diff --git a/43-luk/03.md b/43-luk/03.md index 0eecb63..1bdc207 100644 --- a/43-luk/03.md +++ b/43-luk/03.md @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ See: [Repent (Repentance)](../articles/repent.md) God will only forgive a person for sinning if that person believes in him. Before Jesus came to Earth, the Jews showed God that they believed in him by obeying the Law of Moses. When John the Baptist preached, some Jews showed that they trusted God by “repenting”(μετάνοια/g3341) and asking John to baptize them. However, it was not because of the way that they acted that God forgave them. It was because they trusted in him. -See: Baptize (Baptism); [Repent (Repentance)](../articles/repent.md) +See:[Baptize (Baptism)](../articles/baptize.md); [Repent (Repentance)](../articles/repent.md) ### How did John serve God and Jesus? @@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ John said when trees did not make fruit, they were useless. Therefore, men cut t Finally, when people “repented,” they changed how they treated other people. They were to share with those who lacked what they needed every day. They were also to treat all people the same way. John wanted people to think about the things they did. -See: [Repent (Repentance)](../articles/repent.md); Fruit (Metaphor) +See: [Repent (Repentance)](../articles/repent.md); [Fruit (Metaphor)](../articles/fruitmetaphor.md) ### Why did John call the Jews poisonous snakes? John called the Jews children of poisonous snakes because they did evil things. The Jews thought they were Abraham’s children and friends with God. While Abraham was their ancestor, they did not do the things that Abraham did. Therefore, they were not friends with God. Isaiah said that God’s enemies among the Israelites were poisonous snakes (see: Isaiah 59:5). See: Luke 19:40 -See: Wrath; Fire +See: [Wrath](../articles/wrath.md); [Fire](../articles/fire.md) **Advice to translators**: “Imply” means to want to say something without saying it clearly. @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ See: Wrath; Fire John implied that God will be angry with the people who do not “repent”(μετάνοια/g3341). He also implied that he was talking about the “Day of the Lord,” when God will judge the whole world. See: Isaiah 13:9; Zephaniah 2:2 -See: [Repent (Repentance)](../articles/repent.md); Day of the Lord; Day of Judgment +See: [Repent (Repentance)](../articles/repent.md); [Day of the Lord](../articles/dayofthelord.md); [Day of Judgment](../articles/dayofjudgment.md) ### What did the Jews think about tax collectors? @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ The Jews hated tax collectors for many reasons. Because of this, the Jews considered Jewish tax collectors to be traitors to their own people so that they could gain money for themselves. -See: Tax (Tax Collector, Toll) +See: [Tax (Tax Collector, Toll)](../articles/taxtaxcollector.md) **Advice to translators**: A sandal is a type of shoe that does not completely surround the foot. When someone wears a sandal, you can see his toes. @@ -125,17 +125,17 @@ Except for Jesus, John the Baptist honored God more than anyone else who ever li In ancient Israel, people’s feet got dirty from the dusty ground they walked on. Only servants would touch someone’s feet; they did so in order to wash them for them. People wore sandals on their feet, so their sandals also became dirty. John thought that Jesus was so much greater than himself, that he did not deserve even to help him remove his sandals. -See: Holy (Holiness, Set Apart) +See: [Holy (Holiness, Set Apart)](../articles/holy.md) ### Why did people baptize other people? -See: Baptize (Baptism) +See: [Baptize (Baptism)](../articles/baptize.md) ### How did Jesus baptize in the Holy Spirit and in fire? Some scholars say Jesus baptized in the Holy Spirit and in fire when he punished people who did evil things (see: Luke 3:9,17). Other scholars say Jesus baptized in the Holy Spirit and fire by filling people with the Holy Spirit so they could serve God (see: Acts 1:5; 2:3-4). -See: Filling of the Holy Spirit +See: [Filling of the Holy Spirit](../articles/fillingholyspirit.md) **Advice to translators**: This entry is mainly for people in cultures that do not know or use threshing floors. @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ When people separated the grain from its stalk, they often beat the stalks or th When John said that the messiah would separate grain, he meant that the messiah would separate the people who believed in him from those who rejected him. The writers of the Bible often spoke of God punishing the wicked people as if he were making a fire burn forever (see: Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10,15). -See: Metaphor; Hell; Fire; Punish (Punishment) +See: [Metaphor](../articles/metaphor.md); [Hell](../articles/hell.md); [Fire](../articles/fire.md); [Punish (Punishment)](../articles/punish.md) ### What was the good news John announced?