KJV King James Version
Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
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Luke 3:2
Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
WEB World English Bible
in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
ASV American Standard Version
in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests—there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,
Surrounding context — Luke 3
1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways [shall be] made smooth;
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ἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstἀρχιερέωςG749 · archiereushigh-priestἍνναG452 · AnnasAnnasκαὶG2532 · kaiandΚαϊάφα,G2533 · KaiaphasCaiaphasἐγένετοG1096 · ginomaito beῥῆμαG4487 · rhēmadeclarationθεοῦG2316 · theosGodἐπὶG1909 · epiupon/to/againstἸωάννηνG2491 · IōannēsJohnτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoΖαχαρίουG2197 · ZachariasZechariahυἱὸνG5207 · uhiossonἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῇG3588 · hothe/this/whoἐρήμῳ.G2048 · erēmosdeserted
Cross-references
Acts 4:6And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.John 18:24Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.Jonah 1:1Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,Luke 1:80And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.Matthew 26:3Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,Matthew 3:1-10In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,Zephaniah 1:1The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.Isaiah 40:3The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.John 11:49-51And one of them, [named] Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,Matthew 11:7And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?Micah 1:1The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.John 18:13-14And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.John 1:23He said, I [am] the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.Luke 3:3-17And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;Luke 1:59-63And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.Mark 1:3-5The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.Jeremiah 1:2To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.Jeremiah 2:1Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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