Matthew 3:1

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Summary

Matthew 3:1

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

Those

Luke 3:1

John

Preaching

Isaiah 40:3

Mark 1:7

Luke 1:17

General references

Luke 1:16

Bible References

Those

Now 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 was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,

John

Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

And they said, “Some say John the Baptist; and others,

Elijah; but still others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”

but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”

The baptism of John was from what source, from heaven or from men?” And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness

preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

But when Herod heard of it, he kept saying, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen!”

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will give him the name John.

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

There came a man sent from God, whose name was John.

John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.

beginning with the baptism of John until the day that He was taken up from us—one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”

after John had proclaimed before His coming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” And they said, “Into John’s baptism.”

Preaching

A voice is calling,

“Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness;
Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

And he was preaching, and saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the thong of His sandals.

It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

General references

And he will turn many of the sons of Israel back to the Lord their God.