the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,
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 Enos,.... Gen 5:9 which was the son of Seth, Gen 5:6 which was the son of Adam Gen 5:3 which was the son of God: not begotten, as all the rest were, by their immediate parents, but created by God, in a supernatural manner, out of the dust of the earth, and quickened with the breath of God: so Adam...
Verse 37. No entry from BARNES for this verse.