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

Mark 1:7

Luke 1:17

General references

Luke 1:16

Bible References

Those

And in the fifteenth year in the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituria and the Trachonitis country, and Lusanius tetrarch of Abilene, during the high-priesthood of Annas

John

Truly I say unto you, Among those having been born of women there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist: nevertheless the least in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.

and he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore miracles are wrought in him.

And they said, Some, John the Baptist; and some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

but I say unto you, that Elijah has already come, and they recognized Him not, but did unto Him so many things as they wished; thus the Son of man is also about to suffer by them.

Whence was the baptism of John? from heaven or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we may say, From heaven; He will say to us, Why then did you not believe on him?

John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness the baptism of repentance unto the remission of sins.

But Herod hearing said, That, He is John, whom I beheaded; He is risen from the dead.

And the angel said to him; Fear not, Zacharias; because thy prayer has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bring forth a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John.

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

There was a man having been sent from God, whose name was John;

John responded and said, No man is able to receive anything, unless it may have been given unto him from heaven.

beginning from the baptism of John, until the day on which He was taken up from us, it behooveth one of these to be witness of His resurrection along with us.

and John having preached the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel, before the face of his coming.

And he said, Into what then were you baptized? And they said, Into the baptism of John.

Preaching

And he proclaimed, saying, I indeed baptized you with water; but One cometh after me more powerful than I; the latchet of His sandals I am not worthy, having stooped down, to loose,

And he will go before Him in the spirit and Power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient unto the understanding of the righteous, to prepare a people made ready for the Lord.

General references

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