Chapter 3: (Introduction to the Gospels, Coding Reference)
1Moreover within those days a John, the purifier, heralding, reaches within the one uninhabited of the Judea, 2and saying, Change you the mind and heart for the dominion of the universes has drawn near. 3For this is the one, having been said from under an Isaiah, the prophet, saying, A voice of exclaiming within the one uninhabited, prepare you the way of a lord, make you straightforward the worn tracks of him.
4Moreover he, the John, has the clothing of him from hairs of a camel and a leathern belt around the waista of him; moreover the nourishment of him was grasshoppers and wild honey.
5At that time a Jerusalem was proceeding forth towards him, also all the Judea and all the one countryside of the Jordan River; 6and they, confessing the failures of them, were being purified within the Jordan River under him.
7Moreover he, having observed many Pharisees and Sadducees coming onto his purification, said to them, Offspring of vipers! What indicated to you to have fled from the intending wrath? 8Then make you a fruit worthy of the change of principle and practice; 9and might you think not to say within yourselvesb we have a father, the Abraham, for I say to you that the god is being able out of these, the stones, to awaken children to the Abraham.
10Moreover already also the ax is lying towards the root of the trees, then all a tree not making an excellent fruit is being cut forth, and it is being cast into a fire.
11Indeed I purify you within water into change of principle and practice; moreover the one, coming back of me, is stronger than me of who I am not competent to having borne the footwear. He will purify you within a sacred spirit ┌and a fire┐, 12of whom the winnowing-shovel {is} within the hand of him, and he will purge thoroughly the threshing floor of him, and he will gather the grain of him into the storehouse, moreover the chaff he will burn completely with an unquenchable fire.
13At that time from the Galilee the Jesus reaches onto the Jordan River towards the John of the one to have been purified from under him. 14Moreover the John was impeding him saying, I have a need to have been purified from under you, and you are coming towards me.
15Moreover the Jesus, having replied towards him and said, At this time dismiss you for thus being fitting it is to us to have fulfilled all a righteousness.
At that time he dismisses it, 16╓and╖ ┌moreover┐ the Jesus, having been purified, straightway ascended from the water, and lo the universes were opened to him, and he observed the spirit of the god descend as though a common pigeon and coming onto him, 17and lo a voice out of the universes saying, This is the son of me, the one affectionately beloved within whom I am well pleased.
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aThe Greek is usually translated loins which is the region of the body from the lower rib cage to the hips or what is also known as the waist.
bThe Greek is reflexive 3rd person plural, however contextually it is 2nd person plural thus that translation.
Matthew 1 ~ 2 ~ 4 ~ 5 ~ 6 ~ 7 ~ 8 ~ 9 ~ 10 ~ 11 ~ 12 ~ 13 ~ 14 ~ 15
16 ~ 17 ~ 18 ~ 19 ~ 20 ~ 21 ~ 22 ~ 23 ~ 24 ~ 25 ~ 26 ~ 27 ~ 28
updated: June 2009
original: March 2009
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