Luke 3:2

John The Baptist Begins His Ministry

¹ Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, ² in the highpriesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. ³ And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;

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Acts 4:6

and Annas the high priest was there , and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest.

John 18:24

Annas therefore sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.

Matthew 26:3

Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the elders of the people, unto the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas;

Luke 1:80

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel.

Isaiah 40:3

The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God.

Jeremiah 1:2

to whom the word of Jehovah 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 Jehovah came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 1:3

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

Hosea 1:1-2

The word of Jehovah that came unto 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 Jehovah came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

Micah 1:1

The word of Jehovah 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 Jehovah which came unto 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 cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying,

Matthew 11:7

And as these went their way, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken with the wind?

Mark 1:3-5

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the 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 would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.

Luke 3:3-17

And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;

John 1:23

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

John 11:49-51

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

John 18:13-14

and led him to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.