[continued from previous message]   
      
   his brother Philip was tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Traconitis,   
   and Lysanias was the tetrarch of Abilene.   
   2 (Ac 4:6; Jn 18:24) Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests,   
   the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.   
   3 (Lk 1:77) He came into the region surrounding the Jordan,   
   preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.   
   4 (Isa 40:3-5; Jn 1:23) As it is written in the book of the words   
   of Isaiah the prophet, saying:   
   "The voice of one crying in the wilderness:   
   'Prepare the way of the Lord;   
   make His paths straight.   
   5 (Isa 40:4; 42:16) Every valley shall be filled   
   and every mountain and hill shall be brought low;   
   and the crooked shall be made straight   
   and the rough ways shall be made smooth;   
   6 (Isa 40:5; 52:10) and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'"   
   [Gk. 2 assaria. An assarion was worth 1/16 of a denarius,   
   which was a day's wage.]   
   7 (Mt 23:33; 12:34) Then he said to the crowds that came out to be baptized   
   by him, "You children of vipers! Who warned you   
   to flee from the wrath to come?   
   8 (Jn 8:33; Ac 26:20) Therefore bear fruit worthy of repentance,   
   and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.'   
   For I say to you that God is able from these stones to raise up children   
   for Abraham.   
   9 (Mt 7:19; Lk 13:7) Even now the axe is put to the root of the trees.   
   Every tree therefore which does not bear good fruit is cut down   
   and thrown into the fire."   
   10 (Ac 2:37; 16:30) The people asked him, "What then must we do?"   
   11 (Da 4:27; Lk 18:22) John answered, "He who has two tunics, let him give   
   to him who has none. And he who has food, let him do likewise."   
   12 (Lk 7:29) Then tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him,   
   "Teacher, what must we do?"   
   13 (Lk 19:8) He said to them, "Collect no more than what is appointed you."   
   14 (Ex 23:1; 20:16) Then the soldiers likewise demanded of him,   
   "And what must we do?"   
   He said to them, "Do no violence to anyone nor accuse any falsely,   
   and be content with your wages."   
   15 As the people were in expectation, and everyone reflected in their hearts   
   upon John, whether he might be the Christ or not,   
   16 (Ac 1:5; Mt 3:11) John answered them all, "I indeed baptize you   
   with water. But One mightier than I is coming, the strings of whose shoes   
   I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit   
   and with fire.   
   17 (Mt 13:30; Isa 30:24) His fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly   
   cleanse His threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into His granary.   
   But He will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire."   
   18 Then he preached many other things in his exhortation to the people.   
      
   [1] Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius   
   Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and   
   his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea 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.   
   [5] Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be   
   brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways   
   shall be made smooth;   
   [6] And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.   
   [7] 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?   
   [8] Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say   
   within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That   
   God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.   
   [9] And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree   
   therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into   
   the fire.   
   [10] And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?   
   [11] He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him   
   impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.   
   [12] Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master,   
   what shall we do?   
   [13] And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.   
   [14] And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we   
   do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any   
   falsely; and be content with your wages.   
   [15] And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their   
   hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;   
   [16] 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:   
   [17] Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and   
   will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire   
   unquenchable.   
   [18] And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.   
      
   Mark 1:9-11   
      
   The Baptism of Jesus   
      
   Mt 3:13-17; Lk 3:21-22   
      
   9 (Mt 2:23) In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee   
   and was baptized by John in the Jordan.   
   10 (Isa 64:1; Mt 3:16) Coming up out of the water,   
   He immediately saw the heavens opened and the Spirit   
   descending on Him like a dove.   
   11 (Ps 2:7; Isa 42:1) And a voice came from heaven, saying,   
   "You are My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased."   
      
   [9] And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of   
   Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.   
   [10] And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens   
   opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:   
   [11] And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved   
   Son, in whom I am well pleased.   
      
   Matthew 3:13-17   
      
   The Baptism of Jesus   
      
   Mk 1:9-11; Lk 3:21-22   
      
   13 (Mt 2:22) Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan   
   to be baptised by him.   
   14 But John prohibited Him, saying,   
   "I need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?"   
   15 (Ps 40:7-8; Jn 4:34) But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so now,   
   for it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he permitted Him.   
   16 (Isa 11:2; 42:1) And when Jesus was baptized, He came up immediately   
   out of the water. And suddenly the heavens were opened to Him,   
   and He saw the Spirit of God descending on Him like a dove.   
   17 (Ps 2:7; Mt 17:5; Isa 42:1) And a voice came from heaven, saying,   
   "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."   
      
   [13] Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of   
   him.   
   [14] But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and   
   comest thou to me?   
   [15] And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it   
   becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.   
   [16] And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water:   
   and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God   
   descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:   
   [17] And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I   
   am well pleased.   
      
   Luke 3:19-20   
      
   19 (Mk 6:17-18; Lk 3:1) But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him   
   because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils   
   which Herod had done,   
      
   [continued in next message]   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)