Luke 3 · Notes

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governing Yehudah (Judea), and Herodes (Herod) was tetrarch of the Galilee, and Philippos (Philip) his brother was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,

in the high priesthood of Chanan (Annas) and Qayafa (Caiaphas), the word of God came upon Yochanan (John) the son of Zecharyah (Zechariah) in the wilderness.

And he went into all the region around the Yarden (Jordan), proclaiming an immersion of repentance for the release of sins,

as it is written in the book of the words of Yesha'yahu (Isaiah) the prophet: "A voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

Every ravine will be filled and every mountain and hill will be made low, and the crooked places will become straight and the rough ways into smooth roads;

and all flesh will see the salvation of God.'"

So he was saying to the crowds going out to be immersed by him, "Offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say among yourselves, 'We have Avraham (Abraham) as father.' For I say to you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

And already the axe is laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."

And the crowds were asking him, saying, "What then should we do?"

And answering he said to them, "Let the one having two tunics share with the one having none, and let the one having food do likewise."

And tax-collectors also came to be immersed, and they said to him, "Teacher, what should we do?"

And he said to them, "Collect nothing more than what has been appointed to you."

And soldiers also were asking him, saying, "And we, what should we do?" And he said to them, "Extort no one and accuse no one falsely, and be content with your wages."

And while the people were in expectation and all were reasoning in their hearts about Yochanan (John), whether perhaps he might be the anointed one,

John answered, saying to all, "I indeed immerse you in water; but the one stronger than I is coming, of whom I am not worthy to loosen the strap of his sandals; he will immerse you in the holy wind/spirit and fire.

His winnowing-fork is in his hand to clear out his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire."

So with many other exhortations also he proclaimed good news to the people.

But Herodes (Herod) the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias the wife of his brother and concerning all the evils that Herod had done,

added this also to them all: he shut up John in prison.

And it happened, when all the people were immersed, that Yeshua (Jesus) also having been immersed and praying, the sky was opened,

and the holy wind/spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven: "You are my son, the beloved; in you I am well pleased."

And Yeshua (Jesus) himself was beginning to be about thirty years old, being a son — as was supposed — of Yosef (Joseph), of Eli,

of Mattat, of Levi, of Melchi, of Yannai, of Yosef,

of Mattityahu, of Amos, of Nachum, of Chesli, of Naggai,

of Mahat, of Mattityahu, of Shim'i, of Yosef, of Yodah,

of Yochanan, of Reisha, of Zerubbavel, of She'altiel, of Neri,

of Melchi, of Addi, of Qosam, of Elmadam, of Er,

of Yeshua, of Eli'ezer, of Yorim, of Mattat, of Levi,

of Shim'on, of Yehudah (Judah), of Yosef, of Yonam, of Elyaqim,

of Mal'ah, of Mena, of Mattata, of Natan, of David,

of Yishai, of Oved, of Bo'az, of Salah, of Nachshon,

of Amminadav, of Admin, of Arni, of Chetsron, of Perets, of Yehudah (Judah),

of Ya'aqov (Jacob), of Yitzchak (Isaac), of Avraham (Abraham), of Terach, of Nachor,

of Serug, of Re'u, of Peleg, of Ever, of Shelach,

of Qenan, of Arpakhshad, of Shem, of Noach (Noah), of Lemekh,

of Metushelach, of Chanokh (Enoch), of Yered, of Mahalal'el, of Qenan,

of Enosh, of Shet, of Adam, of God.