New American Standard Bible 2020
Luke 3:38
38the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
Luke 3:38 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
- New International Version (NIV)the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
Context of Luke 3:38
36the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 37the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
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τοῦ Ἐνὼς τοῦ Σὴθ τοῦ Ἀδὰμ τοῦ θεοῦ.¶Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Luke 3:38
- Genesis 4:25Adam had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for, she said, “God has appointed me another child in place of Abel, because Cain killed him.”
- Genesis 5:3When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.
- Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth.”
- Genesis 2:7Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living person.
- Genesis 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. On the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God.
- Isaiah 64:8But now, Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter, And all of us are the work of Your hand.
- Acts 17:26and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,
- 1 Corinthians 15:45So also it is written: “The first man, Adam, became a living person.” The last Adam was a life-giving spirit.
Commentaries on Luke 3:38
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24-38Verses 24-38 See, on this genealogy, the notes at Matthew 1:1-16.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-38Verses 23-38 Matthew's list of the forefathers of Jesus showed that Christ was the son of Abraham, in whom all the families of the earth are blessed, and heir to the throne of David; but Luke shows that Jesus was the Seed of the woman that should break the serpent's head, and traces the line up to Adam, beginning with Eli, or Heli, the father, not of Joseph, but of Mary. The seeming differences between the two evangelists in these lists of names have been…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 38Seth was the third son of Adam and Eve. He was born after Cain killed Abel and God sent Cain away (Genesis 4:25–26). Adam was the son of God because he had no earthly father. God created him. When Satan tempted Jesus in the wilderness, Satan repeatedly says to Jesus, “If you are the Son of God...” Adam was the first son of God and failed when tested. But Jesus, the Son of God in the fullest sense, successfully resisted temptation.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3838. son of God--Compare Ac 17:28.Read the comment
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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
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