Luke 3:3

And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the immersion of repentance, unto remission of sins,

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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

2when Annas was high priest and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness.

4as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, Make straight his paths.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:11I indeed immerse you in water unto repentance; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire;

Luke 1:77in order to give knowledge of salvation to his people in remission of their sins;

John 1:31And I knew him not; but that he might be made manifest to Israel, for this I came immersing in water.

Acts 13:24John having first preached, before his entrance, the immersion of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Acts 22:16And now why tarriest thou? Arise, be immersed and wash away thy sins, calling on his name.

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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