Luke 3
1 The preaching and baptism of John;
15 his testimony of Christ;
19 Herod imprisons John;
21 Christ, baptized, receives testimony from heaven.
23 The age and genealogy of Christ from Joseph upwards.
[A.M. 4030. A.D. 26.]
of Tiberius <5086> [Tiberius Cesar.]
Pontius Pilate <4194 4091> [Pontius Pilate.]
Herod <2264> [Herod.]
his <846> [his.]
of Iturea <2484> [Ituraea.]
Ituraea was a province of Syria east of Jordan, now called Djedour, according to Burckhardt, and comprising all the flat country south of Djebel Kessoue as far as Nowa, east of Djebel el Sheikh, or mount Hermon, and west of the Hadj road. Trachonitis, according to Strabo and Ptolemy, comprehended all the uneven country on the east of Auranitis, now Haouran, from near Damascus to Bozra, now called El Ledja and Djebel Haouran. Abilene was a district in the valley of Lebanon, so called from Abila its chief town, eighteen miles N. of Damascus, according to Antoninus.
of Annas <452> [Annas.]
word <4487> [the word.]
in <1722> [in.]
region around <4066> [the country.]
preaching <2784> [preaching.]
into .............. for <1519> [for.]
voice <5456> [The voice.]
Prepare <2090> [Prepare.]
valley <5327> [valley.]
and .... and ....... and ... crooked ...... and <2532 4646> [and the crooked.]
You offspring <1081> [O generation.]
to flee <5343> [to flee.]
fruit <2590> [fruits.]
[worthy of. or, meet for. We.]
from these <1537 5130> [of these.]
What <5101> [What.]
who has two ........ who has ...... who has <2192 1417> [He that hath two.]
Collect <4238> [Exact.]
some soldiers <4754> [the soldiers.]
should ... do ..... Take money ... no one by violence <4160 1286 3367> [Do violence to no man. or, Put no man in fear.]
false accusation <4811> [accuse.]
Then ....... And ......... He ............... and be content <1161 2532 714> [and be.]
pay <3800> [wages. or, allowance.]
While .... were filled with anticipation <4328> [expectation. or, suspense.]
wondered <1260> [mused. or, reasoned, or debated.]
I ........... I <1473 3303 3450> [I indeed.]
baptize ....................... his ... He will baptize <846 907> [he shall.]
with ..... and fire <1722 2532 4442> [and with.]
winnowing fork <4425> [fan.]
and to gather <2532 4863> [and will.]
but <1161> [but.]
Jesus <2424> [that.]
also .... And while he was praying <2532 4336> [and praying.]
heavens <3772> [the heaven.]
thirty <5144> [thirty.]
<5607> [being.]
of Heli <2242> [which.]
The real father of Joseph was Jacob (Mt 1:16); but having married the daughter of Heli, and being perhaps adopted by him, he was called his son, and as such was entered in the public registers; Mary not being mentioned, because the Hebrews never permitted the name of a woman to enter the genealogical tables, but inserted her husband as the son of him who was, in reality, but his father-in-law. Hence it appears that Matthew, who wrote principally for the Jews, traces the pedigree of Jesus Christ from Abraham, through whom the promises were given to the Jews, to David, and from David, through the line of Solomon, to Jacob the father of Joseph, the reputed or legal father of Christ; and that Luke, who wrote for the Gentiles, extends his genealogy upwards from Heli, the father of Mary, through the line of Nathan, to David, and from David to Abraham, and from Abraham to Adam, who was the immediate "son of God" by creation, and to whom the promise of the Saviour was given in behalf of himself and all his posterity. The two branches of descent from David, by Solomon and Nathan, being thus united in the persons of Mary and Joseph, Jesus the son of Mary re-united in himself all the blood, privileges, and rights, of the whole family of David; in consequence of which he is emphatically called "the Son of David."
Nathan <3481> [of Nathan.]
Jesse <2421> [was the son of Jesse.]
Obed <5601> [which was the son of Obed.]
[Nahshon, Salma, Boaz.]
<284> [Aminadab.]
<284> [Aminadab, Ram, Hezron.]
Hezron <2074> [Esrom.]
[Hezron.]
Perez <5329> [Phares.]
[Pharez.]
Judah <2455> [of Juda.]
[Judah.]
[Judas.]
Isaac <2464> [which was the son of Isaac.]
Terah <2291> [Thara.]
[Terah, Nahor, Reu, Serug, Peleg, Eber, Shelah.]
Serug <4562> [Saruch.]
[Serug, Reu. Phalec.]
[Peleg. Heber.]
[Eber. Sala.]
[Salah.]
Cainan <2536> [Cainan.]
This Cainan is not found in the Hebrew text of any of the genealogies, but only in the Septuagint; from which, probably, the evangelist transcribed the register, as sufficiently exact for his purpose, and as more generally suited to command attention. (See on Ge 11:12.) It may here be remarked, that though some of the same names occur here, from Nathan downwards, as in Joseph's genealogy, yet there appears no sufficient evidence that the same persons were intended, different persons often bearing the same name.
Shem <4590> [Sem.]
[Shem.]
Noah <3575> [Noe.]
[Noah.]
Methuselah <3103> [Mathusala.]
[Methuselah, Mahalaleel.]
Adam <76> [which was the son of Adam.]
God <2316> [of God.]
