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Luke
Chapter
3
{The
Ministry of John the Baptist}
3:1-2``
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 tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis,
and
Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 3:2``
during
the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas . . .
the
Word of God came to John,
the
son of Zechariah, in the desert.
3:3``
He went into all the region around the Jordan {River},
preaching/'making
a public proclamation'
announcing
a baptism that had to do with repentance
for
the forgiveness/'remission of the penalty' of sins.
3:4-6``As
it is written in the book
of
the words of Isaiah the prophet,
"The
voice of one shouting in the desert:
'Make
ready/Prepare the Way of the Lord . . .
make
His paths straight. 3:5``
Every
valley/ravine will be filled,
and
every mountain and hill will be brought low.
And
the crooked will be made straight . . .
and
the rough ways will be made smooth. 3:6``
And
all flesh {sarx}
will
see the salvation/deliverance {soterion} of God.'"
3:7-10``
So John kept on saying
to
the crowds who came out to be baptized by him,
"You
offspring/generations {gennema} of vipers!
Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 3:8``
Therefore
produce fruits 'having the weight of'/'that prove'
your
repentance.
And don't begin to saying within yourselves,
'We have Abraham {as} our father.'
For
I {John the Herald/Baptist}
tell
you that God can raise up children
to
Abraham from these stones! 3:9``
Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees.
And
every tree that does not produce good fruit
will
be cut down and thrown into the fire."
{Note: The religious Jews of the day believed that they were saved by the very fact that they are descendents of Abraham. John is explaining to them that salvation is by faith not by birth, or works, or anything else. We also learn from Paul that Israel was analogous to a 'domesticated Olive Tree' that has great value. But, the Olive tree had 'wild olive branches' (gentiles) grafted in - to replace the Jews that did not believe. Now the 'good fruit' is divine good production. Only a believer, through his own free will, permit God to produce divine good through us. We do that through replacing our human viewpoint with His divine viewpoint and apply that to experience.}
3:10``
So the crowds were asking him {John the Herald},
"What
then should we do?"
3:11``
He {John} 'had an answer'/'gave a discerning answer
from
the ultimate source of himself' {apokrinomai}
and
said to them,
"The
person who has two tunics/undergarments
let
him share with the person who has none.
And the person who has food must do likewise."
3:12``
Tax collectors also came to be baptized,
and
they said to him,
"Teacher/Master
{didaskalos}, what should we do?"
3:13`` He told them, "Collect no more than you are required to."
3:14``
Then some soldiers also asked him,
"And
as for us - what should we do?"
He
told them,
"Take
money from no one by violence or by false accusation,
and
be content with your pay."
3:15-17``
While the people were filled with anticipation
and
they all pondered in their 'right lobes'/hearts
whether
perhaps he {John} could be the Christ, 3:16``
John
'had an answer'/'gave a discerning answer
from
the ultimate source of himself' {apokrinomai}
for
them all,
"I
baptize you with water;
but
there is One coming more powerful than I am . . .
the
straps of Whose sandals
I
am not worthy to untie.
He
will baptize you with the Holy Spirit
and
by means of fire . . . 3:17``
His
winnowing fan is in his hand . . .
{winnowing is to separate the chaff from (grain) by means of a
current of air}
to
clean out His threshing floor . . .
and
to gather the wheat into His storehouse . . .
but the chaff, He will burn up with inextinguishable fire."
{Note: The 'wheat' are believers at the 2nd Advent. They will go with Him into the Millennium. The chaff are unbelievers and they are burned up - die and do not go into the Millennium.}
3:18``
Thus with many other exhortations,
John
proclaimed 'good news'/gospel to the people.
3:19-20``But
Herod the tetrarch,
who
had been rebuked/reproved by him {John the Herald}
concerning
Herodias, his brother's wife,
and
concerning all the evil deeds that Herod had done, 3:20``
added
this to them all . . .
that
he confined/'locked up' John in prison.
{Jesus'
Baptism and Heavenly Endorsement}
3:21-22``Now
it came to pass,
after
all the people had been baptized,
Jesus
was also baptized.
And,
while He {Jesus} was praying,
the
heavens were opened, 3:22``
and
the Holy Spirit descended on Him
in
bodily form like a dove.
And
a voice came from heaven,
"You
are My son, the beloved One/Unique One
in
Whom, I {God the Father} take great pleasure/delight."
{The
Genealogy of Jesus Through Mary (See Matthew Chapter 1 for His Legal
Line Genealogy through Joseph}
3:23-38``So
Jesus, when He began His ministry,
was
about thirty years of age.
He
{Jesus} was the son - as was supposed - of Joseph,
the
son of Heli, 3:24``
the son of Matthat,
the son of Levi,
the son of Melchi,
the son of Jannai,
the son of Joseph, 3:25``
the son of Mattathias,
the son of Amos,
the son of Nahum,
the son of Esli,
the son of Naggai, 3:26 ``
the son of Maath,
the son of Mattathias,
the son of Semein,
the son of Josech,
the son of Joda, 3:27 ``
the son of Joanan,
the son of Rhesa,
the son of Zerubbabel,
the son of Shealtiel,
the son of Neri, 3:28 ``
the son of Melchi,
the son of Addi,
the son of Cosam,
the son of Elmadam,
the son of Er, 3:29 ``
the son of Joshua,
the son of Eliezer,
the son of Jorim,
the son of Matthat,
the son of Levi, 3:30 ``
the son of Simeon,
the son of Judah,
the son of Joseph,
the son of Jonam,
the son of Eliakim, 3:31``
the son of Melea,
the son of Menna,
the son of Mattatha,
the son of Nathan,
the son of David, 3:32 ``
the son of Jesse,
the son of Obed,
the son of Boaz,
the son of Salmon,
the son of Nahshon, 3:33``
the son of Amminadab,
the son of Aram,
the son of Admin,
the son of Arni,
the son of Hezron,
the son of Perez,
the son of Judah, 3:34 ``
the son of Jacob,
the son of Isaac,
the son of Abraham,
the son of Terah,
the son of Nahor, 3:35 ``
the son of Serug,
the son of Reu,
the son of Peleg,
the son of Eber,
the son of Shelah, 3:36 ``
the son of Cainan,
the son of Arphaxad,
the son of Shem,
the son of Noah,
the son of Lamech, 3:37 ``
the son of Methuselah,
the son of Enoch,
the son of Jared,
the son of Mahalalel,
the son of Kenan, 3:38 ``
the son of Enosh,
the son of Seth,
the son of Adam . . .
the Son of God.
{Note: See also other genealogies starting at Adam.}
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