49Tiberius Caesar (AD 14-37).
50Pontius Pilate procurator of Judea (AD 26-36; Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews xviii, iv, 2.).
51Herod, tetrarch (AD 14-38) So W.E. Filmer, J. Theol. Studies 17, 2, p.283-298, Oct. 1966.
52Philip, tetrarch (BC 1 – AD 36) So W.E. Filmer, J. Theol. Studies 17, 2, p.283-298, Oct. 1966.
3: 2 in the high priesthood of 53Annas and 54Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zachariah in the wilderness.
53Annas (Hb. Hannah), high priest (AD 6-15)
54Joseph Caiaphas, high priest (AD 18-36)
3: 3 And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;
3: 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, 55The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.
55Is 40:3ff.
3: 5 Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways smooth;
3: 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
3: 7 He said therefore to the multitudes that went out to be baptized of him, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
3: 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
3: 9 And even now the axe also lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
3: 10 And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?
3: 11 And he answered and said unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise.
3: 12 And there came also 56publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do?
56That is, collectors or renters of Roman taxes.
3: 13 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
3: 14 And 57soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse any one wrongfully; and be content with your wages.
57Gk. soldiers on service
3: 15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ;
3: 16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is stronger than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not 58worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you 59in the Holy Spirit and in fire:
58Gk. sufficient
59Or perhaps, with the Holy Spirit
3: 17 whose fan is in his hand, thoroughly to cleanse his threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
3: 18 With many other exhortations therefore preached he 60good tidings unto the people;
60Or, the gospel
3: 19 but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother’s wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,
3: 20 added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
3: 21 Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
3: 22 and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son: in thee I was well pleased.
3: 23 And Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Eli,
3: 24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
3: 25 the son of Mattathiah, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
3: 26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathiah, the son of Shemein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
3: 27 the son of Johanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of 61Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
61Gk. Salathiel,
3: 28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
3: 29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
3: 30 the son of Symeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
3: 31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
3: 32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of 62Sala, the son of Nahshon,
62So p4Bℵ* copsa sys. L 33 and most lesser Gk. mss., copbo vg ite geo read Salmon, (See 1Chr 2:11; Mt 1:4,5.)
3: 33 the son of 63Adam, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
63So (B)ℵ* copsa. L copbo read Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, 0102 reads Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Aram, ite reads Amminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Joram, See Ruth 4:18-22; 1Chr 2:9-10.
3: 34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
3: 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
3: 36 64the son of Cainam, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
64p75 D omit the son of Cainam, Cainam is added in the Gk. Septuagint but not in the Hb., Aramaic, or Latin texts of Ge 10:24, 11:13. The Sept. text of 1Chr 1 seems to support the Hb.
3: 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainam,
3: 38 the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
