Passage Research
Luke 3 — Sermon Preparation
John the Baptist preaches repentance and baptizes Jesus; a genealogy traces Jesus's lineage back through Adam to God. Below is a research summary for Luke 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 38
- verses
- 587 / 236
- Greek words / lemmas
- 17
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
Luke 3 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| βαπτίζω | baptízō | G907 | 6 | Baptist, baptize, wash |
| τετρααρχέω | tetrarchéō | G5075 | 3 | tetrarch |
| Ἰωσήφ | Iōsḗph | G2501 | 3 | Joseph |
| Ἡρῴδης | Hērṓdēs | G2264 | 3 | Herod |
| Καϊνάμ | Kaïnán | G2536 | 2 | Cainan |
| Ματταθίας | Mattathías | G3161 | 2 | Mattathias |
| Σαλά | Salá | G4527 | 2 | Sala |
How preachers through history handled this text
17 public-domain excerpts on Luke 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Matthew's list of the forefathers of Jesus showed that Christ was the son of Abraham, in whom all the families of the earth are blessed, and heir to the throne of David; but Luke shows that Jesus was the Seed of the woman that should break the serpent's head, and traces the line up to Adam, beginning with Eli, or Heli, the father, not of Joseph, but of Mary. The seeming differences between the two evangelists in these lists of names have been removed by learned men. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Luke 3:23–50 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Abilene— Luke 3:1
- Galilee 1— Luke 3:1
- Ituraea— Luke 3:1
- Judea 1— Luke 3:1
- Trachonitis— Luke 3:1
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