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Luke 3:20
Study it in the app“added this also to them all, and locked up John in prison.”
With the Greek beneath
Luke 3:20, word by word
- addedπροσέθηκενprosethēken
add
To join something to what is there.
Where else “prosethēken” appears- locked upκατέκλεισενkatekleisen
lock up
Lock up, shut in prison.
Where else “katekleisen” appears- JohnἸωάννηνIōannēn
John
John. In the Gospels, John the Immerser (the Baptist) or John son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve.
Where else “Iōannēn” appears- prisonφυλακῇphylakēi
prison
The place where prisoners are shut in.
Where else “phylakēi” appears
The context
19But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him about Herodias, his brother’s wife, and about all the evil things that Herod had done,
20 · This verse (above)
21Now it happened, when all the people were being immersed, and Jesus too had been immersed and was praying, that heaven was opened,
To study Luke 3 in a group
1. What it says
What does John answer the crowds, the tax collectors and the soldiers when they ask what they should do? (vv. 10-14)
2. What it means
Why does John say it is not enough to claim “We have Abraham as our father”? What does he ask for instead? (vv. 7-9)
3. How I live it
John asked for concrete actions: sharing, being fair, being content. Which one could you practice today at work or at home?