Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

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

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

Holman Bible

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, God’s word came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

International Standard Version

and Annas and Caiaphas high priests, a message from God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.

American Standard Version

in the highpriesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

Amplified

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas [his son-in-law], the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

An Understandable Version

[During this time], while Annas and Caiaphas [Note: This man was Annas' son-in-law. See John 18:13] were head priests, God's message came to John [the Immerser], son of Zacharias, [when he was] in the desert [of Judea].

Anderson New Testament

Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness.

Bible in Basic English

When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the waste land.

Common New Testament

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

Daniel Mace New Testament

under the pontificate of Annas and Caiaphas, JOHN, the son of Zacharias, received his divine commission in the wilderness.

Darby Translation

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

Godbey New Testament

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

Goodspeed New Testament

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, a message from God came to Zechariah's son John in the desert.

John Wesley New Testament

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

Julia Smith Translation

Upon Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests, the word of And was upon John, son of Zacharias in the desert.

King James 2000

Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zachariah in the wilderness.

Lexham Expanded Bible

in the time of the high priest Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

Modern King James verseion

Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests-- the Word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When Annas and Caiaphas were the high priests: The word of God came unto John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

Moffatt New Testament

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the desert;

Montgomery New Testament

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zachariah, in the Desert.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

when Annas and Caiaphas were highpriests, the word of God came to John, the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness.

Sawyer New Testament

under the chief priest Annas, and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness.

The Emphasized Bible

in the High-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, came a word of God unto John the son, of Zechariah, in rue desert;

Thomas Haweis New Testament

when Annas and Caiaphas were high-priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness;

Twentieth Century New Testament

And when Annas and Caiaphas were High Priests, a Command from God came to John, the son of Zechariah, while he was in the wilderness.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

during the High-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, a message from God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the Desert.

Williams New Testament

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the message of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the desert.

World English Bible

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

Worrell New Testament

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

Worsley New Testament

and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being high priests, the word of God came unto John the Son of Zacharias in the wilderness:

Youngs Literal Translation

Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests -- there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Ἄννας 
Annas 
Usage: 4

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

Καΐάφας 
Kaiaphas 
Usage: 9

ἐπί 
Epi 
on, in, upon, unto, to,
Usage: 644

ἀρχιερεύς 
Archiereus 
Usage: 118

the word
ῥῆμα 
Rhema 
word, saying, thing, no thing Trans, not tr
Usage: 57

of God
θεός 
theos 
Usage: 1151

γίνομαι 
Ginomai 
be, come to pass, be made, be done, come, become, God forbid , arise, have, be fulfilled, be married to, be preferred, not tr, , vr done
Usage: 531

ἐπί 
Epi 
on, in, upon, unto, to,
Usage: 644

Ἰωάννης 
Ioannes 
John , John , John , John
Usage: 116

the son
υἱός 
Huios 
Usage: 213

Ζαχαρίας 
Zacharias 
Usage: 10

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

Context Readings

John The Baptist Begins His Ministry

1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip being tetrarch of the region belonging to Ituraea, and of the region of 2 in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God became in John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 And he came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching an immersion of repentance for remission of sins,

Cross References

Acts 4:6

and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the high priestly family.

John 18:24

Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

Matthew 26:3

Then the chief priests, and the scholars, and the elders of the people, assembled together to the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

Luke 1:80

And the child grew, and became strong in spirit. And he was in the desolate regions until the day of his manifestation to Israel.

Isaiah 40:3

The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Jeremiah 1:2

to whom the word of LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

Jeremiah 2:1

And the word of LORD came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 1:3

the word of LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar, and the hand of LORD was there upon him.

Hosea 1:1-2

The word of LORD that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

Jonah 1:1

Now the word of LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

Micah 1:1

The word of LORD that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

Zephaniah 1:1

The word of LORD which came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

Matthew 3:1-10

And in those days John the immerser comes, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying,

Matthew 11:7

And while those men departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes about John, What did ye go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

Mark 1:3-5

The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Lord. Make his paths straight.

Luke 1:59-63

And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling it by the name of his father Zacharias.

Luke 3:3-17

And he came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching an immersion of repentance for remission of sins,

John 1:23

He said, I am the voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of Lord, just as the prophet Isaiah said.

John 11:49-51

And a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, Ye know nothing at all,

John 18:13-14

and led him away first to Annas. For he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

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