3:6

all humanity will see God’s salvation: The word salvation is used here in a similar way as in 2:30, where Simeon saw Jesus. Simeon realized that Jesus was “the Lord’s Christ” (2:26), and he said that he had seen God’s salvation. Jesus the Christ was the one whom God appointed to save/rescue people. Someday every person will see God’s salvation because they will see the Savior and know about how he saves people. Other ways to say this include:

all people will see the salvation sent from God. (New Living Translation (2004))
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All people will see the salvation that God gives. (God’s Word)
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And all people will see the Savior from God.

all humanity: The Greek word that the translates as humanity is literally “flesh” (as in the Revised Standard Version). Here it refers to humanity, that is, all people. Some other ways to say this are:

everyone
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the whole human race (Good News Translation)
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all people (God’s Word)

see: The Greek word that the Berean Standard Bible translates here as see can also be translated as:

view
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observe

Choose the verb in your language that is most natural with your translation of “salvation” in this context.

General Comment on 3:6

At the end of 3:6 Luke ended the quote from the book of Isaiah. In 3:7 Luke talked about John’s preaching to people. In some languages it may be necessary to indicate explicitly that the quote from Isaiah ends before 3:7. For example:

“…‘…And all mankind will see God’s salvation.’” ⌊This is what Isaiah said.⌋

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