The Baptism of Jesus

21 Now it happened that when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized, and while he[a] was praying, heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

23 And Jesus, when he[b] began his ministry,[c] was himself about thirty years old, being the son (as it was believed) of Joseph the son of Eli,

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:21 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was praying”)
  2. Luke 3:23 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“began”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Luke 3:23 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation