Luke 3

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 3:23-38

C. The genealogy of Jesus 3:23-38 (cf. Matthew 1:1-17)Why did Luke place his genealogy of Jesus at this point in his Gospel? Probably he did so because this was the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry. Matthew recorded Jesus’ genealogy to show that He had a legitimate right by birth to occupy the Davidic throne. Consequently he placed his genealogy at the very beginning of his Gospel. Luke wanted to show the ancestry of Jesus, who now began His ministry, as the authenticated Son of God.There... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Luke 3:24-38

Matthew traced Joseph’s line back to David through Joseph’s father Jacob and David’s son Solomon. Luke traced Joseph’s line back to David through Joseph’s father Eli (or Heli, NIV) and David’s son Nathan. Is there a mistake in the text, is one of these genealogies really the genealogy of Mary rather than Joseph, or did Joseph have two fathers?The two lines of Joseph proceed back through two entirely different sets of names. Therefore there does not seem to be an error in the text regarding the... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Luke 3

1:2 attendants (c-11) Huperetes . see Note, 1 Corinthians 4:1 . read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Luke 3:2

3:2 word (f-10) Rhema . see John 17:8 . read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Luke 3:4

3:4 words (g-10) Logos . something more than 'words;' see Note to 1 Corinthians 1:5 . prophet. (h-14) Isaiah 40:3 . ye (a-23) Or 'Make ye ready,' as ch. 1.76. read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Luke 3:9

3:9 to (b-8) See Note l, Matthew 3:10 . read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Luke 3:16

3:16 with (c-33) En , 'in the power of.' see Matthew 3:11 . read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 3:1-38

John’s Ministry. Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus1-14.. Preliminary Ministry of the Baptist (Matthew 3:1; Mark 1:1). See on Mt.1. In the fifteenth year] If the years of Tiberius are reckoned from the death of Augustus, who died 14 a.d., the date is 28, 29 a.d. Most authorities, however, suppose that the years of Tiberius are here reckoned from 11 a.d., when he was made the colleague of Augustus in the empire, with equal authority over all the provinces and armies. This gives the date 25, 26 a.d.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 3:1

(1) The difficulty presented here admits of at least three explanations, (a) Joseph may have been the son of Jacob by birth, and of Heli by adoption, or conversely. (b) Jacob and Heli may have been half brothers—sons of the same mother—by different fathers, Matthan and Matthat, or these two may be different forms of the name of the same person, and one of the two brothers may have died without issue, and the other married his widow to raise up seed unto his brother. On either of these... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Luke 3:2

(2) The difference in the number of names presents no real difficulty. We have seen (Note on Matthew 1:9) that St. Matthew omits three names in the list of kings in order to adapt it to the memoria technica of fourteen names in each group, and what he did in one case he may well have done in another for the same reason. read more

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