Luke 3:2

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zachariah, in the Desert.

Montgomery New Testament

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

1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip, tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias, tetrarch of Abilene;

3And Johnwent into all the region about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:7As these men started to go away, Jesus began to speak to the throngs, about John.

Mark 1:3The voice of one crying aloud. In the desert make ready a road for the Lord. Make his paths straight.

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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