Luke 3:3
“And he came into all the countrey about Iordane, preaching the baptisme of repentance, for the remissiō of sinnes,”
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Luke 3:3 Context
1Now in the fifteenth yeere of the reigne of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being Gouernour of Iudea, & Herode being Tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip Tetrarch of Iturea, and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the Tetrarch of Abilene, 2Annas and Caiaphas being the high Priests, the word of God came vnto Iohn the sonne of Zacharias, in the wildernesse. 3And he came into all the countrey about Iordane, preaching the baptisme of repentance, for the remissiō of sinnes, 4As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the Prophet, saying, The voyce of one crying in the wildernesse, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 5Euery valley shall be filled, and euery mountaine and hill shalbe brought low, and the crooked shall bee made straight, and the rough wayes shall be made smooth.
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Other Translations for Luke 3:3
And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
- King James Version
And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;
- American Standard Version (1901)
And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.
- Basic English Bible
And he came into all the district round the Jordan, preaching [the] baptism of repentance for [the] remission of sins,
- Darby Bible
And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance, for the remission of sins;
- Webster's Bible
John went into all the district about the Jordan proclaiming a baptism of the penitent for the forgiveness of sins;
- Weymouth Bible
He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.
- World English Bible
And he cam in to al the cuntre of Jordan, and prechide baptym of penaunce in to remyssioun of synnes.
- Wycliffe Bible
and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for Luke 3:3
Lu 3:3 Came into all the country. Compare Mt 3:1-12, on which see notes; also Mr 1:1-8.