Luke 3:2

and when Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, a command from God came to John, the son of Zechariah, while he was in the wilderness.

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In The King James Version

Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

In Context

1In the fifteenth year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod ruler of Galilee, his brother Philip ruler of the territory comprising Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruler of Abilene,

3And John went through the whole district of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance, for the forgiveness of sins.

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Cross References

Jonah 1:1This message from the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amittai:

Zephaniah 1:1The Lord’s message, which came to Zephaniah, son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the time of Josiah of Judah who was son of Amon.

Matthew 11:7While John’s disciples were going back, Jesus began to say to the crowds with reference to John,

Mark 1:3The voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness: “Prepare the road for the Lord, make a straight path for him.”’

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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