Luke 3:10 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 3:10

The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?

KJV

And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?

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Commentary

2 voices

Ambrose of Milan

EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 2.77 (397)

The Baptist gave a fitting response to each kind of people. To the tax collectors he said that they should not exact payment beyond what was appointed. To the soldiers, that they should not make false accusations or rob anyone, by which he meant that their pay was fixed, so that wanting to have more, they could not resort to plunder. These and other precepts are appropriate for all occupations, and the practice of compassion is shared. Thus it is a common precept that the basic necessities of life must be provided for all occupations, all ages and all people.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

He answereth - It is not properly John, but the Holy Ghost, who teaches us in the following answers, how to come ourselves, and how to instruct other penitent sinners to come to Christ, that he may give them rest. The sum of all this is, Cease to do evil, learn to do well. These are the fruits worthy of repentance.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐπηρώτων	epērōtōn	were asking	G1905 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
ὄχλοι	ochloi	crowds	G3793 →
λέγοντες·	legontes	saying;	G3004 →
τί	ti	What	G5101 →
οὖν	oun	then	G3767 →
ποιήσωμεν;	poiēsōmen	shall we do?	G4160 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 2:37
When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
leads to
- Acts 22:10
  Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 4:12–13
  For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Through
Luke 3:14
Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”
leads to
- Hebrews 13:5–6
  Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- Exodus 20:16
  You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
- 1 Timothy 6:8–10
  But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
- Exodus 23:1
  “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
- Philippians 4:11
  I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.
Through
Luke 3:12
Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”
leads to
- Luke 7:29
  All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke