Luke 3:10
And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
KJV
Καὶ ἐπηρώτων αὐτὸν οἱ ὄχλοι λέγοντες· τί οὖν ποιήσωμεν;
Greek NT
Et interrogabant eum turbæ, dicentes : Quid ergo faciemus ?
Vulgate
And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?
ASV
And the people asked him, saying: What then shall we do?
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἐπερωτάω
eperotao
verb · 56×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὄχλος
ochlos
noun · 173×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ποιήσωμεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ποιήσωμεν | RP: ποιήσομεν
- ποιήσωμεν — SBLGNT
- ποιήσωμεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ποιήσομεν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§535Jesus' public life begins with his baptism by John in the Jordan.228 John preaches "a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins".229 A crowd of sinners230 - tax collectors and soldiers, Pharisees and Sadducees, and prostitutes - come to be baptized by him. "Then Jesus appears." the Baptist hesitates, but Jesus insists and receives baptism. Then the Holy Spirit, in the f…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 7:20 — Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
- Acts 2:37 — Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
- Acts 2:37 — Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
- Acts 9:6 — And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
- Acts 16:30 — And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
- Acts 16:30 — And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
- Eph 4:28 — Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
- Luke 3:8 — Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto
- Luke 3:12 — Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
- Luke 3:14 — And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
- Matt 3:8 — Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: