Luke

By Joyce Webb 2019

Chapter 3     Vs. 19-38

Vs. 19-20  These verses tell what happened to John the Baptist—later on.

Herod was the Roman ruler over that area where the Jews lived. Herod had taken his brother’s wife—to love. John the Baptist told Herod that this was wrong in God’s eyes.

Herod did many other bad and evil things. John the Baptist told him about those, too.

Herod did not like being told that what he did was wrong and evil.

Herod put John the Baptist in jail.

Vs. 21 One day when other people were being baptized, Jesus came to the river. He wanted John to baptize him.

Jesus did not need to repent of sin, but he wanted to be baptized as an example to others.

As Jesus went down into the water—the heavens opened up. The Holy Spirit in the shape of a dove came down on Jesus.

(Here we see the Trinity–Three in One. Jesus in the water. The Holy Spirit in the shape of a dove, and the voice of the Father in heaven.

Notice: God the Father says for all the hear—-This is my Son.)

A voice was heard from heaven—saying—”You are my beloved Son, I am very pleased with you.”

Vs. 23 Jesus was about 30 years old. Most of the people thought of him as Joseph’s son.

Vs. 24-38 These verses go through the family line of Jesus’ earthy father.

In the family line, is King David. God had promised David that one of his family would always be a king. That person would be Jesus. Jesus would be a “King” forever. Some day in the future, Jesus will come to this world to earth, and he will be king of the whole world. After that—He will be King forever.

In this family line, is Jacob, Abraham, and Adam.

Keeping the record of the family line was very important to the Jewish people. To be a priest, a man had to prove he was of the family line of Levi—one of the sons of Jacob.

Jesus was of this family line. Jesus was qualified to be a priest.

He did not do things in the Jewish church that priests did—but Jesus was a teacher, preacher and he is our “go-between”— us and God the Father—so he is a priest.

Priests offered the animal sacrifices for the people. Jesus offered himself as a sacrifice for sin for the people.