Luke 3:3

And he came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching an immersion of repentance for remission of sins,

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In The King James Version

And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

In Context

2in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God became in John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

4as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, which says, The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Lord. Make his paths straight.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:11I indeed immerse you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He will immerse you in a Holy Spirit.

Luke 1:77to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the remission of their sins,

John 1:31And I had not known him, but that he would be made known to Israel. Because of this I came immersing in water.

Acts 13:24John having earlier proclaimed, before his coming presence, the immersion of repentance to Israel.

Acts 22:16And now what is it going to be? Having arisen, immerse and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Luke 3:2-15

Ministry of John the Baptist. 1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; 4 As it is… Read the whole commentary →

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