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  • Luke 3:2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 2 in the days of chief priest Anʹnas and of Caʹia·phas,+ God’s declaration came to John+ the son of Zech·a·riʹah in the wilderness.+

  • Luke 3:2
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 2 ἐπὶ upon ἀρχιερέως chief priest Ἅννα Annas καὶ and Καιάφα, Caiaphas, ἐγένετο came to be ῥῆμα saying θεοῦ of God ἐπὶ upon Ἰωάνην John τὸν the Ζαχαρίου of Zechariah υἱὸν son ἐν in τῇ the ἐρήμῳ. desolate [place].

  • Luke 3:2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 2 in the days of chief priest Anʹnas and of Caʹia·phas,+ God’s declaration came to John+ the son of Zech·a·riʹah in the wilderness.+

  • Luke 3:2
    The Bible in Living English
    • 2 in the high-priesthood of Hannas and Caiaphas, the word of God came upon Zachariah’s son John in the wilderness;

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

  • Luke 3:2
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 2 in the High-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas came a word of God unto John the son of Zechariah in the desert;

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

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2026
    • 3:2 lff lesson 3; it-1 112; it-2 57; w12 4/1 9; si 188

  • Luke
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 3:2 is 66; w68 502; bf 388, 407; w62 245; ns 104, 215; w59 489

  • Luke
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 3:2

      Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 3

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 112

      Insight, Volume 2, p. 57

      The Watchtower,

      4/1/2012, p. 9

      “All Scripture,” p. 188

  • Luke Study Notes—Chapter 3
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 3:2

      chief priest Annas and . . . Caiaphas: When pinpointing the beginning of the ministry of John the Baptist, Luke refers to the days when the Jewish priesthood was being dominated by two powerful men. Annas was appointed high priest about 6 or 7 C.E. by Quirinius, the Roman governor of Syria, and served until about 15 C.E. Even after Annas was deposed by the Romans and no longer held the official title of high priest, he evidently continued to exercise great power and influence as high priest emeritus and the predominant voice of the Jewish hierarchy. Five of his sons held the office of high priest, and his son-in-law Caiaphas served as high priest from about 18 C.E. to about 36 C.E. So although Caiaphas served as high priest in 29 C.E., Annas could rightly be designated a “chief priest” because of his dominant position.​—Joh 18:13, 24; Ac 4:6.

      John: Only in Luke’s account is John introduced as the son of Zechariah. (See study note on Lu 1:5.) Also, Luke alone mentions that God’s declaration came to John, using wording similar to that found in the Septuagint regarding the prophet Elijah (1Ki 17:2; 21:28 [20:28, LXX]), who pictured John. (Mt 11:14; 17:10-13) All three synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) locate John in the wilderness, but Matthew specifies it as “the wilderness of Judea,” that is, the generally uninhabited, barren eastern slope of the Judean mountains stretching down​—a drop of some 1,200 m (3,900 ft)​—toward the western bank of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea.​—See study note on Mt 3:1.

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