Luke 3
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Luke 3:21-23

211NowG1161 whenG1722 allG537 the peopleG2992 were baptizedG907, JesusG2424 alsoG2532 was baptizedG907, and while He was 2prayingG4336, heavenG3772 was openedG455, 22and the HolyG40 SpiritG4151 descendedG2597 upon Him in bodilyG4984 formG1491 likeG5613 a doveG4058, and a voiceG5456 cameG1096 from heavenG3772: “3You are My belovedG27 SonG5207, in You I amG2106 wellG2106 pleasedG2106.”

234When He beganG757 His ministry, JesusG2424 HimselfG846 was aboutG5616 thirtyG5144 yearsG2094 old, beingG1510, as was commonlyG3543 heldG3543, the sonG5207 of 5JosephG2501, 6the sonG5207 of 7EliG2242,

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Notes

  1. 1. Luke 3:21 Luke 3:21, 22: Matt 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11 ↩
  2. 2. Luke 3:21 Matt 14:23; Luke 5:16; 9:18, 28f ↩
  3. 3. Luke 3:22 Ps 2:7; Is 42:1; Matt 3:17; 17:5; Mark 1:11; Luke 9:35; 2 Pet 1:17 ↩
  4. 4. Luke 3:23 Matt 4:17; Acts 1:1 ↩
  5. 5. Luke 3:23 Luke 3:23-27: Matt 1:16 ↩
  6. 6. Luke 3:23 Lit of Eli, and so throughout the genealogy ↩
  7. 7. Luke 3:23 Also spelled Heli ↩

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