Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests -- there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,
New American Standard Bible
in the high priesthood of
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
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
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:
Themes
Annas » Associate high priest with caiaphas
Awakenings and religious reforms » -hezekiah 2ch 30 » -ezra
religious Awakenings » -hezekiah 2ch 30 » -ezra
The high priest » Assisted by a deputy
John the baptist » What was foretold about john the baptist
Repentance » Who baptized with the baptism of repentance
The Roman empire » Judea a province of, under a procurator or a governor
Interlinear
Archiereus
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 3:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
John The Baptist Begins His Ministry
1 And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar -- Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene -- 2 Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests -- there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness, 3 and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,
Phrases
Cross References
Acts 4:6
and Annas the chief priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the chief priest,
John 18:24
Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the chief priest.
Matthew 26:3
Then were gathered together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the court of the chief priest who was called Caiaphas;
Luke 1:80
And the child grew, and was strengthened in spirit, and he was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
Isaiah 40:3
A voice is crying -- in a wilderness -- Prepare ye the way of Jehovah, Make straight in a desert a highway to our God.
Jeremiah 1:2
unto whom the word of Jehovah hath been in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign,
Jeremiah 2:1
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
Ezekiel 1:3
hath the word of Jehovah certainly been unto Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chebar, and there is on him there a hand of Jehovah.
Hosea 1:1-2
A word of Jehovah that hath been 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 there is a word of Jehovah unto Jonah son of Amittai, saying:
Micah 1:1
A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Micah the Morashite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, that he hath seen concerning Samaria and Jerusalem:
Zephaniah 1:1
A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezikiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amoz, king of Judah:
Matthew 3:1-10
And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,
Matthew 11:7
And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, 'What went ye out to the wilderness to view? -- a reed shaken by the wind?
Mark 1:3-5
A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,' --
Luke 1:59-63
And it came to pass, on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling him by the name of his father, Zacharias,
Luke 3:3-17
and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,
John 1:23
He said, 'I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.'
John 11:49-51
and a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest of that year, said to them, 'Ye have not known anything,
John 18:13-14
and they led him away to Annas first, for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was chief priest of that year,