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Selected Verse: Luke 3:3 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Lu 3:3 |
King James |
And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| On the baptism of John - see the notes at Matt. 3. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
sins
Sin
(See Scofield) - (Rom 3:23). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
The country about Jordan
Which both Matthew and Mark call the wilderness. See on Mat 3:1.
Baptism of repentance
Wyc., penaunce.
For (εἰς)
Better as Rev., unto, denoting the destination of the rite.
Remission (ἄφεσιν)
See on Jam 5:15. The word occurs in Luke more frequently than in all the other New Testament writers combined. Used in medical language of the relaxation of disease. Both Luke and John use the kindred verb ἀφίημι, in the same sense. Luk 4:39; Joh 4:52. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The baptism of repentance - See on Mat 3:4-6 (note), and Mar 1:1 (note), etc., and Mark 16 (note) at the end. |
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.