Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Luke 3:2
(a) Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
(a) Josephus calls him Ananus.
(a) Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
(a) Josephus calls him Ananus.
Verse Luke 3:2. _ANNAS AND CAIAPHAS BEING THE HIGH PRIESTS_] Caiaphas was the son-in-law of Annas or Ananias, and it is supposed that they exercised the high priest's office by turns. It is likely th...
ANNAS AND CAIAPHAS BEING HIGHPRIESTS - There was, properly speaking, but one high priest of the Jews; yet the name of high priest continued to be given to those who had been in that office, and especi...
II. THE BEGINNINGS OF HIS MINISTRY -- CHAPTER 3-4:13 CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The Ministry of John the Baptist. (Luke 3:1 .)_ 2. His Testimony to Christ and his Imprisonment. (Luke 3:15 .) 3. The Baptism of...
JOHN THE BAPTIST. Mark 1:1 *, Matthew 3:1 *. also Mark 6:17 *, Matthew 14:3 *. Lk. now (to...
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, and when Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and the district of Tr...
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ANNAS. See App-94. ANNAS AND CAIAPHAS BEING THE HIGH PRIESTS. Caiaphas was the High Priest as successor of Aaron; while Annas was the _Nasi,_ or head of the Sanhedrin (as successor of Moses), and thus...
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ἘΠῚ�. אABCD. This is the more difficult reading, and possibly for that very reason it may have been altered into the less attested ἐπ' ἀρχιερέων. 2. ἘΠῚ�. ‘In the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas...
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 REG...
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться, случаться (_см._ Luke 2:1)....
ANNAS AND CAIAPHAS BEING THE HIGH-PRIESTS— According to the institutions of the Jewish religion, there could be only one _high-priest,_ properly so called, at a time; that minister being typical of th...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Ministry of John the Baptist Scripture_ Luke 3:1-20 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetra...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS The Baptizer's Mission (Luke 3:1-6) 3 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his bro...
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region o...
19 Compare Mat_14:3-5; Mar_6:17-18. 19 Herod's treatment of John is here inserted ahead of time to close the account of John's ministry before opening that of his Master's. 21-22 Compare Mat_3:13-17...
3:2 word (f-10) _ Rhema_ . see John 17:8 ....
ANNAS, etc.] RV 'in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas.' A peculiar expression to indicate a peculiar state of things. Annas held office from 7-14 a.d., when he was deposed by Pilate's predeces...
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ANNAS AND CAIAPHAS BEING THE HIGH PRIESTS. — Strictly speaking, there could be only one high priest, and the office was filled at this time by Caiaphas. Annas had been appointed by the Roman Procurato...
CHAPTER 6 THE VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS. WHEN the Old Testament closed, prophecy had thrown upon the screen of the future the shadows of two persons, cast in heavenly light. Sketched in outline rather...
_General historic setting of the beginnings_. For Mt.'s vague “in those days” (Luke 3:1), which leaves us entirely in the dark at what date and age Jesus entered on His prophetic career, Lk. gives a g...
ἐπὶ ἀρχιερέως Ἄννα καὶ Καιάφα, under the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas. The use of the singular ἀρχιερέως in connection with two names is peculiar, whence doubtless the correction into the eas...
A PREACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Luke 3:1-14 The evangelist sets an emperor, a governor, two high priests, and three tetrarchs in a few lines, as of very subordinate interest, compared with the one man,...
Luke marks with great care the time of the ministry of John, employing an emperor, a governor, three tetrarchs, and two high priests to do it. By means of these names a picture of the world at the tim...
_Under the high priests, Annas and Caiphas. There was properly but one high priest at a time; and Caiphas had this office and title all the ten years that Pilate governed Judea. See Josephus, lib. xvi...
GENEALOGIES Matthew 1 and Luke 3. There is but one fact of vital importance in all of these genealogies, and that is the transmission to all generations, an infallible history of our Lord's progenitor...
CHAPTER 4 MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST BY MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE Luke 3:1-2. “In the fifteenth year of the dominion of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of...
1. Luke 3:1-2. In this concise description of the epoch at which John appeared, Luke begins with the largest sphere that of the empire. Then, by a natural transition furnished by his reference to the...
FIRST NARRATIVE: THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, LUKE 3:1-20. We already know from Luke 1:77 why the Messiah was to have a forerunner. A mistaken notion of salvation had taken possession of Israel....
SECOND PART: THE ADVENT OF THE MESSIAH, LUKE 3:1 TO LUKE 4:13. For eighteen years Jesus lived unknown in the seclusion of Nazareth. His fellow townsmen, recalling this period of His life, designate Hi...
(1) Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea, and of the region...
The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...
_THE WORD OF GOD_ ‘Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar … the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.’ Luke 3:1 Jewish religionism, as expressed in it...
Luke 3:2._Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests _It is certain, that there never were two persons who held the office of _high priest _at the same time. Josephus states, that Valerius Gratus made...
In chapter 3 we find the exercise of the ministry of the word towards Israel, and that for the introduction of the Lord into this world. It is not the promises to Israel and the privileges secured to...
ANNAS AND CAIAPHAS BEING THE HIGH PRIESTS,.... Some difficulty here arises, how these two could be both high priests; when according to the law of God, and the usages of the Jewish nation, there was t...
Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. Ver. 2. _Annas and Caiaphas being high priests_] By turns, John 11:49; Acts 4:6, cont...
_Now in the fifteenth year of Tiberius_ Reckoning from the time when Augustus made him his colleague in the empire: _Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea_ He was made governor in consequence of Arch...
HIGH - PRIESTS; Annas had been high-priest, and was succeeded by his son-in-law Caiaphas. Both were still living and were called high-priests, though but one them officiated. Persons who spend the ear...
THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. Luke 3:1 The time of John's ministry:...
ANNAS AND CAIAPHAS BEING THE HIGH PRIESTS, THE WORD OF GOD CAME UNTO JOHN, THE SON OF ZACHARIAS, IN THE WILDERNESS. With the historian's propensity for exact dating of events, Luke here fixes the time...
A VOICE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS (vs.1-20) The first two verses of this chapter establish the precise time of the appearance of John the Baptist in his ministry, so that the reality of it cannot be d...
1-14 The scope and design of John's ministry were, to bring the people from their sins, and to their Saviour. He came preaching, not a sect, or party, but a profession; the sign or ceremony was washi...
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Origen Commentary on John Book VI Luke, like Mark, remembers the passage, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness," but lie for his part treats it as follows:[93]...
Luke 3:2 Annas G452 and G2532 Caiaphas G2533 were G1909 priests G749 word G4487 God G2316 came G1096 ...
‘Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and T...
THE POWERFUL MINISTRY OF JOHN IS DESCRIBED (3:1-14). Many years have passed and the ministry of John the Baptiser, whose birth was described in chapter 1, begins. It is set very definitely in its hist...
The ministry of John is narrated by all four Evangelists. Peculiar to Luke are: the chronological notice (Luke 3:1), which points out the exact position of the main gospel facts on the wide platform o...
Luke 3:2. IN THE HIGH PRIESTHOOD OF ANNAS AND CAIAPHAS. There could be properly but one high-priest, holding office for life; the verse therefore suggests some peculiar state of things. From other sou...
THE WORD OF GOD CAME UNTO JOHN (εγενετο ρημα θεου επ Ιωανην). The great epoch marked by εγενετο rather than ην. Ρημα θεου is some particular utterance of God (Plummer), common in LXX, here alone in...
Luke 3:2 I. How shall we picture John the Baptist to ourselves? Great painters, greater than the world seems likely to see again, have exercised their fancy upon his face, his figure, and his actions....
Luke 3:1. Now in the fifteenth yea of the reign of Tiberias Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the...
CONTENTS: Ministry of John the Baptist. Baptism of Jesus. Genealogy of Mary. CHARACTERS: Holy Spirit, God, John Baptist, Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate, Herod, Philip, Annas, Caiaphas, Zacharias, Ab...
Luke 3:1. _In the fifteenth year of Tiberius Cæsar._ St. Luke begins this chapter in a scientific manner; he speaks as a man of letters, and gives posterity a chronological record. Pontius Pilate had...
ANNAS AND CAIAPHAS WERE HIGH PRIESTS. The Jews accepted only one high priest, who held that position for life. But Pilate, the Roman governor, had set aside Annas, and appointed Caiaphas, son-in-law o...
_Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests_ ANNAS AND CAIAPHAS The way in which these two names occur in the New Testament has given some trouble to commentators. They are found in St. Luke’s Gospel...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 3:2 HIGH PRIESTHOOD OF ANNAS AND CAIAPHAS. Caiaphas was the actual high priest at this time (A.D. 18–36). Annas had been high priest A.D. 6–15 but was still called “high priest” afte...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 3:1 Preparation for the Ministry of Jesus. Luke describes John the Baptist’s ministry of preparation for Jesus (Luke 3:1). Then the focus shifts to Jesus himself ...
JOHN THE BAPTIST PREPARES THE WAY FOR JESUS MATTHEW 3:1-12; MARK 1:2-8; LUKE 3:2-18; MATTHEW 3:1 In those days came John the Baptist,...
CHAPTER 3 VER. 1. _Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and...
_Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness_. S. Luke passes from the twelfth year of Christ to His thirtieth, when, after the ma...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 3:1.—This may be regarded as the formal opening of St. Luke’s history. TIBERIUS CÆSAR.—Angus us died A.U.C. 767, and fifteen years added to this would make the time here noted, A...
EXPOSITION LUKE 3:1 THE BAPTISM OF JOHN. LUKE 3:1 NOW IN THE FIFTEENTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF TIBERIUS CAESAR. St. Luke's Gospel is framed after the model of approved histories. He c
Shall we turn to Luke's gospel chapter 3. As Luke begins the third chapter, he is giving you the date of the beginning of the ministry of John the Baptist, and he uses no less than six historic refere...
Acts 4:6; Ezekiel 1:3; Hosea 1:1; Hosea 1:2; Isaiah 40:3;...
Came [ε γ ε ν ε τ ο]. Lit., arose, or came to pass. John. The Synoptists intrduce him under different titles. Here, the son of Zacharias; Matthew, the Baptist; Mark, the Baptizer....
JOHN THE FORERUNNER Luke 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS I. CHRIST'S TESTIMONY TO JOHN Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with...
Annas being high priest, and Caiaphas — There could be but one high priest, strictly speaking, at once. Annas was the high priest at that time, and Caiaphas his sagan or deputy....