1. In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate late being Governour of Judea, the word of God came unto John the Son of Zecharias in the wilderness.
2. And he came into all the country about Jordan preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
3. And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
4. Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance.
5. And as all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.
6. Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that, Jesus also being baptized and praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape upon him; and lo! a voice from heaven saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
1. In is a Preposition; the the Definite Article; fifteenth, an Adjective; year, a Substantive, or Noun, in the Objective Case governed by the Preposition in; of, a Preposition; the reign, a Substantive, Objective Case, governed by the Preposition of; of Tiberius Cæsar, both Substantives, Proper Names, Government and Case, as before; Pontius Pilate, Proper Names; being, the Present Participle of the Verb Neuter to be; Governour, a Substantive; of Judea, a Proper Name, Government and Case as before: Pontius Pilate being governour, is the Case Absolute, that is, the Nominative Case with a Participle without a Verb following and agreeing with it; the meaning is the same as, when Pilate was governour: the word, a Substantive; of God, a Substantive; came, a Verb Neuter, Indicative Mode, Past Time, third Person Singular Number, agreeing with the Nominative Case word; unto, a Preposition; John, a Proper Name; the Son, a Substantive, put in Apposition to John; that is, in the same Case, governed by the same Preposition unto; of Zecharias, a Proper Name; in, a Preposition; the wilderness, a Substantive, Government and Case as before.
2. And, a Conjunction Copulative; he, a Pronoun, third Person Singular, Masculine Gender, Nominative Case, standing for John; came, as before; into, a Prep. all, an Adjective; the country, a Subst. about, a Prep. Jordan, a Proper Name; preaching, the Present Participle of the Verb Active to preach, joined like an Adjective to the Pronoun he; the baptism, a Substantive in the Objective Case following the Verb Active preaching, and governed by it; of repentance, a Subst. Government and Case as before; for, a Prep. the remission of sins, Substantives, the latter in the Plural Number, Government and Case as before.
3. And, (b. that is, as before) the same, an Adjective; John (b.) had, a Verb Active, Indicative Mode, Past Time, third Person Sing. agreeing with the Nominative Case John; his, a Pronoun, third Person Sing. Possessive Case; raiment, a Subst. in the Objective Case, following the Verb Active had, and governed by it; of camel’s, a Substantive, Possessive Case; hair, Subst. Objective Case, governed by the Preposition of, the same as, of the hair of a camel; and, (b.) a, the Indefinite Article; leathern, an Adj. girdle, a Subst. about, (b.) his, (b.) loins, Subst. plural Number; and his, (b.) meat, Subst. was, Indicative Mode, Past Time, third Person Singular of the Verb Neuter to be; locusts, Subst. plural Number, Nominative Case after the Verb was; and, (b.) wild, Adj. honey, Subst.
4. Then, an Adverb; said, a Verb Active, Past Time, third Person Sing. agreeing with the Nominative Case he (b.) to, a Prep. the multitude, Subst. Objective Case, governed by the Prep. to; that, a Relative Pronoun, its Antecedent is the multitude; came, (b.) forth, an Adverb; to, a Prep. and before a Verb the sign of the Infinitive Mode; be baptized, a Verb Passive, made of the Participle Passive of the Verb to baptize, and the Auxiliary Verb to be, in the Infinitive Mode; of him, Pronoun, third Person Sing. standing for John, in the Objective Case governed by the Prep. of; O, an Interjection; generation, Subst. Nominative Case; of vipers, Subst. plural Number; who, an Interrogative Pronoun; hath warned, a Verb Active, Present Perfect Time, made of the Perfect Participle warned and the Auxiliary Verb hath, third Person Singular agreeing with the Nominative Case who; you, Pronoun, second Person plural, Objective Case, following the Verb Active warned and governed by it; to flee, Verb Neuter, Infinitive Mode; from, a Prep.; the wrath, Subst. Objective Case, governed by the Prep. from; to come, Verb Neuter, Infinitive Mode; bring, Verb Active, Imperative Mode, second Person plural, agreeing with the Nominative Case ye understood, as if it were, bring ye; forth, an Adverb; therefore, a Conjunction; fruits, a Subst. plur. Objective Case, following the Verb Active bring, and governed by it; meet, an Adjective, joined to fruits, but placed after it, because it has something depending on it; for repentance, a Subst. governed by a Prep. as before.