Dailies ~ Advent December 3rd
2019
In today’s reading I realized
that Luke has long chapters! Though I have read this story time and time again
over the past 30 something years but still find interesting facts! The lineage
of John shows his connection to David and to Jesus as well. It is quite a
family flavored chapter with Herod and his son being mentioned as well as other
things gong on. It is always encouraging to me that these two men went through
so much pain and my pain is small in comparison… John suffered and died for
telling people about Jesus. Jesus suffered even more and died for telling about
Himself!
What is a little suffering that
we do when we are injured or sick compared to them? Nothing. Adversity builds character,
or so they say. Are you building character today? Let’s pray for strength to
get through the issues of the day!
Heavenly Father we thank you
for building our character to become more like you each day, help us to have
strength, hope and joy to get through to days problems, in Jesus’ name, amen.
Teresa M Wilson
Luke 3 Young's Literal
Translation (YLT)
3 And in the fifteenth year
of the government of Tiberius Caesar -- Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea,
and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituraea and
of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene -- 2 Annas and
Caiaphas being chief priests -- there came a word of God unto John the son of
Zacharias, in the wilderness, 3 and he came to all the region round the Jordan,
proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins, 4 as it hath been
written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of
one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye
His paths; every valley shall be filled,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low, and the crooked shall become
straightness, and the rough become smooth ways; 6 and all flesh shall see the
salvation of God.'
7 Then said he to the
multitudes coming forth to be baptised by him, `Brood of vipers! who did prompt
you to flee from the coming wrath?
8 Make, therefore, fruits
worthy of the reformation, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have a
father -- Abraham; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to
raise children to Abraham; 9 and already also the axe unto the root of the trees
is laid, every tree, therefore, not making good fruit is cut down, and to fire
it is cast.' 10 And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, `What, then,
shall we do?' 11 and he answering saith to them, `He having two coats -- let
him impart to him having none, and he having victuals -- in like manner let him
do.
12 And there came also
tax-gatherers to be baptized, and they said unto him, `Teacher, what shall we
do?' 13 and he said unto them, `Exact no more than that directed you.'
14 And questioning him also
were those warring, saying, `And we, what shall we do?' and he said unto them,
`Do violence to no one, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.' 15
And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning
John, whether or not he may be the Christ; 16 John answered, saying to all, `I
indeed with water do baptize you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom
I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals -- he shall baptize you
with the Holy Spirit and with fire; 17 whose winnowing shovel [is] in his hand,
and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather the wheat to his
storehouse, and the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.' 18 And,
therefore, indeed with many other things, exhorting, he was proclaiming good
news to the people, 19 and Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning
Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and concerning all the evils that
Herod did, 20 added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison. 21
And it came to pass, in all the people being baptized, Jesus also being baptized,
and praying, the heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit came down in a
bodily appearance, as if a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven,
saying, `Thou art My Son -- the Beloved, in thee I did delight.'
23 And Jesus himself was
beginning to be about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, son of
Joseph, 24 the [son] of Eli, the [son] of Matthat, the [son] of Levi, the [son]
of Melchi, the [son] of Janna, the [son] of Joseph, 25 the [son] of Mattathias,
the [son] of Amos, the [son] of Naum, the [son] of Esli, 26 the [son] of
Naggai, the [son] of Maath, the [son] of Mattathias, the [son] of Semei, the
[son] of Joseph, the [son] of Juda, 27 the [son] of Joanna, the [son] of Rhesa,
the [son] of Zerubbabel, the [son] of Shealtiel, 28 the [son] of Neri, the
[son] of Melchi, the [son] of Addi, the [son] of Cosam, the [son] of Elmodam,
the [son] of Er, 29 the [son] of Jose, the [son] of Eliezer, the [son] of
Jorim, the [son] of Matthat, 30 the [son] of Levi, the [son] of Simeon, the
[son] of Juda, the [son] of Joseph, the [son] of Jonan, the [son] of Eliakim, 31
the [son] of Melea, the [son] of Mainan, the [son] of Mattatha, the [son] of
Nathan, 32 the [son] of David, the [son] of Jesse, the [son] of Obed, the [son]
of Booz, the [son] of Salmon, the [son] of Nahshon, 33 the [son] of Amminadab,
the [son] of Aram, the [son] of Esrom, the [son] of Pharez, 34 the [son] of
Judah, the [son] of Jacob, the [son] of Isaac, the [son] of Abraham, the [son]
of Terah, the [son] of Nahor, 35 the [son] of Serug, the [son] of Reu, the
[son] of Peleg, the [son] of Eber, 36 the [son] of Salah, the [son] of Cainan,
the [son] of Arphaxad, the [son] of Shem, the [son] of Noah, the [son] of
Lamech, 37 the [son] of Methuselah, the [son] of Enoch, the [son] of Jared, the
[son] of Mahalaleel, 38 the [son] of Cainan, the [son] of Enos, the [son] of
Seth, the [son] of Adam, the [son] of God.
Young's Literal Translation
(YLT)
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