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Luke 3:15
Luke 3:15 is verse 15 of Luke chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John could be the Christ.
King James Version
And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
World English Bible
As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,
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Luke 3:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible
13 “Collect no more than you are authorized,” he answered.
14 Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”
15 The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John could be the Christ.
16 John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
17 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
John 10:24So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
John 1:19And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
John 1:20He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”
John 1:21“Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”
John 1:22So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
John 1:23John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
John 1:24Then the Pharisees who had been sent
John 1:25asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
John 1:26“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.
John 1:27He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
John 1:28All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
John 3:28You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
John 3:29The 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.