Luke 3:3

He came into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.

New Heart English Bible

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 Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.

4As it is written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet,"The voice of one crying 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 in water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Luke 1:77to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,

John 1:31I did not know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel."

Acts 13:24before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Acts 22:16Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your 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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