OET-RV LUKE section

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Yeshua begins his ministry

Luke 4:14–15

Mark 1:14–15

Mat 4:12–17

4:14 Yeshua begins his ministry

(Mark 1:14-15, Mat. 4:12-17)

14 So then Yeshua returned to Galilee in the power of the spirit, and the news about him spread into the surrounding region. 15 He started teaching in the meeting halls and everyone said how good it was.

1:14 The selection of the first followers / apprentices

(Mat. 4:12-22, Luke 4:14-15)

14 After Yohan had been arrested, Yeshua went back up to Galilee announcing the good news from God 15 [ref]saying, “The promised time is here, and God’s kingdom is now near. Turn from your sins and believe this good news.”

1:15: Mat 3:2.

4:12 Yeshua begins his ministry

(Mark 1:14-15, Luke 4:14-15)

12 [ref]When Yeshua heard that Yohan had been arrested, he withdrew up to Galilee. 13 [ref]He moved from Nazareth across to Capernaum beside the lake in the region that had been given to the tribes of Zebulun and Naftali 14 so that what had been written by the prophet Isayah would come true,

15 [ref]‘Land of Zebulun and land of Naftali,

the way of the sea beyond the Yordan;

Galilee of the non-Jews.

16 The people sitting in darkness

saw a powerful light,

and those sitting in a land under the shadow of death

had a light rise over them.’

17 [ref]From then onwards, Yeshua started preaching and telling people to turn from their sins because the kingdom of heavens is close.

4:12: Mat 14:3; Mrk 6:17; Luk 3:19-20.

4:13: Jn 2:12.

4:15-16: Isa 9:1-2.

4:17: Mat 3:2.

Collected OET-RV cross-references

Mat 3:2:

2 telling everyone,[ref] “Turn from your sins because the kingdom of heavens is close.

3:2: Mat 4:17; Mrk 1:15.

Mat 14:3:

3 [ref]Herod said this because he had previously had Yohan arrested and put in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.

14:3-4: Luk 3:19-20.

Mrk 6:17:

17 [ref]Because Herod himself had had Yohan arrested and put in prison because he had married Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.

6:17-18: Luk 3:19-20.

Luk 3:19-20:

19 [ref]But Herod who was the ruler of the Galilean quarter had been scolded by Yohan about taking his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, and about many other evil things that he’d done, 20 added to his evils when he locked Yohan up in prison.