Lukas 3
Swedish New Living Bible (Nya Levande Bibeln)
Johannes döparen förbereder vägen för Jesus
3 Medan Johannes, Sakarias son, levde ute i öknen, fick han ett budskap från Gud. Det hände under kejsar Tiberius femtonde regeringsår. Pontius Pilatus var då landshövding i Judeen, Herodes härskare i Galileen, hans bror Filippos i Itureen och Trachonitis, Lysanias i Abilene,
2 och Hannas och Kajafas var överstepräster.
3 Johannes började då predika i trakterna kring Jordanfloden att människorna kunde få sina synder förlåtna om de vände om till Gud och lät döpa sig.
4 Johannes var, som profeten Jesaja skriver: En röst ropar från öknen: 'Gör väg för Herren! Gör stigarna jämna för honom!
5 Fyll dalarna, sänk alla berg och höjder! Räta ut alla krokiga vägar! Jämna till det som är stenigt och gropigt!
6 Då ska alla människor få se Guds frälsning.'
7 När nu folk kom i stora skaror till honom för att döpas, talade han strängt till dem och sa: Tror ni, era ormyngel, att ni kan komma undan helvetet utan att vända om till Gud?
8 Nej, gå först och bevisa genom ert sätt att leva att ni verkligen gjort bättring. Och känn er inte säkra bara för att ni är barn till Abraham. Det räcker inte. Gud kan göra barn åt Abraham av de här stenarna!
9 Domen hänger över er, och yxan är redan lyft. Ja, varje träd som inte bär god frukt ska huggas ner och kastas i elden!
10 Folket frågade: Vad vill du då att vi ska göra?
11 Han svarade: Om ni har två skjortor, så ge den ena till den som ingen har. Om ni har mer mat än ni behöver, så ge åt dem som är hungriga.
12 Till och med tullindrivare, som var ökända för att ta mutor, kom för att döpas och frågade: Hur kan vi visa att vi har slutat att synda?
13 Genom att leva hederligt, svarade han. Se till att ni inte tar mer i skatt än vad den romerska staten ger order om.
14 Och vad ska vi göra? frågade några soldater.Johannes svarade: Tvinga inte till er pengar genom hot och våld, utan nöj er med er lön.
15 Alla väntade att Messias snart skulle komma, och de frågade Johannes om det möjligen var han.
16 Men Johannes svarade dem och sa: Jag döper bara med vatten, men snart kommer en som har mycket större makt än jag. Ja, jag är inte ens värd att vara hans slav. Han ska döpa er i den helige Andes eld.
17 Han ska skilja agnarna från vetet och samla vetet i sin lada. Men agnarna ska han kasta i en eld som aldrig slocknar.
18 Också på många andra sätt förmanade han folket och lät dem höra det glada budskapet.
Herodes sätter Johannes i fängelse
19-20 Men när Johannes offentligt kritiserat Herodes, fursten i Galileen, för hans förhållande med sin svägerska Herodias och för allt annat ont han gjort, satte Herodes Johannes i fängelse och lade så ytterligare en synd till sina övriga.
Johannes döper Jesus
21 En dag var Jesus med bland de många människor som Johannes döpte. När han hade blivit döpt och stod där och bad öppnades himlen.
22 Den helige Ande sänkte sig synligt ner över honom i form av en duva. Och en röst från himlen sa: Du är min älskade son, min utvalde.
Jesu familjeträd
23 Jesus var ungefär trettio år gammal när han började sin offentliga verksamhet. Bland folket var han känd som son till Josef. Josefs förfäder var:Eli, Mattat, Levi, Melki, Jannai, Josef, Mattatias, Amos, Nahum, Hesli, Naggai, Mahat, Mattatias, Shimi, Josek, Joda, Johanan, Resa, Serubbabel, Shealtiel, Ner, Melki, Addi, Kosam, Elmadam, Er, Jesus, Elieser, Jorim, Mattat, Levi, Symeon, Juda, Josef, Jonam, Eljakim, Melea, Menna, Mattata, Natan, David, Ishai, Oved, Boas, Salma, Nahshon, Amminadav, Admin, Arni, Hesron, Peres, Juda, Jakob, Isak, Abraham, Tera, Nahor, Serug, Reu, Peleg, Ever, Sela, Kenan, Arpakshad, Sem, Noa, Lemek, Metusela, Henok, Jered, Mahalalel, Kenan, Enosh, Set. Set var son till Adam som blev skapad av Gud.
Luke 3
New Catholic Bible
The Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry[a]
Chapter 3
The Ministry of John the Baptist. 1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias[b] was tetrarch of Abilene, 2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas,[c] the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the desert. 3 He journeyed throughout the entire region of the Jordan valley, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, 4 as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah:
“The voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
make straight his paths.
5 Every valley shall be filled in,
and every mountain and hill shall be leveled;
the winding roads shall be straightened
and the rough paths made smooth,
6 and all mankind shall see the salvation of God.’ ”
7 He admonished the crowds who came out to be baptized by him: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Produce good fruits as proof of your repentance. Do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you, God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones. 9 Even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
10 When the crowds asked him, “What then should we do?” 11 he said to them in reply, “Anyone who has two coats must share with the person who has none, and whoever has food must do likewise.” 12 Even tax collectors were coming to him to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?” 13 He answered them, “Cease collecting more than the amount prescribed.” 14 Some soldiers also asked him, “What about us? What should we do?” He replied, “Do not extort money from anyone, do not falsely accuse or threaten anyone, and be satisfied with your wages.”
15 As the people began to experience a feeling of expectancy, they all wondered in their hearts whether John might be the Christ. 16 John answered, telling them all: “I baptize you with water, but there is one coming who is more powerful than I am. I am not worthy to loosen the straps of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 17 His winnowing fan is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.” 18 And with many other exhortations, he proclaimed the good news to the people.
19 But Herod the tetrarch, after having been rebuked by John because of his affair with Herodias, his brother’s wife, in addition to all the other evil deeds he had done, 20 added still this, that he put John in prison.[d]
21 The Baptism of Jesus.[e] After John had baptized all the people, and while Jesus was engaged in prayer after also having been baptized, heaven opened 22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my beloved Son; in you I am well pleased.”
23 The Genealogy of Jesus.[f] When Jesus began his ministry, he was about thirty years old. He was the son, as it was thought, of Joseph,[g]
the son of Heli, 24 the son of Matthat,
the son of Levi, the son of Melchi,
the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos,
the son of Nahum, the son of Esli,
the son of Naggai, 26 the son of Maath,
the son of Mattathias,
the son of Semein, the son of Josech,
the son of Joda, 27 the son of Joanan,
the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel,
the son of Shealtiel,
the son of Neri, 28 the son of Melchi,
the son of Addi, the son of Cosam,
the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
29 the son of Joshua,
the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim,
the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah,
the son of Joseph,
the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna,
the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan,
the son of David,
32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed,
the son of Boaz, the son of Sala,
the son of Nahshon, 33 the son of Amminadab,
the son of Admin,
the son of Arni, the son of Hezron,
the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac,
the son of Abraham,
the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu,
the son of Peleg, the son of Eber,
the son of Shelah,
36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad,
the son of Shem, the son of Noah,
the son of Lamech, 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch,
the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel,
the son of Cainan, 38 the son of Enos,
the son of Seth, the son of Adam,
the son of God.
Footnotes
- Luke 3:1 The word of God finds expression in the history of humankind. By listing the many temporal rulers and religious authorities, Luke enables us to date John’s activity as occurring between the fall of A.D. 27 and Passover of 28. But he also wants to contrast these earthly rulers and religious authorities with the sovereignty and authority of Jesus. The deeper movement of history does not take place at the level of official appearances; in fact, it is Jesus who is fulfilling the destiny of the world by giving history its true meaning.
Luke sums up in a single passage all the information that he intends to offer on the work of John. More than the other evangelists, he stresses the point that salvation is offered to everyone; in his citation of Isaiah he highlights the final verse, thereby underscoring the thought that the new age is meant for the authentic children of Abraham and not solely for the chosen people. At the end of the passage he immediately jumps ahead to the imprisonment of John, of which Mark and Matthew speak at a later point and at greater length (Mt 14:1-12; Mk 6:14-29). His intention is to make a clear distinction between the Jesus movement and the Johannine movement: when the time of Christ begins, that of John, the forerunner, is finished. - Luke 3:1 Lysanias: an unknown governor. Abilene: a region northeast of Damascus.
- Luke 3:2 Caiaphas was the current high priest (A.D. 18–36). Annas, that is, Ananiah, had preceded him from 5 B.C. to A.D. 15. He is named here because he still exercised considerable influence.
- Luke 3:20 John’s imprisonment occurred sometime after the beginning of Jesus’ ministry (see Jn 3:22-24). Luke mentions it here to bring his section on John’s ministry to a conclusion before starting his account of that of Jesus (see also Mt 4:12; Mk 1:14). Later he alludes to John’s death (Lk 9:7-9). See also note on Mk 1:14.
- Luke 3:21 Jesus here shows himself to be in solidarity with sinners by receiving the bath of repentance. But a unique event also takes place: The Messiah receives his investiture from heaven. The Holy Spirit will be present in him (see Isa 11:2); over him are pronounced the words used in consecrating kings (Ps 2:7), but here they attest that he is the Son of God in a sense hitherto unsuspected (see Lk 1:35).
- Luke 3:23 Luke gives a genealogy that is meant not as a historical document but as the assertion of a legal status. Jesus is linked to Joseph, even though it was known that the link was not one of blood; the reason for doing so is that at that time only men and not women had rights. The genealogy then moves back to David, without following the line of kings. From that point it continues again, not only as far as Abraham, but—and this is the chief novelty of the passage—as far as Adam, who comes from the hand of God. Luke’s intention is to stress the point that Jesus belongs not only to the chosen people but to the entire human race, which he has come to save.
Whereas Matthew specifically mentions three groups of 14 generations, Luke lists 77 names, according to a scheme of sevens. From the beginning of the human race until Jesus there are eleven series of seven (11 x 7). Jesus comes as Messiah in the eschatological stage of history (see 4 Esdras 14:11). - Luke 3:23 It may be helpful to record another interpretation of the difference between this genealogy and that of Matthew: in virtue of the law of the levirate, Joseph (it is said) had two fathers, one biological (Jacob), the other legal (Heli); thus two different lists are used as far back as Shealtiel.
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