NET Bible
"While the people were filled with anticipation and they all wondered whether perhaps John could be the Christ,"
— Luke 3:15, NET Bible
“And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;”
“And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ; ”
“As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,”
“And as the people were of opinion, and all were thinking in their hearts of John, that perhaps he might be the Christ:”
“And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,”
“And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;”
Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him,“Teacher, what should we do?”
He told them,“Collect no more than you are required to.”
Then some soldiers also asked him,“And as for us– what should we do?” He told them,“Take money from no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your pay.”
While the people were filled with anticipation and they all wondered whether perhaps John could be the Christ,
John answered them all,“I baptize you with water, but one more powerful than I am is coming– I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
His winnowing fork is in his hand to clean out his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire.”
And in this way, with many other exhortations, John proclaimed good news to the people.