βαπτισθηναι και ειπον προσ αυτον διδασκαλε τι ποιησομεν
12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?”
13 ο δε ειπεν προσ αυτουσ μηδεν πλεον παρα το διατεταγμενον υμιν πρασσετε
13 He said to them, “Collect no more than that which is appointed to you.”
14 επηρωτων δε αυτον και στρατευομενοι λεγοντεσ και ημεισ τι ποιησομεν και ειπεν προσ αυτουσ μηδενα διασεισητε μηδε συκοφαντησητε και αρκεισθε τοισ οψωνιοισ υμων
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 προσδοκωντοσ δε του λαου και διαλογιζομενων παντων εν ταισ καρδιαισ αυτων περι του ιωαννου μηποτε αυτοσ ειη ο χριστοσ
15 As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,
16 απεκρινατο ο ιωαννησ απασιν λεγων εγω μεν υδατι βαπτιζω υμασ ερχεται δε ο ισχυροτεροσ μου ου ουκ ειμι ικανοσ λυσαι τον ιμαντα των υποδηματων αυτου αυτοσ υμασ βαπτισει εν πνευματι αγιω και πυρι
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 ου το πτυον εν τη χειρι αυτου και διακαθαριει την αλωνα αυτου και συναξει τον σιτον εισ την αποθηκην αυτου το δε αχυρον κατακαυσει πυρι ασβεστω
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 πολλα μεν ουν και ετερα παρακαλων ευηγγελιζετο τον λαον
18 Then with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people,
19 ο δε ηρωδησ ο τετραρχησ ελεγχομενοσ υπ αυτου περι ηρωδιαδοσ τησ γυναικοσ του αδελφου αυτου και περι παντων ων εποιησεν πονηρων ο ηρωδησ
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 προσεθηκεν και τουτο επι πασιν και κατεκλεισεν τον ιωαννην εν τη φυλακη
20 added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
21 εγενετο δε εν τω βαπτισθηναι απαντα τον λαον και ιησου βαπτισθεντοσ και προσευχομενου ανεωχθηναι τον ουρανον
21 Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized and was praying. The sky was opened,
22 και καταβηναι το πνευμα το αγιον σωματικω ειδει ωσει περιστεραν επ αυτον και φωνην εξ ουρανου γενεσθαι λεγουσαν συ ει ο υιοσ μου ο αγαπητοσ εν σοι ευδοκησα
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 και αυτοσ ην ο ιησουσ ωσει ετων τριακοντα αρχομενοσ ων ωσ ενομιζετο υιοσ ιωσηφ του ηλι
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 του ματθατ του λευι του μελχι του ιαννα του ιωσηφ
24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
25 του ματταθιου του αμωσ του ναουμ του εσλι του ναγγαι
25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
26 του μααθ του ματταθιου του σεμει του ιωσηφ του ιουδα
26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Joseph, the son of Judah,
27 του ιωαναν του ρησα του ζοροβαβελ του σαλαθιηλ του νηρι
27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
28 του μελχι του αδδι του κωσαμ του ελμωδαμ του ηρ
28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er,
29 του ιωση του ελιεζερ του ιωρειμ του ματθατ του λευι
29 the son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
30 του συμεων του ιουδα του ιωσηφ του ιωναν του ελιακειμ
30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim,
31 του μελεα του μαιναν του ματταθα του ναθαν του δαυιδ
31 the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
32 του ιεσσαι του ωβηδ του βοοζ του σαλμων του ναασσων
32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
33 του αμιναδαβ του αραμ του εσρωμ του φαρεσ του ιουδα
33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
34 του ιακωβ του ισαακ του αβρααμ του θαρα του ναχωρ
34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
35 του σερουχ του ραγαυ του φαλεγ του εβερ του σαλα
35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
36◆ του καιναν του αρφαξαδ του σημ του νωε του λαμεχ
36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
37 του μαθουσαλα του ενωχ του ιαρεδ του μαλελεηλ του καιναν
37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
38 του ενωσ του σηθ του αδαμ του θεου
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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  • Admin

    Son of Arni (Luke)

    Luke 3:33 lists Admin as the son of Arni and father of Amminadab, a name with no counterpart in Matthew's list.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:33

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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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  • Elmadam

    Son of Er (Luke)

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

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:28

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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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  • Heli

    Father of Joseph (Luke)

    Luke 3:23 says Jesus was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli, whereas Matthew 1:16 names Joseph's father as Jacob; the two accounts are recorded as given.

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:23

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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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  • Jannai

    Son of Joseph (Luke)

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

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:24

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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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  • Joanan

    Son of Rhesa (Luke)

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

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:27

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  • Joda

    Son of Joanan (Luke)

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

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:26

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  • Jonam

    Son of Eliakim (Luke)

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

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:30

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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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  • Josech

    Son of Joda (Luke)

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

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:26

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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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  • Joshua

    Son of Eliezer (Luke)

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

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:29

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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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  • Menna

    Son of Mattatha (Luke)

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

    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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  • Ram

    Son of Hezron

    A little-known link in the chain, faithfully recorded between Hezron and Amminadab.

    Cited in the guide: Ruth 4:19; 1 Chron. 2:9-10; Matt. 1:3-4; Luke 3:33

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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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  • Semein

    Son of Josech (Luke)

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

    Cited in the guide: Luke 3:26

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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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  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)