Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 3

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Luke 3 . 1 , The preaching and baptism of John; Luke 3 . 15 , his testimony of Christ; Luke 3 . 19 , Herod imprisons John; Luke 3 . 21 , Christ , baptized , receives testimony from heaven; Luke 3 . 23 , The age and genealogy of Christ from Joseph upwards.

Luke 3:1

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

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Ituraea Ituraea was a province of Syria east of Jordan , now called Djedour , according to Burckhardt , and comprising all the flat country south of Djebel Kessoue as far as Nowa , east of Djebel el Sheikh , or mount Hermon , and west of the Hadj road. Trachonitis , according to Strabo and Ptolemy , comprehended all the uneven country on the east of Auranitis , now Haouran , from near Damascus to Bozra , now called El Ledja and Djebel Haouran. Abilene was a district in the valley of Lebanon , so called from Abila its chief town , eighteen miles n of Damascus , according to Antoninus.

Luke 3:2

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

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Luke 3:3

He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

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Luke 3:4

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.

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Luke 3:5

Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.

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Luke 3:6

And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”

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Luke 3:7

Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

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Luke 3:8

Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

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worthy of or , meet for

Luke 3:9

The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

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Luke 3:10

The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?”

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Luke 3:11

John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”

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Luke 3:12

Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”

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Luke 3:13

“Collect no more than you are authorized,” he answered.

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Luke 3:14

Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”

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or , Put no man in fear

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wages or , allowance

Luke 3:15

The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John could be the Christ.

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or , suspense

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or , reasoned , or debated

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Luke 3:16

John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

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Luke 3:17

His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

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Luke 3:18

With these and many other exhortations, John proclaimed the good news to the people.

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Luke 3:19

But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,

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Luke 3:20

Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.

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Luke 13 . 31-34

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Luke 3:21

When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,

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Luke 3:22

and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

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Luke 3:23

Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

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The real father of Joseph was Jacob

  • Matthew 1:16 but having married the daughter of Heli , and being perhaps adopted by him , he was called his son , and as such was entered in the public registers; Mary not being mentioned , because the Hebrews never permitted the name of a woman to enter the genealogical tables , but inserted her husband as the son of him who was , in reality , but his father-in-law. Hence it appears that Matthew , who wrote principally for the Jews , traces the pedigree of Jesus Christ from Abraham , through whom the promises were given to the Jews , to David , and from David , through the line of Solomon , to Jacob the father of Joseph , the reputed or legal father of Christ; and that Luke , who wrote for the Gentiles , extends his genealogy upwards from Heli , the father of Mary , through the line of Nathan , to David , and from David to Abraham , and from Abraham to Adam , who was the immediate "son of God" by creation , and to whom the promise of the Saviour was given in behalf of himself and all his posterity. The two branches of descent from David , by Solomon and Nathan , being thus united in the persons of Mary and Joseph , Jesus the son of Mary re-united in himself all the blood , privileges , and rights , of the whole family of David; in consequence of which he is emphatically called "the Son of David

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Luke 3:26

the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,

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Luke 3:27

the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,

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Luke 3:28

the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,

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Luke 3:31

the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

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Luke 3:32

the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,

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Luke 3:33

the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

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Luke 3:34

the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

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Luke 3:35

the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,

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Luke 3:36

the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

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Cainan This Cainan is not found in the Hebrew Text of any of the genealogies , but only in the Septuagint; from which , probably , the evangelist transcribed the register , as sufficiently exact for his purpose , and as more generally suited to command attention. . See note on Genesis 11 . 12. It may here be remarked , that though some of the same names occur here , from Nathan downwards , as in Joseph's genealogy , yet there appears no sufficient evidence that the same persons were intended , different persons often bearing the same name.

Luke 3:37

the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,

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Luke 3:38

the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web16 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Luke 3:4-6 → Isaiah 40:3-5
Allusions Luke 3:16 → Malachi 3:1, Luke 3:21-22 → Joel 2:28, Luke 3:22 → Isaiah 42:1, Luke 3:35-38 → Genesis 5:1-3
Echoes Luke 3:16 → Joel 2:30, Luke 3:27 → Ezra 3:2
Trajectories
Eden as Temple (Original Sanctuary), Israel (Corporate New-Adam), New Exodus (Second Exodus Pattern), Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope), Seth (Appointed Seed), Shem (Blessed Line of YHWH), Zerubbabel (Royal Seed Rebuilding)
Longitudinal Themes
Sonship
Chiasms
Shaped Luke 3:4–18
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