“His Baptism” Lesson Text: Luke 3:1-38: Series: The Life Of Christ – His Purpose: SS Winter Quarter 2005-2006 December, January, February:

Key Verse: Luke 3:22:

King James Translation: “And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.”

Interlinear Translation: “and descended the Spirit the Holy in a bodily for as a dove upon him, and a voice out of heaven came, saying, Thou art my Son the beloved, in thou I have found delight.”

Strong’s Concordance Translation: “AND THE HOLY = blameless, religious, consecrated, holy one, holy thing. GHOST = a current of of air, i.e. breath, blast or a breeze, vital principal. DESCENDED = come down, get down, go down, step down. IN A BODILY = corporeal, physical, as a sound whole, be whole. SHAPE = a view, form, appearance, fashion, sight. LIKE = as if, about, as it had been, as it were. A DOVE = a pigeon. UPON HIM = superimposition of time, place, order as a relation of distribution, i.e. over, upon, of rest, of direction. AND A VOICE = disclosure, a tone, by implication an address for any purpose. CAME FROM HEAVEN = the idea of elevation, the sky, heaven as the abode of God, by implication happiness, power. WHICH SAID THOU ART MY BELOVED SON = dearly beloved, well beloved, to love in a social or moral sense. IN THEE I AM WELL PLEASED = think good, to think well of, i.e. approve.

Lesson Focus: Luke 3:1-6, 15-17, 21, 22:

V1: The Potentates.

V2: The Prophecy

V3: The Preaching.

V4: The Paths.

V5: The Procedure.

V6: The Presentation.

V15: The People.

V16: The Prediction.

V17: The Picture.

V21: The Preparation.

V22: The Pleasing.