Luke 3:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.”

Luke 3:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Luke 3:2 in 6 Bible Translations

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Luke 3:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.”

Luke 3:2 — World English Bible

Luke 3:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. ”

Luke 3:2 — American Standard Version

Luke 3:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests--there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,”

Luke 3:2 — Young's Literal Translation

Luke 3:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, [the] word ofGod came upon John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness. ”

Luke 3:2 — Darby Translation

Luke 3:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“(When Annas and Caiaphas were the hie Priestes) the worde of God came vnto Iohn, the sonne of Zacharias in the wildernes.”

Luke 3:2 — Geneva Bible

Luke 3:2 in Context — Luke 3

1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,

2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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What Does Luke 3:2 Mean?

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