LUKE 3:20 Parallel Verse View

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AICNT added this also to them all: [and][fn] he locked up John in prison.

3:20, and: A(02) C(04) W(032) BYZ TR NA28[ ] SBLGNT ‖ Absent from some manuscripts. 𝔓75 ℵ(01) B(03) D(05) Latin(b e) THGNT

OEB Herod crowned them all by shutting John up in prison.

WEBBE added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.

WMBB added this also to them all, that he shut up Yochanan in prison.

NET Herod added this to them all: He locked up John in prison.

LSV added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison.

FBV Herod added to his crimes by having John thrown into jail.

TCNT Herod added this to everything else: He locked John up in prison.

T4T But Herod had his soldiers put John in prison. That was another evil thing he did.

LEB added this also to them all: he also locked up John in prison.

BBE Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up in prison.

Moff crowned all by shutting John up in prison.

Wymth now added this to crown all the rest, that he threw John into prison.

ASV added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.

DRA He added this also above all, and shut up John in prison.

YLT added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison.

Drby added this also to all [the rest], that he shut up John in prison.

RV added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.

SLT And he added this to all, and shut up John in prison.

Wbstr Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.

KJB-1769 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.

KJB-1611 Added yet this aboue all, that he shut vp Iohn in prison.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps Added this aboue all, & shut vp Iohn in pryson.
(Added this above all, and shut up Yohn in prison.)

Gnva He added yet this aboue all, that he shut vp Iohn in prison.
(He added yet this above all, that he shut up Yohn in prison. )

Cvdl besydes all this he layed Iho in preson.
(besides all this he laid Iho in prison.)

TNT added this above all and leyd Iohn in preson.
(added this above all and laid Yohn in prison. )

Wycl encreside this ouer alle, and schitte Joon in prisoun.
(encreside this over all, and schitte Yohn in prison.)

Luth über das alles legte er Johannes gefangen.
(above the all/everything laid he Yohannes caught.)

ClVg adjecit et hoc super omnia, et inclusit Joannem in carcere.
(added and this over everything, and inclusit Yoannem in/into/on prison. )

UGNT προσέθηκεν καὶ τοῦτο ἐπὶ πᾶσιν: κατέκλεισεν τὸν Ἰωάννην ἐν φυλακῇ.
(prosethaʸken kai touto epi pasin: katekleisen ton Yōannaʸn en fulakaʸ.)

SBL-GNT προσέθηκεν καὶ τοῦτο ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, ⸀καὶ κατέκλεισεν τὸν Ἰωάννην ⸀ἐν φυλακῇ.
(prosethaʸken kai touto epi pasin, ⸀kai katekleisen ton Yōannaʸn ⸀en fulakaʸ.)

RP-GNT προσέθηκεν καὶ τοῦτο ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, καὶ κατέκλεισεν τὸν Ἰωάννην ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ.
(prosethaʸken kai touto epi pasin, kai katekleisen ton Yōannaʸn en taʸ fulakaʸ.)

TC-GNT προσέθηκε καὶ τοῦτο ἐπὶ πᾶσι, [fn]καὶ κατέκλεισε τὸν [fn]Ἰωάννην ἐν [fn]τῇ φυλακῇ.
(prosethaʸke kai touto epi pasi, kai katekleise ton Yōannaʸn en taʸ fulakaʸ. )

3:20 και ¦ — TH WH

3:20 ιωαννην ¦ ιωανην WH

3:20 τη ¦ — CT

Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 3:1–20: John the Baptizer prepared the way for Jesus

The last event in Luke 2 describes Jesus’ trip to Jerusalem when he was twelve years old. This section begins about eighteen years later. At the beginning of chapter 3, both Jesus and John the Baptizer were about thirty years old. Both men were ready to begin public ministry.

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it. Some other possible headings for this section are:

The Preaching of John (NCV)

John the Baptist and Jesus (REB)

John the Baptizer tells people to prepare themselves for the Messiah

Parts of Luke 3:1–20 are basically the same as verses in Matthew 3:1–12. But Luke 3:1–2, 10–14, and 19–20 are not in Matthew.

Paragraph 3:19–20

In the next two paragraphs Luke did not tell the events in the order in which they happened. Paragraph 3:19–20 tells about something that would happen after John baptized Jesus in 3:21–22.Luke may have used this order because John’s imprisonment was the end of his public ministry (3:19–20) and the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry (3:21–22). In some languages, it will be more natural to put these events in the order in which they actually happened. For example:

²¹When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened ²²and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”

¹⁹ Sometime after this John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of Herodias, his brother’s wife, and all the other evil things he had done. ²⁰Then Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.

3:20a

Herod added this to them all:

Then Herod added to his many sins
Then Herod did an even worse evil thing.

3:20b

He locked John up in prison.

by having John locked up inside a prison.
He ordered his men to lock John in prison, and they did.

3:20a–b

Herod added this to them all: There are two ways to interpret this clause:

Putting John in prison was one more evil deed among many evil deeds that Herod had done. For example:
So Herod added one more evil to all the others; he locked John in prison. (GW) (BSB, NIV, RSV, NJB, NET, NASB, GW, NLT)
Putting John in prison was the worst evil deed that Herod had done. He added to his sins by committing an even greater sin. For example:
Then Herod did an even worse thing by putting John in prison. (GNT) (GNT, REB, CEV, NCV, KJV, JBP)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1).

He locked John up in prison: In some languages it may be necessary to say that Herod caused John to be put in prison. Herod ordered his soldiers to lock John inside a prison, and they did.

Parallel LUKE 3:20

Section 3:1–20: John the Baptizer prepared the way for Jesus

Paragraph 3:19–20

3:20a

3:20b

3:20a–b