Luke 3:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Luke 3:1

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, ^aPontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

2 while ^aAnnas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of God came to ^bJohn the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

3 ^aAnd he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance ^bfor the remission of sins,

4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying:
^a“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.

5 Every valley shall be filled
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough ways smooth;

6 And ^aall flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ ”

John Preaches to the People

7 Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, ^a“Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

8 Therefore bear fruits ^aworthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

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Definitions of words in Luke 3:1:

Abilene {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Abilene {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Abilene {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Brother {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Brother {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Caesar {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Caesar {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Galilee {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Galilee {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Galilee {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Governor {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Governor {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Herod {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Herod {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

His {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Judea {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Judea {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Lysanias {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Lysanias {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Lysanias {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Region {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Reign {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Tetrarch {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Tetrarch {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Tetrarch {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Tiberius {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Tiberius {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Trachonitis {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Trachonitis {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Trachonitis {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Year {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Year {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Philip {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Philip {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Pilate {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Iturea {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

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