page_title: Luke 3
section_title: Jesus's baptism
hierarchical_section_title: Luke 3 / Jesus's baptism
caption_attribution_description: English: Tischendorfs facsimile edition of Luke 3:22.26-27 ("Anecdota Sacra et Profana" (Leipzig 1861), Tabula I)
context_page_description: Luke 3 is the third chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It contains an account of the preaching of John the Baptist as well as a genealogy of Jesus. The Expositor's Greek Testament states that in this chapter "the ministry of the new era opens".
context_section_description: Luke then tells us then Jesus was one of the many who John baptized. The Holy Spirit appears to him as a dove and tells him "You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased" (cf. Matthew 3:13-17, Mark 1:9-11, John 1:32-34). Luke says that "...Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry". (23). Luke does not state how many years John baptised for, but this is when most date the start of Jesus's ministry, 29 or 30. He had to be more than thirty years old, as he was born about six months before Jesus was born, as noted in Luke 1. Most probably John was born in 4 BC.
caption: Facsimile edition of Luke 3:22,26-27 of Codex Tischendorfianus III, from 8th or 10th century.
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