Luke 3:2

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“during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.”

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BSBPD

“during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests--there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 3:2 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 40:3A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
  2. Jeremiah 1:2The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,
  3. Jeremiah 2:1Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
  4. Ezekiel 1:3the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.
  5. Hosea 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.
  6. Jonah 1:1Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,
  7. Micah 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
  8. Zephaniah 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:
  9. Matthew 3:1In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
  10. Matthew 11:7As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
  11. Matthew 26:3At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
  12. Mark 1:3“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
  13. Luke 1:59On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.
  14. Luke 1:80And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.
  15. Luke 3:3He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
  16. John 1:23John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
  17. John 11:49But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
  18. John 18:13They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.
  19. John 18:24Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.
  20. Acts 4:6along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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