Luke 3:18

Luke 3:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
• New International Version (NIV)And with many other words John exhorted the people and proclaimed the good news to them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And with many other exhortations he preached to the people.

Context of Luke 3:18

16John replied to all of them, “I baptize you with water. But the one who is more powerful than I is coming. I am not worthy to untie his sandal straps. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 17His winnowing shovel is in his hand to clean up his threshing floor. He will gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn the husks in a fire that can never be put out.” With many other encouraging words, he told the Good News to the people. 19John spoke out against the ruler Herod because Herod had married his own sister-in-law, Herodias. He also spoke out against Herod for all the evil things he had done. 20So Herod added one more evil to all the others; he locked John in prison.

Luke 3:18 word by word

Πολλὰ μὲν οὖν καὶ ἕτερα παρακαλῶν εὐηγγελίζετο τὸν λαόν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·οὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• ·μένmen · on the other handG3303
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• other thingsἕτεροςheteros · otherG2087
• in his exhortationπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870
• preached heεὐαγγελίζομαιeuaggelizō · to speak good newsG2097
• unto the peopleὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• unto the peopleλαόςlaos · a peopleG2992

Cross-references for Luke 3:18

• John 1:15(John declared the truth about him when he said loudly, “This is the person about whom I said, ‘The one who comes after me was before me because he existed before I did.’ ”)
• John 3:29“The groom is the person to whom the bride belongs. The best man, who stands and listens to him, is overjoyed when the groom speaks. This is the joy that I feel.
• Acts 2:40Peter said much more to warn them. He urged, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”

Commentaries on Luke 3:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-18Verses 16-18 See the notes at Matthew 3:11-12.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-20Verses 15-20 John the Baptist disowned being himself the Christ, but confirmed the people in their expectations of the long-promised Messiah. He could only exhort them to repent, and assure them of forgiveness upon repentance; but he could not work repentance in them, nor confer remission on them. Thus highly does it become us to speak of Christ, and thus humbly of ourselves. John can do no more than baptize with water, in token that they ought to purify…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. many other things, &c.--such as we read in Joh 1:29, 33, 34; 3:27-36. (Also see on Mt 3:12.)Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 3:18

• John

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• Demand
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• Reprove
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• Violence
• Wages
• Antediluvian Patriarchs
• Exhortation
• Jesus Christ
• Luke, the Gospel of

Commentaries on Luke 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings