§ 20. THE TIME OF THE BEGINNING
| Mark 1:1 | Luke 3:1-2 |
| 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, 1the Son God. | 1 Now in the fifteenth ayear of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituræa and Trachonitis, and Lysaniasb tetrarch of Abilene, 2 in the highpriesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. |
1 Some ancient authorities omit the son of God.
a See [note 6] at end of Harmony.
b See [note 6]. Luke follows the custom of ancient historians in dating events by the names of the rulers. As the son of a priest John was probably thirty years old when he came forth.
§ 21. THE MESSAGE AND THE MESSENGER
| Mark 1:2-6 | Matt. 3:1-6 | Luke 3:3-6 |
| 2 Even as it is written 1in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face [see Mal. 3:1], Who shall prepare thy way; 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness [see Isa. 40:3], Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight; 4 John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins. 5 And there went out unto him all the country of Judea, and all they of Jerusalem; and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and had a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey. | 1 And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,a 2 Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of 2by Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight. 4 Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan; 6 and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. | 3 And he came into all the region round about Jordan, preach- ing the baptism of repentance unto re- mission of sins; 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight. 5 Every valley shall be filled, And every moun- tain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways smooth; 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God [see Isa. 40:4-5]. |
1 Some ancient authorities read in the prophets.
2 Or, through.