Luke 3:3

And he came into the whole country about the Jurdan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 Chanan and of Kaiopha, was the word of Aloha unto Juchanon bar Zakaria in the desert.

4As it is written in the book of the words of Eshaia the prophet, who said, The voice which crieth in the desert, Prepare the way of the Lord, And make straight in the plain the highways for our Aloha.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:11I, indeed, baptize you with water unto repentance; but He who cometh after me is mightier than I; he, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear,-he baptizeth you with the Spirit of Holiness and with fire.

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

John 1:31And I knew him not, but that he should be made known unto Isroel, therefore have I come with waters to baptize.

Acts 13:24And he sent Juhanon to proclaim before his coming the baptism of repentance to the whole people of Israel.

Acts 22:16And now why delayest thou? Arise, baptize, and be washed from thy sins, while thou callest 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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