Luke 3:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, ”

Luke 3:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 3:13-17 . “Jesus being baptized;” or, Jesus “having been” baptized. This took place after the baptism, and not “during” its administration, Matthew 3:16 . Praying - T...
Luke 3:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, (5) Our baptism is sanctified in the head of the Church, and Christ al...
Luke 3:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 3:21 f. The Baptism of Jesus ( Mark 1:9-11 *, Matthew 3:13-17 *). Lk. notes that Jesus was praying ( cf. Luke 9:29 , Luke 11:1 , etc.). In the early Church it was customary immediately...
Luke 3:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

it came to pass . As in Luke 3:1 . The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "and it came to pass". praying . Note the occasions of the Lord's praying: here; Luke 6:16 ; Luke 6:12 ; Luk...
Luke 3:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1484 THE DESCENT OF THE SPIRIT UPON CHRIST Luke 3:21-22 . Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened; a...
Luke 3:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, Jesus - being baptized - See on Matthew 3:16 , Matthew 3:17 (note).
Luke 3:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Now when all the people were baptized,— Now while all the people were receiving baptism. Heylin. If we reflect on the number of the people who followed John, and were baptized by him, and the reg...
Luke 3:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 3:13-17 .
Luke 3:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

John's Ministry. Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus 1-14.. Preliminary Ministry of the Baptist ( Matthew 3:1 ; Mark 1:1 ). See on Mt.
Luke 3:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(21-22) Now when all the people were baptized. — See Notes on Matthew 3:13-17 . St. Luke’s account is the shortest of the three first Gospels, but it adds here, as afterwards in his report of the...
Luke 3:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 rat...
Luke 3:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Herald Silenced; the Messiah Appears Luke 3:15-23 We are told that the time of John's appearance was the Sabbatic year, when field-work was suspended, and the people had comparative leisure...
Luke 3:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 ti...
Luke 3:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 voic...
Luke 3:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE FIRST CALVARY ‘How when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a...
Luke 3:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now when all the people were baptized ,.... That came from several parts to John for this purpose, even as many as he judged to be proper subjects of that ordinance, as many of the common people, pu...
Luke 3:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, Ver. 21. And praying, the heaven was opened ] Prayer is the key of God'...
Luke 3:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When all the people were baptized If we reflect on the number of the people who followed John, and were baptized by him, and the regard they expressed for him before and after his death, and yet th...
Luke 3:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Luke 3:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Genealogy of Christ. 21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, th...
Luke 3:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 21,22. This history of our Saviour's baptism is reported both by Matthew and Mark, much most largely by Matthew; See Poole on " Matthew 3:13 " ., &c. Luke only addeth those words, and pray...
Luke 3:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Baptism of Jesus (3:21-22). Apart from here there is nothing in any of the Gospels which explains why Jesus began His work when He did. There must have been something that prompted Him to leav...
Luke 3:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Luke 3:21 .—This verse seems to imply that the baptism of Jesus was in a measure private—that He was the last to receive the rite on the particular day when He came to John. The re...
Luke 3:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 3:21-22 Christ's Baptism, a Token of Pentecost. Without all question, there is a deep and mysterious connection between the baptism of our Saviour and the coming of the Holy Ghost upon the A...
Luke 3:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 h...
Luke 3:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jesus also being baptized-- Meeting of Jesus with John The people, I read, “mused,” wondering if John were the expected Messiah. John, too, mused, we may be sure. “Words! words! words!” at the...
Luke 3:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Luke 3:1-42 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 his...
Luke 3:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Now, when all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also being baptized and praying, the heaven was opened,
Luke 3:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 1:32 ; John 1:32-34 ; John 12:27 ; John 12:28 ; Luke 9:28 ; Luke 9:29 ; Mark 1:10 ; Mark 1:9 ; Matthew 3:13-15 ; Matthew 3:16 ; Matthew 3:17
Luke 3:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jesus praying, the heaven was opened — It is observable, that the three voices from heaven, see Luke 9:29 , Luke 9:35 ; John 12:28 ; by which the Father bore witness to Christ, were pronounced e...

Luke 3:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Luke 3:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Luke 3:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 3:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Luke 3:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Luke 3:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Luke 3:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Luke 3:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Luke 3:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 3:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Luke 3:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Luke 3:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Luke 3:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Luke 3:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Luke 3:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Luke 3:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Luke 3:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Luke 3:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 3:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 3:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Luke 3:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Luke 3:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Luke 3:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Luke 3:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 3:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Luke 3:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Luke 3:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Luke 3:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Luke 3:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 3:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes