Dr. J. Vernon McGee's Notes and Outlines

Luke places the emphasis upon John's message of repentance as the condition for the coming of the Messiah. From the Mosaic system of washing in water, which was a common custom of immersion in that day, John baptized those who came to him as merely a preparation -- a moral reformation -- for the coming of Christ. Jesus would baptize by the Holy Spirit -- a real transformation.

The genealogy in this chapter is Mary's, which reveals two facts. First, it goes back to Adam, the father of the human family. Jesus was truly human. Matthew, in presenting Jesus as king, traces the genealogy back only as far as Abraham. Luke, in presenting Jesus as man, goes back to Adam. In the second place, Mary was descended from David through another than Solomon; that is, from David's son Nathan (v. 31; compare 1 Chronicles 3:5).

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