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2</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">John preaches baptism (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3#h=25:0-30:0">3:3-20</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">The baptism of Jesus (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3#h=30:0-31:0">3:21, 22</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Genealogy of Jesus Christ (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3#h=31:0-32:0">3:23-38</a>)</p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5">Jesus rejects the Devil’s temptations (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/4#h=32:0-35:0">4:1-13</a>)</p></li></ul></li></ul></div> </li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-1" data-section-citation="042003001042003001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:1</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="s5"><strong>the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius:</strong> Caesar Augustus died on August 17, 14 C.E. (Gregorian calendar). On September 15, Tiberius allowed the Roman Senate to proclaim him emperor. If the years were counted from the death of Augustus, the 15th year of Tiberius’ reign ran from August 28 C.E. to August 29 C.E. If counted from when he was formally proclaimed emperor, the 15th year ran from September 28 C.E. to September 29 C.E. John evidently began his ministry in the spring (in the northern hemisphere) of 29 C.E., which is within the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius. In Tiberius’ 15th year, John would have been about 30 years old, which was the age when the Levite priests began their service at the temple. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/1/0" data-bid="2-1" class="b">Nu 4:2, 3</a>) Similarly, when Jesus was baptized by John and “began his work,” according to <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/2/0" data-bid="3-1" class="b">Lu 3:21-23</a>, “he was about 30 years old.” Jesus’ death took place in the spring month of Nisan, so his three-and-a-half-year ministry evidently began in the <em>fall,</em> about the month of Ethanim (September/October). John was likely six months older than Jesus and evidently began his ministry six months before Jesus did. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/3/0" data-bid="4-1" class="b">Lu, chap. 1</a>) Therefore, it is reasonable to conclude that John began his ministry in the spring of 29 C.E.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/0/0">study notes on Lu 3:23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/1/0"> Joh 2:13</a>.</p> <p id="p5" data-pid="5" class="s5"><strong>Herod:</strong> That is, Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/2/0">Glossary</a>.</p> <p id="p6" data-pid="6" class="s5"><strong>was district ruler:</strong> Lit., “was <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/3/0">tetrarch</a>,” that is, a minor district ruler or territorial prince ruling only with the approval of the Roman authorities.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/4/0">study notes on Mt 14:1;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/5/0"> Mr 6:14</a>.</p> <p id="p7" data-pid="7" class="s5"><strong>Philip his brother:</strong> That is, a half brother of Herod Antipas. Philip was a son of Herod the Great by his wife Cleopatra of Jerusalem. He is sometimes referred to as Philip the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/6/0">tetrarch</a> to distinguish him from his half brother also named Philip (sometimes called Herod Philip), mentioned at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/4/0" data-bid="5-1" class="b">Mt 14:3</a> and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/5/0" data-bid="6-1" class="b">Mr 6:17</a>.—See also <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/7/0">study note on Mt 16:13</a>.</p> <p id="p8" data-pid="8" class="s5"><strong>Ituraea:</strong> A small territory of varying and undefined boundaries located NE of the Sea of Galilee, evidently in the vicinity of the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountain ranges.—See <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/0">App. B10</a>.</p> <p id="p9" data-pid="9" class="s5"><strong>Trachonitis:</strong> The name comes from a Greek <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/8/0">root</a> meaning “rough,” probably a reference to the roughness of the terrain in that area. Trachonitis was part of the territory previously known as Bashan (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/6/0" data-bid="7-1" class="b">De 3:3-14</a>) located E of Ituraea, and it measured only about 900 sq km (350 sq mi) in area. The northern limits of this territory reached to some 40 km (25 mi) SE of Damascus.</p> <p id="p10" data-pid="10" class="s5"><strong>Lysanias:</strong> According to Luke’s account, Lysanias “was district ruler [lit., “was <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/9/0">tetrarch</a>”]” of the Roman district of Abilene at the time when John the Baptist began his ministry. An inscription found at Abila, the capital of Abilene, near Damascus of Syria (see <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/1">App. B10</a>), confirms that a tetrarch named Lysanias ruled at the same time as the Roman Emperor Tiberius. This finding refuted the claim made by some critics who had insisted that Luke confused this Lysanias with a king named Lysanias, who ruled in nearby Chalcis and was put to death about 34 B.C.E., decades earlier than the time Luke mentions.</p> <p id="p11" data-pid="11" class="s5"><strong>Abilene:</strong> A Roman district, or <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/10/0">tetrarchy</a>, named after its capital Abila and located in the region of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains N of Mount Hermon.—See Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/11/0">Lebanon Mountain range</a>.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/1001072077#chapter=3"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/1001072077/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/615" ><span class="caption"><p>Tiberius Caesar</p> </span></a></div></li><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/1001072087#chapter=3"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/1001072087/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/637" ><span class="caption"><p>Coin Made by Herod Antipas</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-10"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p235" data-pid="235">Or “of Emperor Tiberius.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/109" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-110"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 27:1, 2; Lu 13:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-110" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-110" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/110" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-111"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 14:1-3; Lu 13:31, 32; 23:6, 7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-111" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-111" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p271" data-pid="271" class="se"></p> <p id="p272" data-pid="272" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/282/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 3</a></p> <p id="p273" data-pid="273" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/283/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 24,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/284/0"> 458,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/285/0"> 463-467,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/286/0"> 883,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/287/0"> 1094-1095,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/288/0"> 1099</a></p> <p id="p274" data-pid="274" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/289/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 45,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/290/0"> 57,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/291/0"> 285-286,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/292/0"> 1100,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/293/0"> 1118</a></p> <div id="p275" data-pid="275"><p data-pid="275" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/294/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="275" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/294/0">No. 5 2016, p. 6</a></p><p data-pid="275" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/295/0">4/2011, pp. 10-11</a></p> </div><div id="p276" data-pid="276"><p data-pid="276" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/296/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="276" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/296/0">10/15/1990, p. 10</a></p> </div><p id="p277" data-pid="277" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/297/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> p. 188</a></p> <p id="p278" data-pid="278" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/298/0"><em>God’s Word,</em> pp. 63-64</a></p> <p id="p279" data-pid="279" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p79" data-pid="79" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/77/0">lff lesson 3;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/77/2"> it-1 24,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/77/4"> 458,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/77/6"> 463,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/77/8"> 467,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/77/10"> 883,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/77/12"> 1094-1095,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/77/14"> 1099;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/77/16"> it-2 45,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/77/18"> 57,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/77/20"> 285-286,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/77/22"> 1100,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/77/24"> 1118;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/77/26"> g16.5 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/77/28"> g 4/11 10-11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/77/30"> w90 10/15 10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/77/32"> si 188;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/77/34"> gm 63-64;</a></p> <p id="p80" data-pid="80" class="sx"></p> <p id="p100" data-pid="100" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/0">w84 4/1 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/2"> w84 12/1 9-10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/4"> kc 60-61;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/6"> w79 12/15 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/8"> g76 4/8 25;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/10"> g75 12/22 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/13"> w73 767;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/15"> g73 9/8 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/17"> ad 19,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/18"> 348,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/19"> 617,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/20"> 757,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/21"> 760,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/22"> 921,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/23"> 946,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/24"> 1088,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/25"> 1598;</a><span class="ni"> is 66;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/27"> w68 269,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/28"> 502;</a><span class="ni"> g67 10/8 21;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/30"> w65 727;</a><span class="ni"> im 84;</span><span class="ni"> bf 388,</span><span class="ni"> 406;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/34"> w62 245;</a><span class="ni"> ns 215;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/36"> w59 341,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/37"> 489;</a><span class="ni"> yw 134;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/98/39"> w55 93;</a><span class="ni"> ew 48;</span><span class="ni"> g50 4/22 25;</span><span class="ni"> w46 360;</span><span class="ni"> ki 18</span></p> <p id="p101" data-pid="101" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-2" data-section-citation="042003002042003002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:2</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="s5"><strong>chief priest Annas and . . . Caiaphas:</strong> When pinpointing the beginning of the ministry of John the Baptist, Luke refers to <strong>the days</strong> when the Jewish priesthood was being dominated by two powerful men. Annas was appointed high priest about 6 or 7 C.E. by Quirinius, the Roman governor of Syria, and served until about 15 C.E. Even after Annas was deposed by the Romans and no longer held the official title of high priest, he evidently continued to exercise great power and influence as high priest emeritus and the predominant voice of the Jewish hierarchy. Five of his sons held the office of high priest, and his son-in-law Caiaphas served as high priest from about 18 C.E. to about 36 C.E. So although Caiaphas served as high priest in 29 C.E., Annas could rightly be designated a “chief priest” because of his dominant position.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/8/0" data-bid="9-1" class="b">Joh 18:13,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/8/1" data-bid="9-2" class="b"> 24;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/8/2" data-bid="9-3" class="b"> Ac 4:6</a>.</p> <p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="s5"><strong>John:</strong> Only in Luke’s account is John introduced as <strong>the son of Zechariah.</strong> (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/12/0">study note on Lu 1:5</a>.) Also, Luke alone mentions that <strong>God’s declaration came</strong> to John, using wording similar to that found in the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/13/0"><em>Septuagint</em></a> regarding the prophet Elijah (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/9/0" data-bid="10-1" class="b">1Ki 17:2;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/9/1" data-bid="10-2" class="b"> 21:28</a> [20:28, <em>LXX</em>]), who pictured John. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/10/0" data-bid="11-1" class="b">Mt 11:14;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/10/1" data-bid="11-2" class="b"> 17:10-13</a>) All three synoptic <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/14/0">Gospels</a> (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) locate John <strong>in the wilderness,</strong> but Matthew specifies it as “the wilderness of Judea,” that is, the generally uninhabited, barren eastern slope of the Judean mountains stretching down—a drop of some 1,200 m (3,900 ft)—toward the western bank of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/15/0">study note on Mt 3:1</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/1001072051#chapter=3"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/1001072051/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/560" ><span class="caption"><p>The Wilderness</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/111" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-112"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 26:57; Joh 18:13, 24; Ac 4:5, 6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-112" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-112" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/112" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-113"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-113" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-113" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/113" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-114"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Lu 1:5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-114" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-114" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/114" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-115"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Lu 1:80</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-115" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-115" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p279" data-pid="279" class="se"></p> <p id="p280" data-pid="280" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/299/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 3</a></p> <p id="p281" data-pid="281" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/300/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 112</a></p> <p id="p282" data-pid="282" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/301/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 57</a></p> <div id="p283" data-pid="283"><p data-pid="283" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/302/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="283" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/302/0">4/1/2012, p. 9</a></p> </div><p id="p284" data-pid="284" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/303/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> p. 188</a></p> <p id="p285" data-pid="285" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p80" data-pid="80" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/78/0">lff lesson 3;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/78/2"> it-1 112;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/78/4"> it-2 57;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/78/6"> w12 4/1 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/78/8"> si 188;</a></p> <p id="p81" data-pid="81" class="sx"></p> <p id="p101" data-pid="101" class="sx"><span class="ni">is 66;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/99/1"> w68 502;</a><span class="ni"> bf 388,</span><span class="ni"> 407;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/99/4"> w62 245;</a><span class="ni"> ns 104,</span><span class="ni"> 215;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/99/7"> w59 489</a></p> <p id="p102" data-pid="102" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-3" data-section-citation="042003003042003003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:3</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p16" data-pid="16" class="s5"><strong>baptism in symbol of repentance:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/16/0">study note on Mr 1:4</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/115" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-116"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mal 4:5, 6; Mt 3:1, 2; Mr 1:4; Lu 1:76, 77</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-116" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-116" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p285" data-pid="285" class="se"></p> <p id="p286" data-pid="286" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/304/0"><em>Bible Questions Answered,</em> article 110</a></p> <p id="p287" data-pid="287" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/305/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 249,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/306/0"> 1094-1095</a></p> <p id="p288" data-pid="288" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/307/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 57</a></p> <p id="p289" data-pid="289" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/308/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 30</a></p> <p id="p290" data-pid="290" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/309/0"><em>Isaiah’s Prophecy I,</em> pp. 399-401</a></p> <p id="p291" data-pid="291" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p81" data-pid="81" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/79/0">ijwbq article 110;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/79/2"> it-1 249,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/79/4"> 1094-1095;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/79/6"> it-2 57;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/79/8"> jy 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/79/10"> ip-1 399-401;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/79/12"> gt chapter 11;</a></p> <p id="p82" data-pid="82" class="sx"></p> <p id="p102" data-pid="102" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/100/0">w79 5/1 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/100/2"> w73 274;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/100/4"> w72 686;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/100/6"> ad 186;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/100/7"> w68 298;</a><span class="ni"> g62 12/8 27;</span><span class="ni"> ns 219,</span><span class="ni"> 226;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/100/11"> w59 287;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/100/12"> w54 135</a></p> <p id="p103" data-pid="103" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-4" data-section-citation="042003004042003004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:4</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p18" data-pid="18" class="s5"><strong>Jehovah:</strong> At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/13/0" data-bid="14-1" class="b">Isa 40:3</a>, quoted here, the divine name, represented by four Hebrew consonants (transliterated <em>YHWH</em>), occurs in the original Hebrew text. (See <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/2">App. C</a>.) Luke applies this prophecy to John the Baptist. John would <strong>prepare the way of Jehovah</strong> in that he would be the forerunner of Jesus, who would <em>represent</em> his Father and come in his Father’s name. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/14/0" data-bid="15-1" class="b">Joh 5:43;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/14/1" data-bid="15-2" class="b"> 8:29</a>) In the apostle John’s <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/17/0">Gospel</a>, John the Baptist applies this prophecy to himself.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/15/0" data-bid="16-1" class="b">Joh 1:23</a>.</p> <p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="s5"><strong>Make his roads straight:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/18/0">study note on Mt 3:3</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/116" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-117"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 3:3; Mr 1:3; Joh 1:23</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-117" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-117" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p291" data-pid="291" class="se"></p> <p id="p292" data-pid="292" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/310/0"><em>Isaiah’s Prophecy I,</em> pp. 399-401</a></p> <p id="p293" data-pid="293" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p82" data-pid="82" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/80/0">ip-1 399-401;</a></p> <p id="p83" data-pid="83" class="sx"></p> <p id="p103" data-pid="103" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/101/0">w73 274;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/101/2"> w68 298;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/101/3"> w66 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/101/4"> w65 696;</a><span class="ni"> bf 406;</span><span class="ni"> w49 52</span></p> <p id="p104" data-pid="104" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-5" data-section-citation="042003005042003005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:5</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p293" data-pid="293" class="se"></p> <p id="p294" data-pid="294" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/311/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 1119</a></p> <p id="p295" data-pid="295" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/312/0"><em>Isaiah’s Prophecy I,</em> pp. 399-401</a></p> <p id="p296" data-pid="296" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p83" data-pid="83" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/81/0">it-1 1119;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/81/2"> ip-1 399-401;</a></p> <p id="p84" data-pid="84" class="sx"></p> <p id="p104" data-pid="104" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/102/0">ad 774;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/102/1"> w66 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/102/2"> w65 696</a></p> <p id="p105" data-pid="105" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-6" data-section-citation="042003006042003006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:6</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-11"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p236" data-pid="236">Or “all humans; all humanity.”</p> </span></li><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-12"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p237" data-pid="237">Or “the saving means of God; the salvation by God.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/117" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-118"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 40:3-5; 52:10; Lu 2:30, 31; Ac 28:28</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-118" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-118" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p296" data-pid="296" class="se"></p> <p id="p297" data-pid="297" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/313/0"><em>Isaiah’s Prophecy I,</em> pp. 399-401</a></p> <p id="p298" data-pid="298" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p84" data-pid="84" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/82/0">ip-1 399-401;</a></p> <p id="p85" data-pid="85" class="sx"></p> <p id="p105" data-pid="105" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/103/0">w66 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/103/1"> w65 696;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/103/2"> w61 697</a></p> <p id="p106" data-pid="106" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-7" data-section-citation="042003007042003007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:7</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p21" data-pid="21" class="s5"><strong>baptized:</strong> Or “immersed; dipped.”—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/19/0">study note on Mt 3:11</a>.</p> <p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="s5"><strong>You offspring of vipers:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/20/0">study note on Mt 3:7</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/118" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-119"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 3:7-10; 23:33</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-119" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-119" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-8" data-section-citation="042003008042003008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:8</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="s5"><strong>fruits that befit repentance:</strong> The plural form of the Greek word for “fruit; fruitage” (<em>kar·posʹ</em>) is here used figuratively to refer to evidence and actions that would indicate a change of mind or attitude on the part of those listening to John.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/18/0" data-bid="19-1" class="b">Mt 3:8;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/18/1" data-bid="19-2" class="b"> Ac 26:20</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/21/0">study notes on Mt 3:2,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/22/0"> 11</a> and Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/23/0">Repentance</a>.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p106" data-pid="106" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/104/0">w83 8/15 17-18;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/104/2"> g76 4/8 21-22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/104/4"> w74 469;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/104/6"> w60 399;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/104/7"> w53 405</a></p> <p id="p107" data-pid="107" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-9" data-section-citation="042003009042003009"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:9</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/119" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-120"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 7:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-120" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-120" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p107" data-pid="107" class="sx"><span class="ni">nh 301</span></p> <p id="p108" data-pid="108" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-11" data-section-citation="042003011042003011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:11</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-13"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p238" data-pid="238">Or “an extra garment.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/120" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-121"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 10:1, 2; 2Co 8:14; 1Ti 6:18; Jas 2:15, 16; 1Jo 3:17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-121" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-121" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p108" data-pid="108" class="sx"><span class="ni">ns 220</span></p> <p id="p109" data-pid="109" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-12" data-section-citation="042003012042003012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:12</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="s5"><strong>tax collectors:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/24/0">study note on Mt 5:46</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/121" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-122"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 21:32; Lu 7:29</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-122" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-122" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-13" data-section-citation="042003013042003013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:13</span></h3><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-14"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p239" data-pid="239">Or “collect.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/122" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-123"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Lu 19:2, 8; 1Co 6:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-123" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-123" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p109" data-pid="109" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/107/0">g74 2/22 28;</a><span class="ni"> ns 220</span></p> <p id="p110" data-pid="110" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-14" data-section-citation="042003014042003014"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:14</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="s5"><strong>those in military service:</strong> These were evidently native Jewish soldiers who may have been engaged in a type of police inspection, collecting customs or other taxes. Jewish soldiers were in a covenant relationship with Jehovah God. If they desired to be baptized in symbol of repentance of sins, they were obliged to change their conduct and no longer be guilty of extortion and other crimes for which soldiers were notorious.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/21/0" data-bid="22-1" class="b">Mt 3:8</a>.</p> <p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="s5"><strong>accuse anybody falsely:</strong> The Greek term translated “accuse . . . falsely” (<em>sy·ko·phan·teʹo</em>) used here is rendered “extorted” or “extorted by false accusation” at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/22/0" data-bid="23-1" class="b">Lu 19:8</a>. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/25/0">study note on Lu 19:8</a>.) The literal meaning of the verb has been explained to be “to take by fig-showing.” There are various explanations of the origin of this word. One is that in ancient Athens, the exporting of figs from the province was prohibited. Therefore, someone who denounced others by accusing them of attempting to export figs was termed a “fig-shower.” The term came to designate a person who accused others falsely for the sake of gain, or a blackmailer.</p> <p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="s5"><strong>provisions:</strong> Or “wages; pay.” The expression is used here as a military technical term, referring to a soldier’s pay, ration money, or allowance. Originally, food and other provisions may have been included as part of a soldier’s allowance. The Jewish soldiers who came to John were possibly engaged in a type of police inspection, especially in connection with customs, or the collection of taxes. John may have given this counsel because the pay given to most soldiers was low, and there evidently was a tendency for soldiers to abuse their power in order to supplement their income. The term is also used in the expression “at his own expense” at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/23/0" data-bid="24-1" class="b">1Co 9:7</a>, where Paul refers to the pay to which a Christian “soldier” is entitled.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-15"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p240" data-pid="240">Or “extort by violence from; intimidate; bully.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/123" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-124"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ex 23:1, 7; Le 19:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-124" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-124" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p298" data-pid="298" class="se"></p> <p id="p299" data-pid="299" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/314/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 39</a></p> <p id="p300" data-pid="300" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/315/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 985</a></p> <p id="p301" data-pid="301" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p85" data-pid="85" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/83/0">it-1 39;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/83/2"> it-2 985;</a></p> <p id="p86" data-pid="86" class="sx"></p> <p id="p110" data-pid="110" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/108/0">w72 766;</a><span class="ni"> li 268;</span><span class="ni"> ns 220</span></p> <p id="p111" data-pid="111" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-15" data-section-citation="042003015042003015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:15</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="s5"><strong>were in expectation:</strong> Or “were waiting expectantly.” Such anticipation may have resulted from the angels’ announcement of Jesus’ birth and the shepherds’ subsequent proclamation of that message. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/25/0" data-bid="26-1" class="b">Lu 2:8-11,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/25/1" data-bid="26-2" class="b"> 17, 18</a>) Thereafter, at the temple, the prophetess Anna spoke freely about the child. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/26/0" data-bid="27-1" class="b">Lu 2:36-38</a>) Also, the astrologers’ statement that they had come to do obeisance to “the one born king of the Jews” had an impact on Herod, the chief priests, the scribes, and all in Jerusalem.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/27/0" data-bid="28-1" class="b">Mt 2:1-4</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/124" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-125"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-125" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-125" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p301" data-pid="301" class="se"></p> <p id="p302" data-pid="302" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/316/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 901</a></p> <div id="p303" data-pid="303"><p data-pid="303" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/317/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="303" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/317/0">6/15/2014, p. 22</a></p><p data-pid="303" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/318/0">2/15/2014, pp. 26-27</a></p><p data-pid="303" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/319/0">8/15/2011, pp. 8-9</a></p><p data-pid="303" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/320/0">9/15/1998, pp. 13-14</a></p><p data-pid="303" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/321/0">3/15/1997, pp. 4-5</a></p><p data-pid="303" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/322/0">10/15/1990, pp. 10-11</a></p> </div><p id="p304" data-pid="304" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p86" data-pid="86" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/84/0">it-2 901;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/84/2"> w14 2/15 26-27;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/84/4"> w14 6/15 22;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/84/6"> w11 8/15 8-9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/84/8"> w98 9/15 13-14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/84/10"> w97 3/15 4-5;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/84/12"> w90 10/15 10-11;</a></p> <p id="p87" data-pid="87" class="sx"></p> <p id="p111" data-pid="111" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/109/0">w84 12/1 9-10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/109/2"> w82 5/1 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/109/4"> hs 83-84;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/109/7"> g73 9/8 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/109/9"> w69 359;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/109/10"> w66 380;</a><span class="ni"> g66 4/22 23;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/109/12"> w65 632,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/109/13"> 694;</a><span class="ni"> ep 229</span></p> <p id="p112" data-pid="112" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-16" data-section-citation="042003016042003016"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:16</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="s5"><strong>baptize you:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/26/0">study note on Mt 3:11</a>.</p> <p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="s5"><strong>sandals:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/27/0">study note on Mt 3:11</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/1001072078#chapter=3"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/1001072078/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/617" ><span class="caption"><p>Sandals</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/125" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-126"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:26, 27</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-126" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-126" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/126" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-127"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 3:11, 12; Mr 1:7, 8; Ac 2:1, 4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-127" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-127" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p304" data-pid="304" class="se"></p> <p id="p305" data-pid="305" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/323/0"><em>Bible Questions Answered,</em> article 110</a></p> <p id="p306" data-pid="306" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/324/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 254</a></p> <div id="p307" data-pid="307"><p data-pid="307" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/325/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="307" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/325/0">5/15/1995, p. 30</a></p> </div><p id="p308" data-pid="308" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p87" data-pid="87" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/85/0">ijwbq article 110;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/85/3"> it-1 254;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/85/5"> w95 5/15 30;</a></p> <p id="p88" data-pid="88" class="sx"></p> <p id="p112" data-pid="112" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/110/0">uw 96;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/110/2"> hs 83,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/110/5"> 123;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/110/7"> ad 189;</a><span class="ni"> g62 3/8 27;</span><span class="ni"> nh 301;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/110/10"> w51 676</a></p> <p id="p113" data-pid="113" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-17" data-section-citation="042003017042003017"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:17</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="s5"><strong>winnowing shovel:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/28/0">study note on Mt 3:12</a>.</p> <p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="s5"><strong>chaff:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/29/0">study note on Mt 3:12</a>.</p> <p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="s5"><strong>fire that cannot be put out:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/30/0">study note on Mt 3:12</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group media"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Media</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="scalableui item"><div class="clearfix"><a class="galleryItem" href="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/1001072079#chapter=3"><img class="studyItemMedia" src="/en/wol/gallery/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/1001072079/thumbnail" data-img-large-src="/en/wol/mp/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/2024/619" ><span class="caption"><p>Threshing Tools</p> </span></a></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p308" data-pid="308" class="se"></p> <p id="p309" data-pid="309" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/326/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 425</a></p> <p id="p310" data-pid="310" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/327/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 1038</a></p> <p id="p311" data-pid="311" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p88" data-pid="88" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/86/0">it-1 425;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/86/2"> it-2 1038;</a></p> <p id="p89" data-pid="89" class="sx"></p> <p id="p113" data-pid="113" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/111/0">hs 83;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/111/3"> ad 305;</a><span class="ni"> nh 301</span></p> <p id="p114" data-pid="114" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-19" data-section-citation="042003019042003019"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:19</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="s5"><strong>district ruler:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/31/0">study note on Mt 14:1</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p311" data-pid="311" class="se"></p> <p id="p312" data-pid="312" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/328/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 1099-1100</a></p> <p id="p313" data-pid="313" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p89" data-pid="89" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/87/0">it-1 1099-1100;</a></p> <p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="sx"></p> <p id="p114" data-pid="114" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/112/0">ad 760;</a><span class="ni"> ns 229,</span><span class="ni"> 311</span></p> <p id="p115" data-pid="115" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-20" data-section-citation="042003020042003020"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:20</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/127" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-128"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 4:12; 14:3-5; Mr 1:14; 6:17-20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-128" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-128" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p115" data-pid="115" class="sx"><span class="ni">ns 229</span></p> <p id="p116" data-pid="116" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-21" data-section-citation="042003021042003021"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:21</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="s5"><strong>As he was praying:</strong> In his <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/32/0">Gospel</a>, Luke gives the matter of prayer special attention. Only Luke mentions a number of Jesus’ prayers. For example, here Luke adds the detail that Jesus was praying at the time of his baptism. Some of the significant words that he used in his prayer on that occasion were apparently later recorded by Paul. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/32/0" data-bid="33-1" class="b">Heb 10:5-9</a>) Other instances in which Luke alone mentions Jesus’ praying are <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/33/0" data-bid="34-1" class="b">Lu 5:16;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/33/1" data-bid="34-2" class="b"> 6:12;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/33/2" data-bid="34-3" class="b"> 9:18,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/33/3" data-bid="34-4" class="b"> 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/33/4" data-bid="34-5" class="b"> 11:1;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/33/5" data-bid="34-6" class="b"> 23:46</a>.</p> <p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="s5"><strong>the heaven:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/33/0">study note on Mt 3:16</a>.</p> <p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="s5"><strong>the heaven was opened up:</strong> God evidently caused Jesus to perceive heavenly matters, which may well have included the memory of his prehuman life. Jesus’ own expressions after his baptism, particularly his intimate prayer on Passover night, 33 C.E., show that he knew of his prehuman existence, recalled the things he heard and saw his Father say and do, and remembered the glory that he himself had enjoyed in heaven. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/34/0" data-bid="35-1" class="b">Joh 6:46;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/34/1" data-bid="35-2" class="b"> 7:28, 29;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/34/2" data-bid="35-3" class="b"> 8:26,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/34/3" data-bid="35-4" class="b"> 28,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/34/4" data-bid="35-5" class="b"> 38;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/34/5" data-bid="35-6" class="b"> 14:2;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/34/6" data-bid="35-7" class="b"> 17:5</a>) These memories may have been restored to Jesus at the time of his baptism and anointing.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/128" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-129"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 3:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-129" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-129" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/129" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-130"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 3:16; Mr 1:9, 10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-130" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-130" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p313" data-pid="313" class="se"></p> <p id="p314" data-pid="314" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/329/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 215</a></p> <p id="p315" data-pid="315" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/330/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 59</a></p> <p id="p316" data-pid="316" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/331/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> pp. 34-35</a></p> <div id="p317" data-pid="317"><p data-pid="317" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/332/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="317" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/332/0">4/1/2012, p. 21</a></p><p data-pid="317" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/333/0">8/15/2010, p. 9</a></p><p data-pid="317" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/334/0">2/15/2000, p. 13</a></p><p data-pid="317" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/335/0">7/1/1996, pp. 14-15</a></p><p data-pid="317" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/336/0">4/1/1995, p. 30</a></p><p data-pid="317" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/337/0">10/15/1990, p. 12</a></p> </div><p id="p318" data-pid="318" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/88/0">it-1 215;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/88/2"> it-2 59;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/88/4"> jy 34-35;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/88/6"> w12 4/1 21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/88/8"> w10 8/15 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/88/11"> w00 2/15 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/88/13"> w96 7/1 14-15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/88/15"> w95 4/1 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/88/17"> gt chapter 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/88/19"> w90 10/15 12;</a></p> <p id="p91" data-pid="91" class="sx"></p> <p id="p116" data-pid="116" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/114/0">kc 68-69;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/114/2"> ka 95;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/114/4"> w72 241;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/114/6"> ad 162;</a><span class="ni"> g66 9/22 29;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/114/8"> w64 559;</a><span class="ni"> bf 388;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/114/10"> w61 38;</a><span class="ni"> ns 223;</span><span class="ni"> g61 4/22 18</span></p> <p id="p117" data-pid="117" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-22" data-section-citation="042003022042003022"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:22</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p47" data-pid="47" class="s5"><strong>like a dove:</strong> Doves had both a sacred use and a symbolic meaning. They were offered as sacrifices. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/36/0" data-bid="37-1" class="b">Mr 11:15;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/36/1" data-bid="37-2" class="b"> Joh 2:14-16</a>) They symbolized innocence and purity. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/37/0" data-bid="38-1" class="b">Mt 10:16</a>) A dove released by Noah brought an olive leaf back to the ark, indicating that the floodwaters were receding (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/38/0" data-bid="39-1" class="b">Ge 8:11</a>) and that a time of rest and peace was at hand (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/39/0" data-bid="40-1" class="b">Ge 5:29</a>). Thus, at Jesus’ baptism, Jehovah may have used the dove to call attention to the role of Jesus as the Messiah, the pure and sinless Son of God who would sacrifice his life for mankind and lay the basis for a period of rest and peace during his rule as King. The way that God’s <strong>holy spirit,</strong> or active force, <strong>came down upon</strong> Jesus at his baptism may have looked like the fluttering of a dove as it nears its perch.</p> <p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="s5"><strong>a voice came out of heaven:</strong> The first of three instances in the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/34/0">Gospel</a> accounts where Jehovah is reported as speaking audibly to humans.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/35/0">study notes on Lu 9:35;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/36/0"> Joh 12:28</a>.</p> <p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="s5"><strong>You are my Son:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/37/0">study note on Mr 1:11</a>.</p> <p id="p50" data-pid="50" class="s5"><strong>I have approved you:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/38/0">study note on Mr 1:11</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/130" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-131"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 2:7; Mt 3:17; 17:5; Mr 1:11; Joh 1:32-34</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-131" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-131" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p318" data-pid="318" class="se"></p> <div id="p319" data-pid="319"><p data-pid="319" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/338/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="319" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/338/0">3/2019, pp. 8-10</a></p> </div><p id="p320" data-pid="320" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/339/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 647-648</a></p> <p id="p321" data-pid="321" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/340/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 59-60,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/341/0"> 1001</a></p> <p id="p322" data-pid="322" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/342/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 35</a></p> <div id="p323" data-pid="323"><p data-pid="323" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/343/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="323" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/343/0">12/1/2007, p. 26</a></p><p data-pid="323" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/344/0">2/15/1998, p. 13</a></p><p data-pid="323" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/345/0">7/1/1996, pp. 14-15</a></p><p data-pid="323" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/346/0">11/15/1988, pp. 10-11</a></p><p data-pid="323" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/347/0">3/1/1987, p. 27</a></p> </div><p id="p324" data-pid="324" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p91" data-pid="91" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/89/0">w19.03 8-10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/89/2"> it-1 647-648;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/89/4"> it-2 59-60,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/89/6"> 1001;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/89/8"> jy 35;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/89/10"> w07 12/1 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/89/12"> w98 2/15 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/89/14"> w96 7/1 14-15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/89/16"> gt chapter 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/89/18"> w88 11/15 10-11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/89/20"> w87 3/1 27;</a></p> <p id="p92" data-pid="92" class="sx"></p> <p id="p117" data-pid="117" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/115/0">w85 12/15 12-13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/115/2"> kc 68-69;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/115/4"> g76 6/22 23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/115/6"> ka 95;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/115/8"> g73 9/8 28;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/115/10"> w72 241;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/115/12"> ad 464;</a><span class="ni"> bf 388,</span><span class="ni"> 406;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/115/15"> w59 343;</a><span class="ni"> yw 137;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/115/17"> w52 314</a></p> <p id="p118" data-pid="118" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-23" data-section-citation="042003023042003023"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:23</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p52" data-pid="52" class="s5"><strong>began his work:</strong> Or “began his ministry; started to teach.” Lit., “began; started.” Luke uses the same Greek expression at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/41/0" data-bid="42-1" class="b">Ac 1:21, 22</a> and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/42/0" data-bid="43-1" class="b">10:37, 38</a> when referring to the start of Jesus’ earthly ministry. His public ministry involved preaching, teaching, and disciple-making.</p> <p id="p53" data-pid="53" class="s5"><strong>being the son, as the opinion was, of Joseph:</strong> Joseph was actually Jesus’ adoptive father, since Jesus was begotten by holy spirit. However, the people in Nazareth saw Joseph and Mary raise Jesus, so they naturally considered him to be Joseph’s son. This is indicated by other scriptures, such as <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/43/0" data-bid="44-1" class="b">Mt 13:55</a> and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/44/0" data-bid="45-1" class="b">Lu 4:22</a>, where the inhabitants of Nazareth refer to Jesus as “the carpenter’s son” and “a son of Joseph.” On one occasion, people who stumbled at Jesus remarked: “Is this not Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/45/0" data-bid="46-1" class="b">Joh 6:42</a>) Also, Philip told Nathanael: “We have found . . . Jesus, the son of Joseph.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/46/0" data-bid="47-1" class="b">Joh 1:45</a>) Luke’s account here confirms that Jesus’ being called “the son of Joseph” was simply current opinion.</p> <p id="p54" data-pid="54" class="s5"><strong>as the opinion was:</strong> Or possibly, “as it was established by law.” This rendering has been suggested by a few scholars, since the Greek term allows for this idea. In this context, that rendering would convey the thought of being legally established according to genealogical reckonings available at the time. However, the rendering in the main text of the <em>New World Translation</em> is supported by most scholars.</p> <p id="p55" data-pid="55" class="s5"><strong>Joseph, son of Heli:</strong> According to <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/47/0" data-bid="48-1" class="b">Mt 1:16</a>, “Jacob became father to Joseph the husband of Mary.” In Luke’s account, Joseph is called the “son of Heli,” evidently meaning that he is Heli’s son-in-law. (For a similar case, see the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/39/0">study note on Lu 3:27</a>.) When tracing the bloodline from a grandfather to a grandson through a daughter, it was customary for the Jews to focus on the men in the genealogies, which may be why Luke omits the daughter’s name and lists her husband as a son. Luke evidently traces Jesus’ descent through Mary, so it would seem that Heli was Mary’s father and the maternal grandfather of Jesus.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/40/0">study notes on Mt 1:1,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/41/0"> 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/42/0"> Lu 3:27</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/131" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-132"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 1:1-17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-132" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-132" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/132" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-133"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Nu 4:2, 3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-133" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-133" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/133" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-134"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 1:16; 13:55; Lu 4:22; Joh 6:42</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-134" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-134" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p324" data-pid="324" class="se"></p> <p id="p325" data-pid="325" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/348/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 458,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/349/0"> 463-467,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/350/0"> 916,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/351/0"> 1086</a></p> <p id="p326" data-pid="326" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/352/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 346,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/353/0"> 993</a></p> <div id="p327" data-pid="327"><p data-pid="327" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/354/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Study)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="327" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/354/0">8/2017, p. 32</a></p> </div><div id="p328" data-pid="328"><p data-pid="328" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/355/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Public)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="328" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/355/0">No. 3 2016, p. 9</a></p> </div><p id="p329" data-pid="329" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/356/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> pp. 78-79,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/357/0"> 142</a></p> <p id="p330" data-pid="330" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p92" data-pid="92" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/90/0">it-1 458,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/90/2"> 463,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/90/4"> 467,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/90/6"> 916,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/90/8"> 1086;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/90/10"> it-2 346,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/90/12"> 993;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/90/14"> w17.08 32;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/90/16"> wp16.3 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/90/18"> si 78,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/90/20"> 142;</a></p> <p id="p93" data-pid="93" class="sx"></p> <p id="p118" data-pid="118" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/0">w85 12/15 12-13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/2"> w81 3/15 11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/4"> w79 12/15 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/6"> w78 4/1 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/8"> w76 263;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/10"> w75 220;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/13"> w74 105-106;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/15"> ka 62,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/17"> 95;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/19"> w72 241;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/21"> ad 640,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/22"> 1118;</a><span class="ni"> g66 9/22 29;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/24"> w64 230;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/25"> w63 331;</a><span class="ni"> g63 6/22 4;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/27"> w62 159;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/28"> w61 38;</a><span class="ni"> ns 206,</span><span class="ni"> 223;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/31"> w59 316,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/32"> 416;</a><span class="ni"> yw 130;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/34"> w57 191,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/116/35"> 742</a></p> <p id="p119" data-pid="119" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-26" data-section-citation="042003026042003026"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:26</span></h3><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p330" data-pid="330" class="se"></p> <p id="p331" data-pid="331" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/358/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 27</a></p> <p id="p332" data-pid="332" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p93" data-pid="93" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/91/0">it-1 27;</a></p> <p id="p94" data-pid="94" class="sx"></p> <p id="p119" data-pid="119" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/117/0">ad 21</a></p> <p id="p120" data-pid="120" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-27" data-section-citation="042003027042003027"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:27</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p57" data-pid="57" class="s5"><strong>Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel:</strong> Although Zerubbabel is frequently called “the son of Shealtiel” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/49/0" data-bid="50-1" class="b">Ezr 3:2,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/49/1" data-bid="50-2" class="b"> 8;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/49/2" data-bid="50-3" class="b"> 5:2;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/49/3" data-bid="50-4" class="b"> Ne 12:1;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/49/4" data-bid="50-5" class="b"> Hag 1:1,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/49/5" data-bid="50-6" class="b"> 12,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/49/6" data-bid="50-7" class="b"> 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/49/7" data-bid="50-8" class="b"> 2:2,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/49/8" data-bid="50-9" class="b"> 23;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/49/9" data-bid="50-10" class="b"> Mt 1:12</a>), he is once identified as one of “the sons of Pedaiah,” a brother of Shealtiel. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/50/0" data-bid="51-1" class="b">1Ch 3:17-19</a>) Zerubbabel was likely the natural son of Pedaiah, but it seems that he was legally reckoned as the son of Shealtiel. If Pedaiah died when his son Zerubbabel was a boy, Pedaiah’s oldest brother, Shealtiel, might have raised Zerubbabel as his own son. Or if Shealtiel died childless and Pedaiah performed levirate marriage on his behalf, the son of Pedaiah by Shealtiel’s wife would have been reckoned as Shealtiel’s legal heir.</p> <p id="p58" data-pid="58" class="s5"><strong>Shealtiel, son of Neri:</strong> According to <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/51/0" data-bid="52-1" class="b">1Ch 3:17</a> and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/52/0" data-bid="53-1" class="b">Mt 1:12</a>, Shealtiel was the son of Jeconiah, not Neri. Perhaps Shealtiel married Neri’s daughter, thus becoming his son-in-law, and could therefore be called the “son of Neri.” It was not uncommon in Hebrew genealogical listings to speak of a son-in-law as a son. In a similar way, Luke apparently called Joseph “son of Heli,” Mary’s father.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/43/0">study note on Lu 3:23</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/134" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-135"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ezr 3:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-135" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-135" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/135" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-136"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Ch 3:17; Mt 1:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-136" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-136" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p332" data-pid="332" class="se"></p> <p id="p333" data-pid="333" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/359/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 917</a></p> <p id="p334" data-pid="334" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/360/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 493,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/361/0"> 911,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/362/0"> 993</a></p> <div id="p335" data-pid="335"><p data-pid="335" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/363/0"><em>The Watchtower</em> (Public)<em>,</em></a></p><p data-pid="335" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/363/0">No. 3 2016, p. 9</a></p> </div><div id="p336" data-pid="336"><p data-pid="336" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/364/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="336" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/364/0">10/1/2005, p. 9</a></p><p data-pid="336" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/365/0">7/15/1992, pp. 5-6</a></p> </div><p id="p337" data-pid="337" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p94" data-pid="94" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/92/0">it-1 917;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/92/2"> it-2 493,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/92/4"> 911,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/92/6"> 993;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/92/8"> wp16.3 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/92/10"> w05 10/1 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/92/13"> w92 7/15 5-6;</a></p> <p id="p95" data-pid="95" class="sx"></p> <p id="p120" data-pid="120" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/118/0">w84 6/15 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/118/3"> ad 640;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/118/4"> kj 230;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/118/5"> w66 224,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/118/6"> 384;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/118/7"> w64 733;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/118/8"> w59 416</a></p> <p id="p121" data-pid="121" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-29" data-section-citation="042003029042003029"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:29</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p60" data-pid="60" class="s5"><strong>Jesus:</strong> Or “Joshua (Jeshua).” Some ancient <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/44/0">manuscripts</a> here read “Jose(s).”—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/45/0">study note on Mt 1:21</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-31" data-section-citation="042003031042003031"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:31</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p62" data-pid="62" class="s5"><strong>Nathan:</strong> The son of David by Bath-sheba from whom Mary descended. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/55/0" data-bid="56-1" class="b">2Sa 5:13, 14;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/55/1" data-bid="56-2" class="b"> 1Ch 3:5</a>) In the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/46/0">Christian Greek Scriptures</a>, he is mentioned only here. Luke’s genealogy of Jesus differs from Matthew’s, but the difference in nearly all the names in Luke’s account can be resolved when realizing that Luke traced the line through David’s son <em>Nathan,</em> whereas Matthew traced the line through David’s son <em>Solomon.</em> (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/56/0" data-bid="57-1" class="b">Mt 1:6, 7</a>) Luke apparently follows the ancestry of Mary, thus showing Jesus’ <em>natural</em> descent from David, while Matthew shows Jesus’ <em>legal</em> right to the throne of David by descent from Solomon through Joseph, who was <em>legally</em> Jesus’ father. Both Matthew and Luke indicate that Joseph was Jesus’ adoptive father.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/47/0">study notes on Mt 1:1,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/48/0"> 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/49/0"> Lu 3:23</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/136" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-137"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Sa 5:13, 14; 1Ch 3:5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-137" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-137" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/137" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-138"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Sa 16:13; 17:58; Mt 1:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-138" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-138" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p337" data-pid="337" class="se"></p> <p id="p338" data-pid="338" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/366/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 916</a></p> <p id="p339" data-pid="339" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/367/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 353-354</a></p> <p id="p340" data-pid="340" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p95" data-pid="95" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/93/0">it-1 916;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/93/2"> it-2 353;</a></p> <p id="p96" data-pid="96" class="sx"></p> <p id="p121" data-pid="121" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/119/0">w74 105-106;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/119/2"> ad 640</a></p> <p id="p122" data-pid="122" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-32" data-section-citation="042003032042003032"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:32</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p64" data-pid="64" class="s5"><strong>Salmon:</strong> The Greek spelling is “Sala” in some ancient <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/50/0">manuscripts</a> and “Salmon” in others. Salmon married Rahab of Jericho, by whom he fathered Boaz. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/58/0" data-bid="59-1" class="b">Ru 4:20-22;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/58/1" data-bid="59-2" class="b"> Mt 1:4, 5</a>) <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/59/0" data-bid="60-1" class="b">1Ch 2:11</a> uses a different Hebrew spelling of his name. It says: “Salma became father to Boaz.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/138" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-139"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 11:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-139" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-139" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/139" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-140"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ru 4:17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-140" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-140" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/140" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-141"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ru 4:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-141" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-141" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/141" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-142"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ru 4:21</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-142" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-142" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/142" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-143"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Nu 1:4, 7; 2:3; 1Ch 2:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-143" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-143" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-33" data-section-citation="042003033042003033"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:33</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p66" data-pid="66" class="s5"><strong>Arni:</strong> This is a variant form of the name Ram (Greek, <em>A·ramʹ</em>) found at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/61/0" data-bid="62-1" class="b">Mt 1:3, 4</a>. At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/62/0" data-bid="63-1" class="b">1Ch 2:9</a>, Ram is listed as one of “the sons of Hezron,” and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/63/0" data-bid="64-1" class="b">Ru 4:19</a> says: “Hezron became father to Ram.” Some <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/51/0">manuscripts</a> use “Ram” here in Luke’s account, but there is good manuscript support for using the variant form “Arni.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/143" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-144"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Ch 2:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-144" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-144" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/144" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-145"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 46:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-145" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-145" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/145" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-146"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ru 4:12, 18, 19; 1Ch 2:4, 5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-146" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-146" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/146" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-147"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 29:35; 1Ch 2:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-147" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-147" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-34" data-section-citation="042003034042003034"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:34</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/147" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-148"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 25:26</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-148" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-148" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/148" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-149"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 21:2, 3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-149" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-149" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/149" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-150"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Ch 1:28</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-150" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-150" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/150" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-151"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 11:24, 26, 27</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-151" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-151" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/151" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-152"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 11:22</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-152" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-152" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-35" data-section-citation="042003035042003035"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:35</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/152" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-153"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 11:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-153" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-153" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/153" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-154"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 11:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-154" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-154" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/154" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-155"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 11:16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-155" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-155" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/155" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-156"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 11:14; 1Ch 1:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-156" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-156" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/156" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-157"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 11:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-157" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-157" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p122" data-pid="122" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/120/0">w66 416</a></p> <p id="p123" data-pid="123" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-36" data-section-citation="042003036042003036"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:36</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p68" data-pid="68" class="s5"><strong>son of Cainan:</strong> A few ancient <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/52/0">manuscripts</a> omit “son of Cainan” here. This omission is in harmony with the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/53/0">Masoretic text</a> of <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/65/0" data-bid="66-1" class="b">Ge 10:24;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/65/1" data-bid="66-2" class="b"> 11:12, 13</a>; and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/66/0" data-bid="67-1" class="b">1Ch 1:18</a>, where Shelah is listed as the son of Arpachshad. However, the name Cainan appears in these genealogical lists in existing copies of the Greek <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/54/0"><em>Septuagint</em></a><em>,</em> such as the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/55/0">Codex Alexandrinus</a> of the fifth century C.E. A large number of manuscripts of the <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/56/0">Gospel</a> of Luke support the inclusion of the expression “son of Cainan,” so it is retained in most Bible translations.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/157" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-158"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 11:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-158" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-158" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/158" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-159"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 5:32</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-159" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-159" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/159" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-160"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 5:29</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-160" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-160" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/160" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-161"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 5:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-161" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-161" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p340" data-pid="340" class="se"></p> <p id="p341" data-pid="341" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/368/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> pp. 387,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/369/0"> 916</a></p> <div id="p342" data-pid="342"><p data-pid="342" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/370/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="342" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/370/0">10/1/2005, pp. 8-9</a></p> </div><p id="p343" data-pid="343" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p96" data-pid="96" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/94/0">it-1 387,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/94/2"> 916;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/94/4"> w05 10/1 8-9;</a></p> <p id="p97" data-pid="97" class="sx"></p> <p id="p123" data-pid="123" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/121/0">w78 4/1 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/121/2"> ad 639;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/121/3"> w66 416;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/121/4"> w65 293;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/121/5"> w64 230</a></p> <p id="p124" data-pid="124" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-37" data-section-citation="042003037042003037"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:37</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/161" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-162"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 5:21</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-162" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-162" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/162" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-163"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 5:18; Jude 14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-163" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-163" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/163" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-164"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 5:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-164" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-164" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/164" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-165"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 5:12, 16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-165" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-165" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/165" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-166"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 5:9; 1Ch 1:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-166" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-166" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p343" data-pid="343" class="se"></p> <p id="p344" data-pid="344" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/371/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 387</a></p> <p id="p345" data-pid="345" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/372/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> p. 145</a></p> <p id="p346" data-pid="346" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p97" data-pid="97" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/95/0">it-1 387;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/95/2"> it-2 145</a></p> <p id="p98" data-pid="98" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="42-3-38" data-section-citation="042003038042003038"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:38</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p70" data-pid="70" class="s5"><strong>son of Adam:</strong> Luke traces Jesus’ genealogy back to Adam, the forefather of all mankind. This is in line with Luke’s intent to write good news for all people, addressing both Jews and non-Jews. Matthew, on the other hand, who seems to have written his <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/57/0">Gospel</a> especially for the Jews, traces Jesus’ genealogy back to Abraham. The universal appeal of Luke’s Gospel can also be seen in his recording that Christ’s message and works could bring good no matter what a person’s background—a Samaritan leper, a rich tax collector, and even a condemned thief dying on a stake.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/68/0" data-bid="69-1" class="b">Lu 17:11-19;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/68/1" data-bid="69-2" class="b"> 19:2-10;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/68/2" data-bid="69-3" class="b"> 23:39-43</a>.</p> <p id="p71" data-pid="71" class="s5"><strong>Adam, son of God:</strong> This reference goes back to the origin of mankind and agrees with the Genesis account that the first man was created by God and in God’s image. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/69/0" data-bid="70-1" class="b">Ge 1:26, 27;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/69/1" data-bid="70-2" class="b"> 2:7</a>) This statement also sheds light on other inspired statements, such as <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/70/0" data-bid="71-1" class="b">Ro 5:12;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/70/1" data-bid="71-2" class="b"> 8:20, 21</a>; and <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/71/0" data-bid="72-1" class="b">1Co 15:22,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070647/71/1" data-bid="72-2" class="b"> 45</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/166" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-167"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 4:26; 5:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-167" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-167" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/167" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-168"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 5:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-168" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-168" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal 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href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/373/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 914</a></p> <p id="p348" data-pid="348" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/374/0"><em>Jesus—The Way,</em> p. 35</a></p> <div id="p349" data-pid="349"><p data-pid="349" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/375/0"><em>Awake!,</em></a></p><p data-pid="349" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/375/0">9/2006, pp. 9-10</a></p> </div><div id="p350" data-pid="350"><p data-pid="350" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/376/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="350" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204432/376/0">8/1/1989, p. 12</a></p> </div><p id="p351" data-pid="351" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p98" data-pid="98" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/96/0">it-1 914;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/96/2"> jy 35;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/96/4"> g 9/06 9-10;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/96/6"> gt chapter 12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270042/96/8"> w89 8/1 12;</a></p> <p id="p99" data-pid="99" class="sx"></p> <p id="p124" data-pid="124" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/122/0">ka 71;</a><span class="ni"> g69 9/8 27;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/122/3"> w65 167,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/122/4"> 550;</a><span class="ni"> im 139,</span><span class="ni"> 153;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020042/122/7"> w63 358;</a><span class="ni"> ns 27,</span><span class="ni"> 50;</span><span class="ni"> g61 5/22 3;</span><span class="ni"> g61 9/8 6;</span><span class="ni"> fd 6</span></p> <p id="p125" data-pid="125" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div> </div> <div id="studyParallel" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section"> <h3 class="title">Parallel Translations</h3> <div class="helpText">Click a verse 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class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/115/2" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-116-2"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:3</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 3:1, 2; Mr 1:4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-116-2" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-116-2" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/116/2" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-117-2"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:4</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 3:3; Mr 1:3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-117-2" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-117-2" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/118/2" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-119-2"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:7</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 3:7-10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-119-2" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-119-2" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/127/2" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-128-2"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:20</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 4:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-128-2" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-128-2" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/128/2" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-129-2"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:21</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 3:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-129-2" class="loading 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class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:22</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 3:17; Mr 1:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-131-2" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-131-2" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="section marginalsQuotation"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">Quotation</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/117/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-118-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:6</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 40:3-5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div 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class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/110/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-111-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:1</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 14:1-3; Lu 13:31, 32; 23:6, 7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-111-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-111-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/111/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-112-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:2</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 26:57; Joh 18:13, 24; Ac 4:5, 6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-112-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-112-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/113/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-114-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:2</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Lu 1:5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-114-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-114-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/114/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-115-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:2</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Lu 1:80</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-115-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-115-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/115/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-116-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:3</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mal 4:5, 6; Lu 1:76, 77</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-116-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-116-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/116/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-117-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:4</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:23</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-117-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-117-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/117/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-118-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:6</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 52:10; Lu 2:30, 31; Ac 28:28</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-118-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-118-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/118/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-119-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:7</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 23:33</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-119-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-119-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/119/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-120-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:9</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 7:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-120-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-120-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/120/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-121-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:11</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ac 10:1, 2; 2Co 8:14; 1Ti 6:18; Jas 2:15, 16; 1Jo 3:17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-121-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-121-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/121/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-122-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:12</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 21:32; Lu 7:29</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-122-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-122-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" 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data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-124-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-124-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/124/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-125-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:15</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-125-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-125-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/125/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-126-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:16</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 1:26, 27</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-126-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-126-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/126/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-127-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:16</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 3:11, 12; Mr 1:7, 8; Ac 2:1, 4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-127-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-127-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/127/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-128-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:20</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 14:3-5; Mr 1:14; 6:17-20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-128-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-128-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/130/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-131-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:22</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 2:7; Mt 17:5; Joh 1:32-34</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-131-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-131-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/131/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-132-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:23</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 1:1-17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-132-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-132-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/132/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-133-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:23</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Nu 4:2, 3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-133-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-133-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/133/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-134-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:23</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 1:16; 13:55; Lu 4:22; Joh 6:42</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-134-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-134-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/134/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-135-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:27</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ezr 3:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-135-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-135-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/135/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-136-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:27</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Ch 3:17; Mt 1:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-136-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-136-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/136/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-137-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:31</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Sa 5:13, 14; 1Ch 3:5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-137-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-137-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/137/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-138-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:31</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Sa 16:13; 17:58; Mt 1:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-138-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-138-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/138/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-139-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:32</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Isa 11:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-139-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-139-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/139/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-140-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:32</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ru 4:17</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-140-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-140-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/140/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-141-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:32</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ru 4:13</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-141-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-141-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/141/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-142-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:32</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ru 4:21</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-142-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-142-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/142/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-143-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:32</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Nu 1:4, 7; 2:3; 1Ch 2:11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-143-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-143-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/143/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-144-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:33</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Ch 2:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-144-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-144-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/144/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-145-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:33</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 46:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-145-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-145-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/145/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-146-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:33</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ru 4:12, 18, 19; 1Ch 2:4, 5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-146-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-146-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/146/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-147-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:33</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 29:35; 1Ch 2:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-147-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-147-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/147/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-148-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:34</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 25:26</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-148-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-148-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/148/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-149-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:34</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 21:2, 3</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-149-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-149-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/149/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-150-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:34</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Ch 1:28</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-150-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-150-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/150/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-151-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:34</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 11:24, 26, 27</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-151-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-151-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/151/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-152-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:34</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 11:22</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-152-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-152-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/152/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-153-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:35</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 11:20</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-153-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-153-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/153/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-154-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:35</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 11:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-154-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-154-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/154/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-155-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:35</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 11:16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-155-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-155-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/155/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-156-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:35</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 11:14; 1Ch 1:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-156-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-156-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/156/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-157-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:35</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 11:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-157-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-157-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/157/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-158-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:36</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 11:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-158-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-158-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/158/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-159-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:36</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 5:32</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-159-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-159-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/159/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-160-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:36</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 5:29</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-160-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-160-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/160/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-161-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:36</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 5:25</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-161-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-161-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/161/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-162-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:37</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 5:21</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-162-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-162-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/162/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-163-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:37</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 5:18; Jude 14</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-163-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-163-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/163/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-164-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:37</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 5:19</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-164-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-164-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/164/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-165-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:37</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 5:12, 16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-165-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-165-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/165/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-166-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:37</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 5:9; 1Ch 1:2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-166-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-166-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/166/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-167-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:38</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ge 4:26; 5:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-167-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-167-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/42/3/167/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-168-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Luke 3:38</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span 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data-lang="E" dir="ltr"> </div> <article id="article" class="article bible html5 pub-nwtsty jwac showRuby ml-E ms-ROMAN dir-ltr includeSecondaryNav" lang="en" data-lang="E" dir="ltr" role="article"> <div class="scalableui"> <header> <h1>According to Luke</h1> </header> <p id="p24" data-pid="24" class="sb"><span id="v42-3-1-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25130" class="cl vx vp study"><strong>3</strong> </a>In the 15th year of the reign of Ti·beʹri·us Caesar,<a id="footnotesource10" data-fnid="10" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070146/9">*</a> when Pontius Pilate<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/109" data-bid="110-1" class="b">+</a> was governor of Ju·deʹa, Herod<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/110" data-bid="111-1" class="b">+</a> was district ruler of Galʹi·lee, Philip his brother was district ruler of the country of It·u·raeʹa and Trach·o·niʹtis, and Ly·saʹni·as was district ruler of Ab·i·leʹne, </span><span id="v42-3-2-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25131" class="vl vx vp study">2 </a>in the days of chief priest Anʹnas and of Caʹia·phas,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/111" data-bid="112-1" class="b">+</a> God’s declaration came to John<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/112" data-bid="113-1" class="b">+</a> the son of Zech·a·riʹah<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/113" data-bid="114-1" class="b">+</a> in the wilderness.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/114" data-bid="115-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="sb"><span id="v42-3-3-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25132" class="vl vx vp study">3 </a>So he went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching baptism in symbol of repentance for forgiveness of sins,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/115" data-bid="116-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v42-3-4-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25133" class="vl vx vp study">4 </a>just as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of Jehovah! Make his roads straight.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/116" data-bid="117-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v42-3-5-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25134" class="vl vx vp">5 </a>Every valley must be filled up, and every mountain and hill leveled; the crooked ways must become straight, and the rough ways smooth; </span><span id="v42-3-6-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25135" class="vl vx vp">6 </a>and all flesh<a id="footnotesource11" data-fnid="11" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070146/10">*</a> will see the salvation of God.’”<a id="footnotesource12" data-fnid="12" class="fn pr" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070146/11">*</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/117" data-bid="118-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="sb"><span id="v42-3-7-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25136" class="vl vx vp study">7 </a>So he began to say to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him: “You offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/118" data-bid="119-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v42-3-8-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25137" class="vl vx vp study">8 </a>Therefore, produce fruits that befit repentance. Do not start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones. </span><span id="v42-3-9-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25138" class="vl vx vp">9 </a>Indeed, the ax is already lying at the root of the trees. Every tree, then, that does not produce fine fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/119" data-bid="120-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p27" data-pid="27" class="sb"><span id="v42-3-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25139" class="vl vp">10 </a>And the crowds were asking him: “What, then, should we do?” </span><span id="v42-3-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25140" class="vl vx vp">11 </a>In reply he said to them: “Let the man who has two garments<a id="footnotesource13" data-fnid="13" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070146/12">*</a> share with the man who has none, and let the one who has something to eat do the same.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/120" data-bid="121-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v42-3-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25141" class="vl vx vp study">12 </a>Even tax collectors came to be baptized,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/121" data-bid="122-1" class="b">+</a> and they said to him: “Teacher, what should we do?” </span><span id="v42-3-13-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25142" class="vl vx vp">13 </a>He said to them: “Do not demand<a id="footnotesource14" data-fnid="14" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070146/13">*</a> anything more than the tax rate.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/122" data-bid="123-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v42-3-14-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25143" class="vl vx vp study">14 </a>Also, those in military service were asking him: “What should we do?” And he said to them: “Do not harass<a id="footnotesource15" data-fnid="15" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070146/14">*</a> anybody or accuse anybody falsely,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/123" data-bid="124-1" class="b">+</a> but be satisfied with your provisions.”</span></p> <p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="sb"><span id="v42-3-15-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25144" class="vl vx vp study">15 </a>Now the people were in expectation and all of them were reasoning in their hearts about John, “May he perhaps be the Christ?”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/124" data-bid="125-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v42-3-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25145" class="vl vx vp study">16 </a>John gave the answer, saying to all: “I, for my part, baptize you with water, but the one stronger than I am is coming, the lace of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/125" data-bid="126-1" class="b">+</a> He will baptize you with holy spirit and with fire.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/126" data-bid="127-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v42-3-17-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25146" class="vl vx vp study">17 </a>His winnowing shovel is in his hand to clean up his threshing floor completely and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with fire that cannot be put out.”</span></p> <p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="sb"><span id="v42-3-18-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25147" class="vl vp">18 </a>He also gave many other exhortations and continued declaring good news to the people. </span><span id="v42-3-19-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25148" class="vl vx vp study">19 </a>But Herod the district ruler, because of being reproved by John concerning He·roʹdi·as the wife of his brother and concerning all the wicked deeds that Herod had done, </span><span id="v42-3-20-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25149" class="vl vx vp">20 </a>added this also to all those deeds: He locked John up in prison.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/127" data-bid="128-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="sb"><span id="v42-3-21-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25150" class="vl vx vp study">21 </a>Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus too was baptized.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/128" data-bid="129-1" class="b">+</a> As he was praying, the heaven was opened up,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/129" data-bid="130-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v42-3-22-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25151" class="vl vx vp study">22 </a>and the holy spirit in bodily form like a dove came down upon him, and a voice came out of heaven: “You are my Son, the beloved; I have approved you.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/130" data-bid="131-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <div id="p31" data-pid="31"><p data-pid="31" class="sb"><span id="v42-3-23-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25152" class="vl vx vp study">23 </a>When Jesus<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/131" data-bid="132-1" class="b">+</a> began his work, he was about 30 years old,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/132" data-bid="133-1" class="b">+</a> being the son, as the opinion was,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-23-2" class="v">of Joseph,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/133" data-bid="134-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-23-3" class="v">son of Heʹli,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sl"><span id="v42-3-24-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25153" class="vl vp">24 </a>son of Matʹthat,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-24-2" class="v">son of Leʹvi,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-24-3" class="v">son of Melʹchi,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-24-4" class="v">son of Janʹna·i,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-24-5" class="v">son of Joseph,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sl"><span id="v42-3-25-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25154" class="vl vp">25 </a>son of Mat·ta·thiʹas,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-25-2" class="v">son of Aʹmos,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-25-3" class="v">son of Naʹhum,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-25-4" class="v">son of Esʹli,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-25-5" class="v">son of Nagʹga·i,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sl"><span id="v42-3-26-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25155" class="vl vx vp">26 </a>son of Maʹath,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-26-2" class="v">son of Mat·ta·thiʹas,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-26-3" class="v">son of Semʹe·in,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-26-4" class="v">son of Joʹsech,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-26-5" class="v">son of Joʹda,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sl"><span id="v42-3-27-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25156" class="vl vx vp study">27 </a>son of Jo·anʹan,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-27-2" class="v">son of Rheʹsa,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-27-3" class="v">son of Ze·rubʹba·bel,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/134" data-bid="135-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-27-4" class="v">son of She·alʹti·el,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/135" data-bid="136-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-27-5" class="v">son of Neʹri,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sl"><span id="v42-3-28-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25157" class="vl vp">28 </a>son of Melʹchi,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-28-2" class="v">son of Adʹdi,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-28-3" class="v">son of Coʹsam,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-28-4" class="v">son of El·maʹdam,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-28-5" class="v">son of Er,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sl"><span id="v42-3-29-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25158" class="vl vx vp study">29 </a>son of Jesus,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-29-2" class="v">son of E·li·eʹzer,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-29-3" class="v">son of Joʹrim,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-29-4" class="v">son of Matʹthat,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-29-5" class="v">son of Leʹvi,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sl"><span id="v42-3-30-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25159" class="vl vp">30 </a>son of Symʹe·on,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-30-2" class="v">son of Judas,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-30-3" class="v">son of Joseph,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-30-4" class="v">son of Joʹnam,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-30-5" class="v">son of E·liʹa·kim,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sl"><span id="v42-3-31-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25160" class="vl vx vp study">31 </a>son of Meʹle·a,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-31-2" class="v">son of Menʹna,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-31-3" class="v">son of Matʹta·tha,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-31-4" class="v">son of Nathan,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/136" data-bid="137-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-31-5" class="v">son of David,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/137" data-bid="138-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sl"><span id="v42-3-32-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25161" class="vl vx vp study">32 </a>son of Jesʹse,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/138" data-bid="139-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-32-2" class="v">son of Oʹbed,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/139" data-bid="140-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-32-3" class="v">son of Boʹaz,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/140" data-bid="141-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-32-4" class="v">son of Salʹmon,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/141" data-bid="142-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-32-5" class="v">son of Nahʹshon,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/142" data-bid="143-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sl"><span id="v42-3-33-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25162" class="vl vx vp study">33 </a>son of Am·minʹa·dab,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/143" data-bid="144-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-33-2" class="v">son of Arʹni,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-33-3" class="v">son of Hezʹron,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/144" data-bid="145-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-33-4" class="v">son of Peʹrez,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/145" data-bid="146-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-33-5" class="v">son of Judah,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/146" data-bid="147-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sl"><span id="v42-3-34-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25163" class="vl vp">34 </a>son of Jacob,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/147" data-bid="148-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-34-2" class="v">son of Isaac,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/148" data-bid="149-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-34-3" class="v">son of Abraham,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/149" data-bid="150-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-34-4" class="v">son of Teʹrah,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/150" data-bid="151-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-34-5" class="v">son of Naʹhor,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/151" data-bid="152-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sl"><span id="v42-3-35-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25164" class="vl vx vp">35 </a>son of Seʹrug,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/152" data-bid="153-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-35-2" class="v">son of Reʹu,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/153" data-bid="154-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-35-3" class="v">son of Peʹleg,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/154" data-bid="155-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-35-4" class="v">son of Eʹber,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/155" data-bid="156-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-35-5" class="v">son of Sheʹlah,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/156" data-bid="157-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sl"><span id="v42-3-36-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25165" class="vl vx vp study">36 </a>son of Ca·iʹnan,</span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-36-2" class="v">son of Ar·pachʹshad,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/157" data-bid="158-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-36-3" class="v">son of Shem,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/158" data-bid="159-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-36-4" class="v">son of Noah,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/159" data-bid="160-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-36-5" class="v">son of Laʹmech,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/160" data-bid="161-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sl"><span id="v42-3-37-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25166" class="vl vx vp">37 </a>son of Me·thuʹse·lah,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/161" data-bid="162-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-37-2" class="v">son of Eʹnoch,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/162" data-bid="163-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-37-3" class="v">son of Jaʹred,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/163" data-bid="164-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-37-4" class="v">son of Ma·haʹla·le·el,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/164" data-bid="165-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sz"><span id="v42-3-37-5" class="v">son of Ca·iʹnan,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070146/165" data-bid="166-1" class="b">+</a></span></p><p data-pid="31" class="sl"><span id="v42-3-38-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070146/25167" 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