Parallel Gospels 4 - John the Baptist Prepares the Way
Matthew 3:1-12Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
The Messiah’s Herald
3 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Wilderness of Judea 2 and saying, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”3 For he is the one spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, who said:
A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make His paths straight![a]
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make His paths straight![a]
4 John himself had a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the vicinity of the Jordan were flocking to him, 6 and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
7 When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to the place of his baptism,[b] he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Therefore produce fruit consistent with[c] repentance. 9 And don’t presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones! 10 Even now the ax is ready to strike the root of the trees! Therefore, every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
11 “I baptize you with[d] water for repentance,[e] but the One who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove[f] His sandals. He Himself will baptize you with[g] the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing shovel[h] is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn. But the chaff He will burn up with fire that never goes out.”
Mark 1:1-8Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
The Messiah’s Herald
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:[a]
4 John came baptizing[d] in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance[e] for the forgiveness of sins. 5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were flocking to him, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins. 6 John wore a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. 7 He was preaching: “Someone more powerful than I will come after me. I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of His sandals. 8 I have baptized you with[f] water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
Luke 3:1-20Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
The Messiah’s Herald
3 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,[a] while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch[b] of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Iturea[c] and Trachonitis,[d] and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,[e]2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, God’s word came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. 3 He went into all the vicinity of the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance[f] for the forgiveness of sins, 4 as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah:
7 He then said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones! 9 Even now the ax is ready to strike[j] the root of the trees! Therefore, every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
10 “What then should we do?” the crowds were asking him.
11 He replied to them, “The one who has two shirts[k] must share with someone who has none, and the one who has food must do the same.”
12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
13 He told them, “Don’t collect any more than what you have been authorized.”
14 Some soldiers also questioned him: “What should we do?”
He said to them, “Don’t take money from anyone by force or false accusation; be satisfied with your wages.”
15 Now the people were waiting expectantly, and all of them were debating in their minds[l] whether John might be the Messiah. 16 John answered them all, “I baptize you with[m] water, but One is coming who is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to untie the strap of His sandals. He will baptize you with[n] the Holy Spirit and fire. 17 His winnowing shovel[o] is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and gather the wheat into His barn, but the chaff He will burn up with a fire that never goes out.”18 Then, along with many other exhortations, he proclaimed good news to the people. 19 But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him about Herodias, his brother’s wife, and about all the evil things Herod had done, 20 added this to everything else—he locked John up in prison.
John 1:19-28 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
John the Baptist’s Testimony
19 This is John’s testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
20 He did not refuse to answer, but he declared: “I am not the Messiah.”
21 “What then?” they asked him. “Are you Elijah?”
“I am not,” he said.
“Are you the Prophet?”[a]
“No,” he answered.
22 “Who are you, then?” they asked. “We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What can you tell us about yourself?”
23 He said, “I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord[b]—just as Isaiah the prophet said.”
24 Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. 25 So they asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?”
26 “I baptize with[c] water,” John answered them. “Someone stands among you, but you don’t know Him. 27 He is the One coming after me,[d] whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.”
Where:
According to Matthew and Markpreaching and teaching in the Wilderness of Judea
Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the vicinity of the Jordan
baptized by him in the Jordan River
http://www.thebiblejourney.org/the-bible-journey/2-john-the-baptists-journeys-b/johns-message/
http://www.thebiblejourney.org/the-bible-journey/2-john-the-baptists-journeys-b/john-begins-baptising/
Where:
According to Luke:
When:
according to luke
https://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/CN160-TRAVELS.htm
http://www.thebiblejourney.org/biblejourney1/4-jesuss-journeys-around-galilee33795/jesus-starts-his-ministry/
References:
Isaiah 's word: Isaiah 40:3
winnowing shovel?
clear the threshing floor
gather wheat into the barn
chaff will burn up with eternal fire
John's baptism
baptism of repentance for forgiveness of Sins
with water
- He went into all the vicinity of the Jordan
- when they asked him who he was in John 1, it was in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
According to the 2nd link above, it is important to note that this spot:
It was regarded as the spot where the Jewish prophet Elijah had crossed the River Jordan shortly before he was taken up to heaven (see 2 Kings 2:8).
So it was a highly symbolic act for John to baptise at this very spot and to point his followers to the coming of Jesus, whom John declared to be “the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29).
When:
according to luke
- In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,
- while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea
- Herod was tetrarch of Galilee
- his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis,
- Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene
- during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas
https://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/CN160-TRAVELS.htm
http://www.thebiblejourney.org/biblejourney1/4-jesuss-journeys-around-galilee33795/jesus-starts-his-ministry/
References:
Isaiah 's word: Isaiah 40:3
winnowing shovel?
clear the threshing floor
gather wheat into the barn
chaff will burn up with eternal fire
John's baptism
baptism of repentance for forgiveness of Sins
with water
see other page on winnowing
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