Cross references

Luke 3:21

When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,

Luke 3:21 BSB

Luke 3:21 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 1:32–34 (17 votes) and Matthew 3:13–17 (7 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 6 other books, from Ezekiel 1 to Revelation 4.

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Which verses does Luke 3:21 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him. I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ …

  2. At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?” …

  3. In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove. …

  4. Luke 5:165 votes

    Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.

  5. Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour. Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”

  6. After He had dismissed them, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,

  7. About eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray. And as He was praying, the appearance of His face changed, and His clothes became radiantly white.

  8. Luke 9:182 votes

    One day as Jesus was praying in private and the disciples were with Him, He questioned them: “Who do the crowds say I am?”

Which verses point to Luke 3:21?

The 10 strongest of 12.