The Ministry of the Son of Man

From the beginning of Luke’s Gospel, we see the interweaving of two people: John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth. John came on the scene first, but his fame gave way to Jesus. In Luke 3:16, John said: “He who is mightier than I is coming, and I am not fit to untie the thong of his sandals.” Just like Matthew and Mark, Luke recorded John’s baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River and Satan’s temptations of Jesus in the Judean Wilderness.