VER 1. NOW IN THE FIFTEENTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF TIBERIUS CAESAR, PONTIUS PILATE BEING GOVERNOR OF JUDEA, AND HEROD BEING TETRARCH OF GALILEE, AND HIS BROTHER PHILIP TETRARCH OF ITURAEA AND OF THE REGION OF TRACHONITIS, AND LYSANIAS THE TETRARCH OF ABILENE, 2. ANNAS AND CAIAPHAS BEING THE HIGH PRIES... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 3. AND HE CAME INTO ALL THE COUNTRY ABOUT JORDAN, PREACHING THE BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS; 4. AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE WORDS OF ESAIAS THE PROPHET, SAYING, THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, PREPARE YOU THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT. 5. EVE... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 7. THEN SAID HE TO THE MULTITUDE THAT CAME FORTH TO BE BAPTIZED OF HIM, O GENERATION OF VIPERS, WHO HAS WARNED YOU TO FLEE FROM THE WRATH TO COME? 8. BRING FORTH THEREFORE FRUITS WORTHY OF REPENTANCE, AND BEGIN NOT TO SAY WITHIN YOURSELVES, WE HAVE ABRAHAM TO OUR FATHER: FOR I SAY TO YOU, THAT G... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 10. AND THE PEOPLE ASKED HIM, SAYING, WHAT SHALL WE DO THEN? 11. HE ANSWERED AND SAID TO THEM, HE THAT HAS TWO COATS, LET HIM IMPART TO HIM THAT HAS NONE; AND HE THAT HAS MEAT, LET HIM DO LIKEWISE. 12. THEN CAME ALSO PUBLICANS TO BE BAPTIZED, AND SAID TO HIM, MASTER, WHAT SHALL WE DO? 13. AND HE... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 15. AND AS THE PEOPLE WERE IN EXPECTATION, AND ALL MEN MUSED IN THEIR HEARTS OF JOHN, WHETHER HE WERE THE CHRIST, OR NOT; 16. JOHN ANSWERED, SAYING TO THEM ALL, I INDEED BAPTIZE YOU WITH WATER; BUT ONE MIGHTIER THAN I COMES, THE LATCHET OF WHOSE SHOES I AM NOT WORTHY TO UNLOOSE: HE SHALL BAPTIZE... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 18. AND MANY OTHER THINGS IN HIS EXHORTATION PREACHED HE TO THE PEOPLE. 19. BUT HEROD THE TETRARCH, BEING REPROVED BY HIM FOR HERODIAS HIS BROTHER PHILIP'S WIFE, AND FOR ALL THE EVILS WHICH HEROD HAD DONE, 20. ADDED YET THIS ABOVE ALL, THAT HE SHUT UP JOHN IN PRISON. ORIGEN; John having announc... [ Continue Reading ]
VER 1A. 21. NOW WHEN ALL THE PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED, IT CAME TO PASS, THAT JESUS ALSO BEING BAPTIZED, AND PRAYING, THE HEAVEN WAS OPENED, 22. AND THE HOLY GHOST DESCENDED IN A BODILY SHAPE LIKE A DOVE UPON HIM, AND A VOICE CAME FROM HEAVEN, WHICH SAID, YOU ARE MY BELOVED SON; IN YOU I AM WELL PLEASED.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ver 23. And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, 24. Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph, 25. Which was the... [ Continue Reading ]