Luke 3:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Luke 3:4

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.’ ”

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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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Luke 3:4-6

"Prepare the way of the LORD," compared to all that Luke put in there. Why did Luke put more? Because he wanted to get to verse 6 where it says, "And all flesh shall see the salvation of God." Again remember, Matthew is concentrating on the King. That King is going to come out of the Israelitish line. What he is giving here, at the beginning, is the fulfillment of prophecies that were made in the Israelites' book. Luke though, is speaking to Gentiles, so he is taking a universal approach and he is showing Jesus Christ as the Savior of all mankind—not just the Messiah for the Israelite people, but He is the Messiah for all mankind. "All flesh shall see the salvation of God." Not just Israelites, but everybody.

Excerpted from Four Views of Christ (Part 3)

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