Luke 3:3

Luke 3:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
• New International Version (NIV)He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins,

Context of Luke 3:3

1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, 2in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness. And he came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins; 4as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “The voice of one calling out in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight! 5Every ravine will be filled, And every mountain and hill will be lowered; The crooked will become straight, And the rough roads smooth;

Luke 3:3 word by word

καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν περίχωρον τοῦ Ἰορδάνου κηρύσσων βάπτισμα μετανοίας εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶνRead the interlinear

• And he cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• into allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• the regionπερίχωροςperichōros · regionG4066
• the JordanἸορδάνηςIordanēs · JordanG2446
• preachingκηρύσσωkērussō · to preachG2784
• a baptismβάπτισμαbaptisma · baptismG908
• of repentanceμετάνοιαmetanoia · repentanceG3341
• for the forgivenessἄφεσιςaphesis · forgivenessG859
• of sinsἁμαρτίαhamartia · sinG266

Cross-references for Luke 3:3

• Matthew 3:5At that time Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the region around the Jordan;
• Mark 1:4John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
• John 1:28These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing people.
• John 3:26And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified--behold, He is baptizing and all the people are coming to Him.”
• Matthew 3:6and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.
• John 1:31And I did not recognize Him, but so that He would be revealed to Israel, I came baptizing in water.”
• Acts 13:24after John had proclaimed, before His coming, a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
• Acts 19:4Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
• Acts 22:16Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins by calling on His name.’
• Luke 1:77To give His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their sins,

Commentaries on Luke 3:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The baptism of repentance - See on Matthew 3:4-6; (note), and Mark 1:1; (note), etc., and Mark 16 (note) at the end.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-9Verses 3-9 On the baptism of John - see the notes at Matthew 3.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins: John seems to have adapted the practice of baptism from Jewish rites using water to cleanse, or set apart, people and objects for God’s service (compare Leviticus 8:6). John called people to repent of their sins and prepare spiritually for the Messiah’s coming. Their baptism publicly demonstrated their repentance and spiritual cleansing.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-20(See on Mt 3:1-12; Mr 6:17, &c.). 1-2. Here the curtain of the New Testament is, as it were, drawn up, and the greatest of all epochs of the Church commences. Even our Lord's own age (Lu 3:23) is determined by it [Bengel]. No such elaborate chronological precision is to be found elsewhere in the New Testament, and it comes fitly from him who claims it as the peculiar recommendation of his Gospel, that he had "accurately traced down all things from the…Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 3:3

• John
• Judea
• Preaching
• Repentance
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Jordan
• Jordan River, Jordan
• Remission of Sins
• Demand
• Mary
• Reprove
• Unquenchable
• Violence
• Wages
• Antediluvian Patriarchs

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