15 Now while the people were in a state of expectation and they all were thinking carefully in their hearts about John, (A)whether he himself perhaps was the [a]Christ, 16 (B)John responded to them all, saying, “As for me, I baptize you with water; but He is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the straps of His sandals; He will baptize you [b]with the Holy Spirit and fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:15 I.e., Messiah
  2. Luke 3:16 The Gr here can be translated in, with, or by

15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:

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20 Herod also added this to them all: (A)he locked John up in prison.

Jesus Is Baptized

21 (B)Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized, and while He was (C)praying, heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven: “(D)You are My beloved Son, in You I am well pleased.”

Genealogy of Jesus

23 (E)When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years old, being, as was commonly held, the son of (F)Joseph, [a]the son of [b]Eli,

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:23 Lit of Eli, and so throughout the genealogy
  2. Luke 3:23 Also spelled Heli

20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.

21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

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