Luke 3:2

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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....
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John the Baptist. Mark 1:1-8 *, Matthew 3:1-12 *. also Mark 6:17-29 *, Matthew 14:3-12 *. Lk. now (to Luke 9:50 ) follows the Marcan accou...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. Annas and Caiaphas being the high p...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Annas and Caiaphas being the high-priests— According to the institutions of the Jewish religion, there could be only one high-priest, properly so...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Annas, etc.] RV 'in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas.' A peculiar expression to indicate a peculiar state of things. Annas held office fro...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 Caia...
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 person...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
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 mea...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 br...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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....
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 bein...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ministry of John the Baptist. 1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberiu...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Luke 3:1 "
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 bro...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 ch...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 fifte...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Luke 3:2-14 I. How shall we picture John the Baptist to ourselves? Great painters, greater than the world seems likely to see again, have exercise...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Luke 3:1-7 . Now in the fifteenth yea of the reign of Tiberias Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
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'...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Ministry of John the Baptist. Luke 3:1-20 The time of John's ministry:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 propensit...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

John the Forerunner Luke 3:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS I. CHRIST'S TESTIMONY TO JOHN Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

² Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

Related Commentaries of Luke 3:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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