‘EVERY RAVINE SHALL BE FILLED UP,
AND EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL SHALL BE LEVELED;
AND THE CROOKED [places] SHALL BE MADE STRAIGHT,
AND THE ROUGH ROADS SMOOTH;
Now the people were in a state of expectation, and all were wondering in their hearts about John, as to whether he was the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).
So with many other appeals and various admonitions John preached the good news (gospel) to the people.
Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, the [visible] heaven was opened,
When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son [by marriage] of Eli,
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