New American Standard Bible 1995

Luke 3:18-25

18So with many other exhortations he preached the gospel to the people. 19But when 1Herod the tetrarch was reprimanded by him because of 2Herodias, his brother’s wife, and because of all the wicked things which 3Herod had done, 20Herod also added this to them all: 4he locked John up in prison.

21 5Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was 6praying, heaven was opened, 22and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, “7You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.”

23 8When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being, 9as was supposed, the son of 10Joseph, 11the son of 12Eli, 24the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, 25the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of 13Hesli, the son of Naggai,

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Notes

1. Luke 3:19 Matt 14:3; Mark 6:17 ↩
2. Luke 3:19 Matt 14:3; Mark 6:17 ↩
3. Luke 3:19 Matt 14:1; Luke 3:1 ↩
4. Luke 3:20 John 3:24 ↩
5. Luke 3:21 Luke 3:21, 22: Matt 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11 ↩
6. Luke 3:21 Matt 14:23; Luke 5:16; 9:18, 28f ↩
7. Luke 3:22 Ps 2:7; Is 42:1; Matt 3:17; 17:5; Mark 1:11; Luke 9:35; 2 Pet 1:17 ↩
8. Luke 3:23 Matt 4:17; Acts 1:1 ↩
9. Luke 3:23 Lit as it was being thought ↩
10. Luke 3:23 Luke 3:23-27: Matt 1:16 ↩
11. Luke 3:23 Lit of Eli, and so throughout the genealogy ↩
12. Luke 3:23 Also spelled Heli ↩
13. Luke 3:25 Also spelled Esli ↩

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