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Matthew 3:1

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

2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
KJV
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
WEB
In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
ASV
And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying,
DARBY
Now in those days comes John the baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
BLB
Now in those days John the Baptist comes, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
ÅB
I de dager sto døperen Johannes fram og forkynte i Judeas ørken
OTB
I de dager trådte døperen Johannes fram og forkynte i Judeas ørken,
B1930
I de dager stod døperen Johannes frem og forkynte i Judeas ørken

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Isaiah 40:3–6

    The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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  • John 1:6–8

    There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

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  • Luke 1:13–17

    But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

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  • Luke 1:76

    And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

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  • Luke 3:1–20

    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,

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  • Matthew 11:11

    Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

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  • Acts 19:3–4

    And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.

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  • Matthew 16:14

    And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

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