Bible Strands
Luke 3:18
With these and many other exhortations, John proclaimed the good news to the people.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — John the Baptist addresses the crowds immediately after describing the Messiah's winnowing fork and unquenchable fire. He continues speaking to them at the moment following his warning about the coming judgment.
The words — παρακαλῶν (parakalōn) translates literally as "exhorting" and εὐηγγελίζετο (euēngelizeto) translates as "he was evangelising." These verbs describe John's simultaneous action of urging the people while announcing the good news.
The thread — The structural pattern of pairing testimony with urgent urging appears in Acts 2:40, where Peter uses "many other words" to testify and press his audience to be saved. John's method of proclamation establishes the apostolic model for combining witness with direct appeal.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that gospel announcement consistently couples warning with invitation. It demands an active response to the proclaimed message rather than detached observation.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
Cross-references
- Acts 2:40 With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”
- John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- John 1:34 I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”
- John 3:29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
- John 1:15 John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”