Luke 3:15

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;

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  • John 1:19-28 : 19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, `Who art thou?' 20 and he confessed and did not deny, and confessed -- `I am not the Christ.' 21 And they questioned him, `What then? Elijah art thou?' and he saith, `I am not.' -- `The prophet art thou?' and he answered, `No.' 22 They said then to him, `Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us? what dost thou say concerning thyself?' 23 He said, `I `am' a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.' 24 And those sent were of the Pharisees, 25 and they questioned him and said to him, `Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?' 26 John answered them, saying, `I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me, 27 of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal.' 28 These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing,
  • John 3:28-29 : 28 ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him; 29 he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been fulfilled.
  • John 10:24 : 24 the Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him, `Till when our soul dost thou hold in suspense? if thou art the Christ, tell us freely.'

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    2 And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,

    3 said to him, `Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?'

  • John 3:24-26
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    24 for John was not yet cast into the prison --

    25 there arose then a question from the disciples of John with `some' Jews about purifying,

    26 and they came unto John, and said to him, `Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'

  • John 1:25-26
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    25 and they questioned him and said to him, `Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?'

    26 John answered them, saying, `I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me,

  • Matt 21:25-26
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    25 the baptism of John, whence was it? -- from heaven, or from men?' And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, `If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

    26 and if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.'

  • Luke 20:4-6
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    4 the baptism of John, from heaven was it, or from men?'

    5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying -- `If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

    6 and if we may say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet.'

  • Luke 3:16
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    16 John answered, saying to all, `I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals -- he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;

  • Luke 7:29
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    29 And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

  • Acts 13:24-25
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    24 John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;

    25 and as John was fulfilling the course, he said, Whom me do ye suppose to be? I am not `he', but, lo, he doth come after me, of whom I am not worthy to loose the sandal of `his' feet.

  • Mark 11:30-32
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    30 the baptism of John -- from heaven was it? or from men? answer me.'

    31 And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, `If we may say, From heaven, he will say, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

    32 But if we may say, From men,' -- they were fearing the people, for all were holding John that he was indeed a prophet;

  • Luke 3:10
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    10 And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, `What, then, shall we do?'

  • Matt 3:3
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    3 for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.'

  • Luke 7:18-20
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    18 And the disciples of John told him about all these things,

    19 and John having called near a certain two of his disciples, sent unto Jesus, saying, `Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

    20 And having come near to him, the men said, `John the Baptist sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

  • Matt 3:1
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    1 And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,

  • Luke 7:24
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    24 And the messengers of John having gone away, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John: `What have ye gone forth to the wilderness to look on? a reed by the wind shaken?

  • Mark 1:3-5
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    3 `A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,' --

    4 John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

    5 and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

  • Matt 11:7
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    7 And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, `What went ye out to the wilderness to view? -- a reed shaken by the wind?

  • Luke 3:3-4
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    3 and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

    4 as it hath been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths;

  • Matt 3:13
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    13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,

  • Mark 1:7-9
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    7 and he proclaimed, saying, `He doth come -- who is mightier than I -- after me, of whom I am not worthy -- having stooped down -- to loose the latchet of his sandals;

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    9 And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan;

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    3 and he said unto them, `To what, then, were ye baptized?' and they said, `To John's baptism.'

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    19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, `Who art thou?'

  • John 1:31
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    31 and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing.

  • Matt 3:5-6
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    5 Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,

    6 and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.

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    7 And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things being done by him, and was perplexed, because it was said by certain, that John hath been raised out of the dead;

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    28 ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;

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    33 and I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, On whomsoever thou mayst see the Spirit coming down, and remaining on him, this is he who is baptizing with the Holy Spirit;

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    11 `I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

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    13 Then understood the disciples that concerning John the Baptist he spake to them.

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    20 for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly.

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    66 and all who heard did lay them up in their hearts, saying, `What then shall this child be?' and the hand of the Lord was with him.