Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Luke Chapter 3
Overview
Luk 3:1, The preaching and baptism of John; Luk 3:15, his testimony of Christ; Luk 3:19, Herod imprisons John; Luk 3:21, Christ, baptized, receives testimony from heaven; Luk 3:23, The age and genealogy of Christ from Joseph upwards.
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Tiberius Caesar: Luk 2:1
Pontius Pilate: Luk 23:1-4, Luk 23:24; Gen 49:10; Act 4:27, Act 23:26, Act 24:27, Act 26:30
Herod: Luk 3:19, Luk 9:7, Luk 23:6-11
Ituraea: Ituraea was a province of Syria east of Jordan, now called Djedour, according to Burckhardt, and comprising all the flat country south of Djebel Kessoue as far as Nowa, east of Djebel el Sheikh, or mount Hermon, and west of the Hadj road. Trachonitis, according to Strabo and Ptolemy, comprehended all the uneven country on the east of Auranitis, now Haouran, from near Damascus to Bozra, now called El Ledja and Djebel Haouran. Abilene was a district in the valley of Lebanon, so called from Abila its chief town, eighteen miles n of Damascus, according to Antoninus.
Annas: Joh 11:49-51, Joh 18:13, Joh 18:14, Joh 18:24; Act 4:6
the word: Luk 1:59-63; Jer 1:2, Jer 2:1; Eze 1:3; Hos 1:1, Hos 1:2; Jon 1:1; Mic 1:1; Zep 1:1
in: Luk 1:80; Isa 40:3; Mat 3:1, Mat 11:7; Mar 1:3; Joh 1:23
the country: Mat 3:5; Mar 1:4, Mar 1:5; Joh 1:28, Joh 3:26
preaching: Mat 3:6, Mat 3:11; Mar 1:4; Joh 1:31-33; Act 13:24, Act 19:4, Act 22:16
for: Luk 1:77
The voice: Isa 40:3-5; Mat 3:3; Mar 1:3; Joh 1:23
Prepare: Luk 1:16, Luk 1:17, Luk 1:76-79; Isa 57:14, Isa 62:10; Mal 4:6; Joh 1:7, Joh 1:26-36, Joh 3:28-36
valley: Luk 1:51-53; Isa 2:11-17, Isa 35:6-8, Isa 40:4, Isa 49:11, Isa 61:1-3; Eze 17:24; Jam 1:9
and the crooked: Isa 42:16, Isa 45:2; Heb 12:12, Heb 12:13
Luk 2:10,Luk 2:11, Luk 2:30-32; Psa 98:2, Psa 98:3; Isa 40:5, Isa 49:6, Isa 52:10; Mar 16:15; Rom 10:12; Rom 10:18
O generation: Gen 3:15; Psa 58:4, Psa 58:5; Isa 59:5; Mat 3:7-10, Mat 23:33; Joh 8:44; Act 13:10; Jo1 3:8
fruits: Isa 1:16-18; Eze 18:27-31; Act 26:20; Co2 7:10,Co2 7:11; Gal 5:22-24; Phi 1:11; Heb 6:7, Heb 6:8
worthy of: or, meet for
We: Luk 13:28, Luk 13:29, Luk 16:23-31; Isa 48:1, Isa 48:2; Jer 7:4-10; Joh 8:33; Rom 4:16, Rom 9:7
of these: Luk 19:40; Jos 4:3-8; Mat 8:11, Mat 8:12, Mat 21:43; Gal 3:28, Gal 3:29
Luk 13:7, Luk 13:9, Luk 23:29-31; Isa 10:33, Isa 10:34; Eze 15:2-4, Eze 31:18; Dan 4:14, Dan 4:23; Mat 3:10, Mat 7:19; Joh 15:6; Heb 10:28, Heb 12:29
What: Luk 3:8; Act 2:37, Act 9:6, Act 16:30
He that hath two: Luk 11:41, Luk 18:22, Luk 19:8; Isa 58:7-11; Dan 4:27; Mat 25:40; Mar 14:5-8; Joh 13:29; Act 10:2, Act 10:4, Act 10:31; Co2 8:3-14; Ti1 6:18; Heb 6:10; Jam 1:27; Jam 2:15-26; Jo1 3:17, Jo1 4:20
Luk 7:29, Luk 15:1, Luk 15:2, Luk 18:13; Mat 21:31, Mat 21:32
Exact: Luk 19:8; Psa 18:23; Pro 28:13; Isa 1:16, Isa 1:17, Isa 55:6, Isa 55:7; Eze 18:21, Eze 18:22, Eze 18:27, Eze 18:28; Mic 6:8; Mat 7:12; Co1 6:10; Eph 4:28; Tit 2:11, Tit 2:12; Heb 12:1
the soldiers: Mat 8:5; Act 10:7
Do violence to no man: or, Put no man in fear, Rom 13:9, Rom 13:10; Phi 2:15
accuse: Luk 19:8; Exo 20:16, Exo 23:1; Lev 19:11; Tit 2:3; Rev 12:10
and be: Phi 4:11; Ti1 6:8-10; Heb 13:5, Heb 13:6
wages: or, allowance
expectation: or, suspense, Joh 10:24
mused: or, reasoned, or debated, Joh 1:19-28, Joh 3:28, Joh 3:29
I indeed: Mat 3:11; Mar 1:7, Mar 1:8; Joh 1:26, Joh 1:33; Act 1:5, Act 11:16, Act 13:24, Act 13:25, Act 19:4, Act 19:5
he shall: Pro 1:23; Isa 32:15, Isa 44:3, Isa 44:4; Eze 36:25; Joe 2:28, Joe 2:29; Joh 7:38; Act 2:33, Act 10:44, Act 11:15; Co1 12:13
and with: Isa 4:4; Zac 13:9; Mal 3:2, Mal 3:3; Act 2:3, Act 2:4, Act 2:17, Act 2:18
but: Psa 1:4, Psa 21:9, Psa 21:10; Mar 9:43-49
Joh 1:15, Joh 1:29, Joh 1:34, Joh 3:29-36; Act 2:40
Pro 9:7, Pro 9:8, Pro 15:12; Mat 11:2, Mat 14:3, Mat 14:4; Mar 6:17, Mar 6:18
Luk 13:31-34; Kg2 21:16, Kg2 24:4; Ch2 24:17-22, Ch2 36:16; Neh 9:26; Jer 2:30; Mat 21:35-41, Mat 22:6, Mat 22:7, Mat 23:31-33; Th1 2:15, Th1 2:16; Rev 16:6
that: Mat 3:13-15; Mar 1:9; Joh 1:32-34
and praying: Luk 9:28, Luk 9:29; Joh 12:27, Joh 12:28
the heaven: Mat 3:16, Mat 3:17; Mar 1:10; Joh 1:32-34
Thou art: Luk 9:34, Luk 9:35; Psa 2:7; Isa 42:1; Mat 12:18, Mat 17:5, Mat 27:43; Col 1:13; Pe1 2:4; Pe2 1:17, Pe2 1:18
thirty: Gen 41:46; Num 4:3, Num 4:35, Num 4:39, Num 4:43, Num 4:47
being: Luk 4:22; Mat 13:55; Mar 6:3; Joh 6:42
which: The real father of Joseph was Jacob (Mat 1:16); but having married the daughter of Heli, and being perhaps adopted by him, he was called his son, and as such was entered in the public registers; Mary not being mentioned, because the Hebrews never permitted the name of a woman to enter the genealogical tables, but inserted her husband as the son of him who was, in reality, but his father-in-law. Hence it appears that Matthew, who wrote principally for the Jews, traces the pedigree of Jesus Christ from Abraham, through whom the promises were given to the Jews, to David, and from David, through the line of Solomon, to Jacob the father of Joseph, the reputed or legal father of Christ; and that Luke, who wrote for the Gentiles, extends his genealogy upwards from Heli, the father of Mary, through the line of Nathan, to David, and from David to Abraham, and from Abraham to Adam, who was the immediate "son of God" by creation, and to whom the promise of the Saviour was given in behalf of himself and all his posterity. The two branches of descent from David, by Solomon and Nathan, being thus united in the persons of Mary and Joseph, Jesus the son of Mary re-united in himself all the blood, privileges, and rights, of the whole family of David; in consequence of which he is emphatically called "the Son of David.
of Nathan: Sa2 5:14; Ch1 3:5, Ch1 14:4; Zac 12:12
was the son of Jesse: Rut 4:18-22; Sa1 17:58, Sa1 20:31; Kg1 12:16; Ch1 2:10-15; Psa 72:20; Isa 11:1, Isa 11:2; Mat 1:3-6; Act 13:22, Act 13:23
which was the son of Obed: Num 1:7, Num 2:3, Num 7:12; Ch1 2:11, Ch1 2:12, Nahshon, Salma, Boaz
Aminadab: Rut 4:19, Rut 4:20; Ch1 2:9, Ch1 2:10
Aminadab: Ram, Hezron, Mat 1:3, Mat 1:4
Esrom: Gen 46:12; Num 26:20,Num 26:21, Hezron
Phares: Gen 38:29; Rut 4:12; Ch1 2:4, Ch1 2:5, Ch1 9:4, Pharez
of Juda: Gen 29:35, Gen 49:8, Judah, Mat 1:2, Judas
which was the son of Isaac: Gen 21:3, Gen 25:26; Ch1 1:34; Mat 1:2; Act 7:8
Thara: Gen 11:24-32; Jos 24:2; Ch1 1:24-28, Terah, Nahor, Reu, Serug, Peleg, Eber, Shelah
Saruch: Gen 11:18-21, Serug, Reu
Phalec: Gen 10:25, Peleg
Heber: Gen 11:16, Gen 11:17, Eber
Sala: Gen 10:24, Gen 11:12-15, Salah
Cainan: This Cainan is not found in the Hebrew Text of any of the genealogies, but only in the Septuagint; from which, probably, the evangelist transcribed the register, as sufficiently exact for his purpose, and as more generally suited to command attention. (See note on Gen 11:12.) It may here be remarked, that though some of the same names occur here, from Nathan downwards, as in Joseph's genealogy, yet there appears no sufficient evidence that the same persons were intended, different persons often bearing the same name.
Sem: Gen 5:32, Gen 7:13, Gen 9:18, Gen 9:26, Gen 9:27, Gen 10:21, Gen 10:22, 11:10-26; Ch1 1:17, Shem
Noe: Luk 17:27; Gen 5:29, Gen 5:30, Gen 6:8-10,Gen 6:22, Gen 7:1, Gen 7:23, Gen 8:1, Gen 9:1; Eze 14:14; Heb 11:7; Pe1 3:20; Pe2 2:5, Noah
Mathusala: Gen. 5:6-28; Ch1 1:1-3, Methuselah, Mahalaleel
which was the son of Adam: Gen 4:25, Gen 4:26, Gen 5:3
of God: Gen 1:26, Gen 1:27, Gen 2:7, Gen 5:1, Gen 5:2; Isa 64:8; Act 17:26-29; Co1 15:45, Co1 15:47