Luke 3 · Verse 38

Luke 3:38

Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
Luke 3:38, King James Version

Luke 3:38 in other translations

BSBthe son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
WEBthe son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
ASVthe son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
YLTthe son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
DARBYof Enos, of Seth, of Adam, of God.
BBEThe son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
WebsterWho was the son of Enos, who was the son of Seth, who was the son of Adam, who was the son of God.

What does Luke 3:38 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
38. son of God--Compare Ac 17:28.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 38. No entry from BARNES for this verse.

(z) "the son of God" Gen 1:26, 2:7, Isa 64:8, 1Cor 15:45,47

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 3:23-38

Matthew's list of the forefathers of Jesus showed that Christ was the son of Abraham, in whom all the families of the earth are blessed, and heir to the throne of David; but Luke shows that Jesus was the Seed of the woman that should break the serpent's head, and traces the line up to Adam, beginning with Eli, or Heli, the father, not of Joseph, but of Mary. The seeming differences between the two evangelists in…

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Luke 3:38 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

τοῦtou<the>G3588
ἘνὼςEnōsof EnoshG1800
τοῦtou<the>G3588
ΣὴθSēthof SethG4589
τοῦtou<the>G3588
ἈδὰμAdamof AdamG76
τοῦtou<the>G3588
θεοῦ.¶theouof God.G2316

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Luke 3:38

  • Genesis 2:7

    And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

  • Isaiah 64:8

    But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:45

    And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:47

    The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

  • Genesis 4:25-5:3

    And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord. This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. …

  • Acts 17:26-29

    And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.

  • Genesis 1:26-27

    And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
which was the son of Adam.
Ge 4:25,26; 5:3
of God.
Ge 1:26,27; 2:7; 5:1,2; Isa 64:8; Ac 17:26-29; 1Co 15:45,47

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Luke 3:37

    Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

  • Luke 3:38

    Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

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Luke 3:38 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Que fué de Cainán, que fué de Enós, que fué de Seth, que fué de Adam, que fué de Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
d’Énos, de Seth, d’Adam, de Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871
des Enos, des Seth, des Adam, des Gottes.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
qui fuit Henos, qui fuit Seth, qui fuit Adam, qui fuit Dei.