Luke 3:3

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

2and when Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, a command from God came to John, the son of Zechariah, while he was in the wilderness.

4This was in fulfillment of what is said in the writings of the prophet Isaiah – ‘The voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness: “Make ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:11I, indeed, baptize you with water to teach repentance; but he who is coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Luke 1:77to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,

John 1:31I did not know who he was, but I have come baptizing with water to make him known to Israel.”

Acts 13:24John having first proclaimed, before the appearance of Jesus, a baptism on repentance for all the people of Israel.

Acts 22:16And now why wait any longer, Be baptized at once, wash away your sins, and invoke 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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