Luke 3:18
in Luke 3With these and many other exhortations, John proclaimed the good news to the people.
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ASV
With many other exhortations therefore preached he good tidings unto the people;
KJV
And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
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This verse in Luke 3
Commentary
10 notes on this verseAnd many other thing's,.... Relating to the person and office of the Messiah, to the nature of his kingdom, the Gospel dispensation, and to faith in him; for he pointed him out to the people, and exhorted them to believe in him, and expressed much joy and pleasure on the hearing of his success and increase; and these, with others beside, in his "exhortation", or whilst he was exhorting, or "comforting", preached he unto the people: publishing the Gospel, the good news, and glad tidings of the Messiah's being come, and of life, righteousness, and salvation by him.
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many other things in his exhortation
on Luke 3:18-20
And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people signals that Luke has been giving a representative sample rather than a complete transcript of John's preaching. But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison closes John's public ministry with the reason for his arrest, Herod Antipas's unlawful marriage to his brother's wife openly rebuked by the preacher. The commentators note Luke places this notice of imprisonment here for narrative closure on John's whole story before returning to Jesus, even though the baptism described in the very next verse must have happened before Herod's arrest of John, an ordinary feature of ancient historical writing that groups a character's story together rather than insisting on strict chronological sequence throughout.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
John having announced the coming of Christ, was preaching the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and the other things which the Gospel history has handed down to us. But besides these he is declared to have announced others in the following words, And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
The one teaching the word of the Gospel does not evangelize one thing but many, for the proclamation has a mind that "many" things are evangelized. "Many other things" John also evangelized, but it is not written, because, since it was likely something greater than the writing, Luke remained silent.
The Medieval Church3 voices
For his exhortation was the telling of good things, and therefore is fitly called the Gospel.
Exhorting many other things indeed, he preached the good news, etc. Above he commended the preaching of John in comparison to the need of the people and the excellence of Christ; in this part he commends it in comparison to the perfidy of the tyrant, …
Good teaching is truly consolation and is rightly called the Gospel.
3 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Fourthly, He was an evangelical preacher, for so the word here used signifies, euengelizeto -- he preached the gospel to the people; in all his exhortations, he directed people to Christ, and excited and encouraged their expectations of him. When we press duty upon people, we must direct them to Christ, both for righteousness and strength.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)
proposed
We learn, firstly, from these verses — that one effect of a faithful ministry, is to set men thinking. We read concerning John the Baptist's hearers, that "the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts about John — whether he might be the Christ." The cause of true religion has gained a giant step in a parish, or congregation, or family — when people begin to think . Thoughtlessness about spiritual things is one great feature of unconverted men. It cannot be said, in many cases, that they either like the Gospel, or dislike it. But they do not give it a place in their thoughts. They never "consider." (Isaiah 1:3.) Let us always thank God when we see a spirit of reflection on religious subjects, coming over the mind of an unconverted man. Thinking and deliberation are the high road to conversion. The truth of Christ has nothing to fear from sober examination . We invite inquiry . We desire to have its claims fully investigated. We know that its fitness to supply every need of man's heart and conscience, is not appreciated in many cases — simply because it is not known. Thinking, no doubt, is not faith and repentance. But it is always a hopeful symptom. When hearers of the Gospel begin to "muse in their hearts" — then we ought to bless God and take courage. We learn, secondly, from these verses — that a faithful minister will always exalt Christ. We read that when John saw the state of mind in which his hearers were, he told them of a coming One, far mightier than himself. He refused the honor which he saw the people ready to give him, and referred them to Him who had the "winnowing fork in his hand" — the Lamb of God, the Messiah. Conduct like this will always be the characteristic of a true "man of God." He will never allow anything to be credited to him, or his office — which belongs to his divine Master.
A commentator
J.C. Ryle1816–1900
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)
proposed
We learn, firstly, from these verses — that one effect of a faithful ministry, is to set men thinking. We read concerning John the Baptist's hearers, that "the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts about John — whether he might be the Christ." The cause of true religion has gained a giant step in a parish, or congregation, or family — when people begin to think . Thoughtlessness about spiritual things is one great feature of unconverted men. It cannot be said, in many cases, that they either like the Gospel, or dislike it.
The words behind it
9 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Πολλὰ | polla | Many | G4183 → | 367 times |
| μὲν | men | indeed | G3303 → | 176 times |
| οὖν | oun | therefore | G3767 → | 497 times |
| καὶ | kai | other | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἕτερα | hetera | things | G2087 → | 97 times |
| παρακαλῶν | parakalon | exhorting | G3870 → | 108 times |
| εὐηγγελίζετο | euengelizeto | he was evangelising | G2097 → | 54 times |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| λαόν.¶ | laon | people. | G2992 → | 141 times |
ΠολλὰMany
pollaG4183 →367 times
μὲνindeed
menG3303 →176 times
οὖνtherefore
ounG3767 →497 times
καὶother
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἕτεραthings
heteraG2087 →97 times
παρακαλῶνexhorting
parakalonG3870 →108 times
εὐηγγελίζετοhe was evangelising
euengelizetoG2097 →54 times
τὸνthe
tonG3588 →19766 times
λαόν.¶people.
laonG2992 →141 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
it leads to
- Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not…
- 1 John 2:2
He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
- 1 John 3:5
But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
- 1 Peter 1:19
but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Isaiah 53:7
Through
Acts 2:40With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
it leads to
- Philippians 2:15
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- Deuteronomy 32:5
His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.
- Philippians 2:15
Through
John 1:15John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”
it leads to
- Matthew 3:11
I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and…
- Matthew 3:11
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About Luke
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bonaventure, Commentary on Luke, Chapter 3; J.C. Ryle, Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Origen of Alexandria, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 27.1; Theophylact of Ohrid, Catena Aurea by Aquinas and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Luke.