2during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the desert.


In Context

1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar--when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene--

2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the desert.

3 He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

4 As is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: "A voice of one calling in the desert, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.

Luke 3:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:2Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:2Under the high priests Annas and Caiphas; the word of the Lord was made unto John, the son of Zachary, in the desert.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:2in the highpriesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came upon John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:2in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:2Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests — there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:2Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.