Luke 3:21

²¹One day when the crowds were being baptized, Jesus himself was baptized. As he was praying, the heavens opened,i

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Luke 3 marks the transition from Jesus' hidden years to his public ministry. John the Baptist appears in the wilderness, calling Israel to repentance and preparing the way for the Lord. Luke grounds this moment in precise historical coordinates, anchoring the gospel in real time and

References· Luke 3

a: v.4 — Isaiah 40:3-5, John 1:23, Luke 1:76-79, John 1:7, John 1:26-36, John 3:28-36, Isaiah 62:10, Luke 1:16-17, Isaiah 57:14, Matthew 3:3
b: v.5 — Isaiah 40:4, Isaiah 42:16, Isaiah 45:2, Isaiah 49:11, Ezekiel 17:24, Hebrews 12:12-13, Luke 1:51-53, Isaiah 2:11-17, Isaiah 35:6-8, Isaiah 61:1-3
c: v.6 — Isaiah 52:10, Isaiah 40:5, Psalms 98:2-3, Isaiah 49:6, Romans 10:18, Luke 2:30-32, Luke 2:10-11, Romans 10:12, Mark 16:15
d: v.8 — Ezekiel 18:27-31, Acts 26:20, Isaiah 1:16-18, Matthew 21:43, Galatians 5:22-24, Hebrews 6:7-8, Joshua 4:3-8, Romans 4:16, Luke 19:40, Philippians 1:11
e: v.9 — Matthew 7:19, John 15:6, Luke 13:9, Matthew 3:10, Isaiah 10:33-34, Luke 13:7, Ezekiel 31:18, Hebrews 12:29, Daniel 4:23, Daniel 4:14
f: v.11 — Isaiah 58:7-11, 1 John 3:17, 1 Timothy 6:18, Luke 18:22, 1 John 4:20, James 2:15-26, James 1:27, Luke 11:41, Matthew 25:40, Daniel 4:27
g: v.14 — Hebrews 13:5-6, Exodus 20:16, Exodus 23:1, 1 Timothy 6:8-10, Philippians 4:11, Leviticus 19:11, Romans 13:9-10, Luke 19:8, Philippians 2:15, Titus 2:3
h: v.16 — Matthew 3:11, Acts 1:5, Acts 11:15-16, John 1:33, Acts 19:4-5, John 1:26, Joel 2:28-29, Acts 2:3-4, Isaiah 4:4, Malachi 3:2-3
i: v.21 — John 1:32-34, Matthew 3:13-17, Luke 5:16, Mark 1:9-11, John 12:27-28, Matthew 14:23, Luke 9:28-29, Luke 9:18
j: v.22 — Psalms 2:7, 2 Peter 1:17-18, John 1:32, Isaiah 42:1, Matthew 17:5, Luke 9:34-35, Matthew 3:17, Acts 10:38, Matthew 12:18, 1 Peter 2:4

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