Luke 3:2 “during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came…”

Luke 3:2

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

Geneva Bible 1599

(When Annas and Caiaphas were the hie Priestes) the worde of God came vnto Iohn, the sonne of Zacharias in the wildernes.

Darby Translation

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, [the] word of God came upon John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

Young's Literal Translation

Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests — there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,

Bible in Basic English

When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the waste land.

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Cross references

“Annas”

Acts 4:6 John 18:24 John 11:49–51 John 18:13 John 18:14

Acts 4:6 · BSB

along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and many others from the high priest’s family.

John 18:24 · BSB

Then Annas sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas the high priest.

John 11:49–51 · BSB

But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!

John 18:13 · BSB

They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.

John 18:14 · BSB

Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if one man died for the people.

“the word”

Jonah 1:1 Micah 1:1 Zephaniah 1:1 Luke 1:59–63 Jeremiah 2:1 Jeremiah 1:2

Jonah 1:1 · BSB

Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,

Micah 1:1 · BSB

This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:

Zephaniah 1:1 · BSB

This is the word of the LORD that came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah:

Luke 1:59–63 · BSB

On the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were going to name him after his father Zechariah.

Jeremiah 2:1 · BSB

Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Jeremiah 1:2 · BSB

The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah,

“in”

Luke 1:80 Isaiah 40:3 Matthew 11:7 John 1:23 Matthew 3:1 Mark 1:3

Luke 1:80 · BSB

And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.

Isaiah 40:3 · BSB

A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

Matthew 11:7 · BSB

As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

John 1:23 · BSB

John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”

Matthew 3:1 · BSB

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

Mark 1:3 · BSB

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

Also

Matthew 26:3 Luke 3:3–17

Matthew 26:3 · BSB

At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

Luke 3:3–17 · BSB

He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

3He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

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