Luke 3:15

New English Translation

¹⁵While the people were filled with anticipation^[a] and they all wondered^[b] whether perhaps John^[c] could be the Christ,^[d]

Luke 3:15 tn Or “with expectation.” The participle προσδοκῶντος (prosdokōntos) is taken temporally.sn The people were filled with anticipation because they were hoping God would send someone to deliver them.
Luke 3:15 tn Grk “pondered in their hearts.”
Luke 3:15 tn Grk “in their hearts concerning John, (whether) perhaps he might be the Christ.” The translation simplifies the style here.
Luke 3:15 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”sn See the note on Christ in 2:11.

Luke 3:15

King James Version

¹⁵And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

¹⁵Now as the people were in expectation, and all reasoned in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ or not,

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