Luke 3:2 Cross References - Lamsa

² During the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

¹ IN those days came John the Baptist; and he was preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, ² Saying, Repent; for the kingdom of heaven is near. ³ For it was he of whom it was said by the prophet Isaiah, The voice which cries in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, and straighten his highways. ⁴ Now the same JohnÆs clothes were made of camelÆs hair, and he had leathern belts around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then there went out to him, Jerusalem and all of Judaea, and the whole country around Jordan. ⁶ And they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, as they confessed their sins. ⁷ But when he saw a great many of the Pharisees and Sadducees who were coming to be baptized, he said to them, O offspring of scorpions, who has warned you to escape from the anger which is to come? ⁸ Bring forth therefore fruits which are worthy of repentance; ⁹ And do not think and say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father; for I say to you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones. ¹⁰ Behold, the axe is already placed at the root of the trees; therefore, every tree which bears not good fruits shall be cut down and dropped in the fire.

⁷ When they went away, Jesus began to speak to the people concerning John, What did you go out to the wilderness to see? A reed which is shaken by the wind?

³ Then the high priests and the scribes and the elders of the people assembled in the court yard of the high priest, who is called Caiaphas.

³ The voice that cries in the wilderness, Make ready the way of the Lord, and straighten his high ways. ⁴ John was in the wilderness, baptizing and preaching the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, ⁵ And the whole province of Judaea went out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and he baptized them in the river Jordan, when they confessed their sins.

⁵⁹ And it happened on the eighth day, they came to circumcise the boy; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. ⁶⁰ And his mother answered and said to them, Not so; but he should be called John. ⁶¹ And they said to her, There is no man in your family, who is called by this name. ⁶² Then they made signs to his father, what he wanted to call him. ⁶³ And he asked for a tablet and wrote, saying, John is his name. And every one was surprised.

⁸⁰ The boy grew and became strong in spirit; and he was in the desert until the day of his appearance to Israel.

³ And he came throughout the country around Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins; ⁴ As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, who said, The voice which calls in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make the paths of our God straight in the plain. ⁵ Let all the valleys be filled up, and all the mountains and hills be levelled; let the crooked places be made straight, and the rough places like a plain; ⁶ And let every flesh see the salvation of God. ⁷ And he said to the people, who were coming to him to be baptized, O offspring of scorpions, who has warned you to escape from the anger which is coming? ⁸ Therefore bring forth fruits which are worthy of repentance; and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father; for I say to you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones. ⁹ Behold, the axe is already placed at the root of the trees; therefore every tree which bears not good fruits will be cut down and dropped in the fire. ¹⁰ And the people asked him saying, What then shall we do? ¹¹ He answered and said to them, He who has two shirts, let him give to him who has not; and he who has food, let him do likewise. ¹² And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said to him, Teacher, what shall we do? ¹³ He said to them, Do not exact anything more over what is commanded you to exact. ¹⁴ And the soldiers also asked him saying, What shall we do? And he said to them, Do not molest any man, and do not despise any man; your own wages should be enough for you. ¹⁵ While the people were placing their hope on John, and all of them were thinking in their hearts, that perhaps he is the Christ; ¹⁶ John answered and said to them, Behold, I baptize you with water; but one is coming after me, who is greater than I, the strings of whose shoes I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire; ¹⁷ He holds a shovel in his hand, and purifies his threshing; the wheat he gathers into his barns, and the straw he burns in the unquenchable fire.

²³ He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Straighten the highway of the Lord, as the prophet Isaiah said.

⁴⁹ But one of them, called Caiaphas, who was the high priest for that year, said to them, You know nothing; ⁵⁰ Nor do you reason that it is much better for us that one man should die instead of the people, and not all the people perish. ⁵¹ He did not say this of himself; but because he was the high priest for that year, he prophesied that Jesus had to die for the sake of the people;

¹³ And they brought him first to Annas, because he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest of that year. ¹⁴ Caiaphas was the one who had counselled the Jews, that it was better for one man to die instead of the people.

²⁴ Annas then sent Jesus bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

⁶ And also Annas the high priest, and CaÆiaphas and John and Alexander and those who were of the family of the high priest.