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Luke 3:2

AnnasCaiaphasJohnZacharias

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 Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,

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

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 voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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BSB
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
KJV
Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
WEB
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
ASV
in the highpriesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
DARBY
in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, [the] word of God came upon John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
BLB
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came upon John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
ÅB
mens Annas og Kaifas var yppersteprester, da kom Guds ord til Johannes, Sakarias' sønn, i ørkenen;
OTB
på den tiden da Annas og Kaifas var yppersteprester, kom Guds ord til Johannes, Sakarjas sønn, i ødemarken.
B1930
mens Annas og Kaifas var yppersteprester, da kom Guds ord til Johannes, Sakarias' sønn, i ørkenen;

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  • Acts 4:6

    And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

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  • Jonah 1:1

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

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  • Luke 1:80

    And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.

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  • Micah 1:1

    The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

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  • John 18:24

    Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.

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  • John 18:13–14

    And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.

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  • Zephaniah 1:1

    The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.

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  • Matthew 3:1–10

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

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