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

Isaiah 40:3

Mark 1:7

Luke 1:17

General references

Luke 1:16

Bible References

Those

And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the Trachonitus country, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene--

John

Truly I say to you, Among those who have been born of women there has not risen a greater one than John the Baptist. But the least in the kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.

and said to his servants, This is John the Baptist. He has risen from the dead, and therefore the powerful works are working in him.

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

But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him, but have done to him whatever they desired. Likewise also the Son of Man shall suffer from them.

The baptism of John, where was it from? From Heaven or from men? And they reasoned within themselves, saying, If we shall say, From Heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?

John came baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

But hearing Herod said, It is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead!

But the angel said to him, Do not fear, Zacharias. For your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

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

There was a man sent from God; his name was John.

And John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it is given to him from Heaven.

beginning from the baptism of John to that same day that He was taken up from us, to become a witness with us of His resurrection.

John having before proclaimed the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel, before His coming.

And he said to them, Then to what were you baptized? And they said, To John's baptism.

Preaching

The voice of him who cries in the wilderness, Prepare the way of Jehovah, make straight a highway in the desert for our God.

And he proclaimed, saying, There is One coming after me who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down to loosen.

And he shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

General references

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