Luke 3:1–22. Having begun this account with a record of the announcement and birth of the prophet, John, it only makes sense that Luke should begin the main section of this book with a record of his work. But before he does this, he sets the main story within the context of world history.I think it can be difficult for us to see John as anything other than the forerunner of the Messiah, as he was, but for the Jews of his day he was initially something altogether revolutionary – to many he was a breath of fresh air – or more like a whirlwind!In general, the Jews were familiar with ceremonial washing, and so it would not have appeared to them to be particularly unusual for John to be dunking people in the water – except that here it is directly associated with ‘repentance’ and with the forgiveness of sins. It is a significant feature of the message of John in announcing the coming of the King. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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