Luke 3:10
New International Version
“What should we do then?” the crowd asked.

New Living Translation
The crowds asked, “What should we do?”

English Standard Version
And the crowds asked him, “What then shall we do?”

Berean Standard Bible
The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?”

Berean Literal Bible
And the crowds were asking him, saying, "What then shall we do?"

King James Bible
And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?

New King James Version
So the people asked him, saying, “What shall we do then?”

New American Standard Bible
And the crowds were questioning him, saying, “Then what are we to do?”

NASB 1995
And the crowds were questioning him, saying, “Then what shall we do?”

NASB 1977
And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, “Then what shall we do?”

Legacy Standard Bible
And the crowds were questioning him, saying, “Then what should we do?”

Amplified Bible
The crowds asked him, “Then what are we to do?”

Christian Standard Bible
“What then should we do? ” the crowds were asking him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
What then should we do?” the crowds were asking him.

American Standard Version
And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the crowds were asking him and they were saying, “What, therefore, shall we do?”

Contemporary English Version
The crowds asked John, "What should we do?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the people asked him, saying: What then shall we do?

English Revised Version
And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The crowds asked him, "What should we do?"

Good News Translation
The people asked him, "What are we to do, then?"

International Standard Version
The crowds kept asking him, "What, then, should we do?"

Literal Standard Version
And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, “What, then, will we do?”

Majority Standard Bible
The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?”

New American Bible
And the crowds asked him, “What then should we do?”

NET Bible
So the crowds were asking him, "What then should we do?"

New Revised Standard Version
And the crowds asked him, “What then should we do?”

New Heart English Bible
The crowds asked him, "What then must we do?"

Webster's Bible Translation
And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?

Weymouth New Testament
The crowds repeatedly asked him, "What then are we to do?"

World English Bible
The multitudes asked him, “What then must we do?”

Young's Literal Translation
And the multitudes were questioning him, saying, 'What, then, shall we do?'

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Context
The Mission of John the Baptist
9The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.” 10The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?” 11John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”…

Cross References
Luke 3:12
Even tax collectors came to be baptized. "Teacher," they asked, "what should we do?"

Luke 3:14
Then some soldiers asked him, "And what should we do?" "Do not take money by force or false accusation," he said. "Be content with your wages."

Acts 2:37
When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"

Acts 2:38
Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.


Treasury of Scripture

And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?

What.

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 Abraham.

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.

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Luke 3
1. The preaching and baptism of John;
15. his testimony of Jesus;
19. Herod imprisons John;
21. Jesus, baptized, receives testimony from heaven.
23. The age and genealogy of Jesus from Joseph upwards.














(10) And the people asked him . . .--The questions that follow are peculiar to St. Luke. They are interesting as showing that the work of the Baptist was not that of a mere preacher of repentance. Confession of sins followed naturally on the part of the penitents; that was followed, as naturally, by guidance for the conscience. St. Luke, as a physician of the soul, may well have delighted to place on record this example of true spiritual therapeutics.

Verse 10. - And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? Dean Plumptre's note here is interesting and suggestive: "The questions that follow are peculiar to St. Luke. They are interesting as showing that the work of the Baptist was not that of a mere preacher of repentance. Confession of sins followed naturally on the part of the penitents; that was followed, as naturally, by guidance for the conscience. St. Luke, as a physician of the soul, may well have delighted to place on record this example of true spiritual therapeutics." The same train of thought is followed out by Godet in his remark on the question contained in this verse: "It is the confessional after preaching." This little section (vers. 10-14), containing an epitome of questions placed before John by different classes of hearers touched by his soul-stirring preaching, is peculiar to our evangelist. It is clear that here, in the story of the ministry of the Baptist, Luke derived his knowledge of the details from an independent authority not used either by Matthew or Mark.

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Greek
The
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

crowds
ὄχλοι (ochloi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3793: From a derivative of echo; a throng; by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot.

asked
ἐπηρώτων (epērōtōn)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 1905: To interrogate, question, demand of. From epi and erotao; to ask for, i.e. Inquire, seek.

him,
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“What
Τί (Ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

then
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

should we do?”
ποιήσωμεν (poiēsōmen)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.


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