Parallel Verses

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;

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.

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.

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.

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 supremacy of Tiberius Caesar, - Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and, Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituraea and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanius, tetrarch of Abylene, - 2 in the High-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, came a word of God unto John the son, of Zechariah, in rue desert; 3 and he came into all the country about the Jordan, proclaiming an immersion of repentance into remission of sins:


Cross References

Acts 4:6

Also Annas, the high-priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of high-priestly descent; -

John 18:24

Annas therefore sent him forth, bound, unto Caiaphas the High-priest.

Matthew 26:3

Then, were gathered together, the High-priests and the Elders of the people, into the court of the High-priest who was called Caiaphas;

Luke 1:80

And, the child, went on growing, and being strengthened in spirit, and was in the deserts, until the day he was pointed out unto Israel.

Isaiah 40:3

A voice of one crying! - In the desert, prepare ye the way of Yahweh, - Make smooth in the waste plain a highway for our God:

Jeremiah 1:2

unto whom came the word of Yahweh, in the days of Josiah son of Amen king of Judah, - in the thirteenth year of his reign;

Jeremiah 2:1

And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying;

Ezekiel 1:3

in very deed came the word of Yahweh unto Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar, - yea the hand of Yahweh I came on him there I-

Hosea 1:1-2

The word of Yahweh which came unto Hosea son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, - and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel.

Jonah 1:1

And the word of Yahweh came unto Jonah son of Amittai, saying:

Micah 1:1

The word of Yahweh which came unto Micah the Morashtite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, - of which he had vision concerning Samaria, and Jerusalem: -

Zephaniah 1:1

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

Matthew 3:1-10

Now, in those days, came John the Immerser, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judaea;

Matthew 11:7

But, as these were going their way, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes, concerning John, - What went ye forth into the wilderness to gaze at? A reed, by a wind, shaken?

Mark 1:3-5

A voice of one crying aloud - In the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight, be making his paths.

Luke 1:59-63

And it came to pass, on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child, and were calling it, after the name of its father, Zachariah.

Luke 3:3-17

and he came into all the country about the Jordan, proclaiming an immersion of repentance into remission of sins:

John 1:23

He said - I, am a Voice, of one crying aloud; - In the desert, make ye straight, the way of the Lord: according as said Isaiah the prophet.

John 11:49-51

But, a certain one from among them, Caiaphas, being, High-priest, for that year, said unto them - Ye, know, nothing at all;

John 18:13-14

and led him unto Annas, first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the High-priest of that year.

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