the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
The evangelist mentioned John's imprisonment before Christ's being baptized, though it was nearly a year after it, because he would finish the story of John's ministry, and then introduce that of Christ. Now here we have, I. A short account of Christ's baptism, which had been more fully related by St. Matthew. Jesus came, to be baptized of John, and he was so, Luk 3:21, Luk 3:22. 1.
Commenting on Luke 3:21-38
Which was the son of Cainan,.... This Cainan is not mentioned by Moses in Gen 11:12 nor has he ever appeared in any Hebrew copy of the Old Testament, nor in the Samaritan version, nor in the Targum; nor is he mentioned by Josephus, nor in Ch1 1:24 where the genealogy is repeated; nor is it in Beza's most ancient Greek copy of Luke: it...
Verse 35. No entry from BARNES for this verse.