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Luke 3:13

Exact no more This was their habitual sin, and later historians often allude to the immodestia(i. e. the extravagant greed) of the publicans and their cruel exactions (Caes. Bell. Civ.iii. 32). The cheating and meddling for which Zacchaeus promised fourfold restoration (Luke 19:8) were universal among them.

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    EXACT - Demand, or take, no more. THAN THAT WHICH IS APPOINTED - That is, by the government. John does not condemn the office, or say that the employment should be forsaken. Though it was hated by the...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. THE BEGINNINGS OF HIS MINISTRY -- CHAPTER 3-4:13 CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The Ministry of John the Baptist. (Luke 3:1 .)_ 2. His Testimony to Christ and his Imprisonment. (Luke 3:15 .) 3. The Baptism of...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOHN THE BAPTIST. Mark 1:1 *, Matthew 3:1 *. also Mark 6:17 *, Matthew 14:3 *. Lk. now (to...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE COURIER OF THE KING (Luke 3:1-6)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    To the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, John used to say, "You spawn of vipers, who put it into your heads to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruits to match repentance. Do not begin to...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NO. nothing. Greek. _laden._ THAN. beside. Greek. _ para_. App-104....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ANSWER OF THE BAPTIST TO THE MULTITUDE...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ΜΗΔῈΝ ΠΛΈΟΝ … ΠΡΆΣΣΕΤΕ. The verb πράσσω (like πρᾶξις, see Luke 23:51; Colossians 3:9, &c.) is often used in a bad sense (Luke 23:41; John 3:2, &c.). The...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 10. And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? 11. He answered and said to them, He that has two coats, let him impart to him that has none; and he that has meat, let him do likewise...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΔΙΑΤΕΤΑΓΜΈΝΟΝ _perf. pass. part. от_ ΔΙΑΤΆΣΣΩ (G1299) повелевать, предписывать. Part, используется как _subst._ в сравнительном обороте, ΠΡΆΣΣΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΠΡΆΣΣΩ (G4238) делать, вымога...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1482 PRACTICAL DUTIES ENFORCED Luke 3:10. And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 The Baptizer's Message (Luke 3:7-14) 7 He said therefore to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Ministry of John the Baptist Scripture_ Luke 3:1-20 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetra...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region o...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    19 Compare Mat_14:3-5; Mar_6:17-18. 19 Herod's treatment of John is here inserted ahead of time to close the account of John's ministry before opening that of his Master's. 21-22 Compare Mat_3:13-17...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOHN'S MINISTRY. BAPTISM AND GENEALOGY OF JESUS 1-14.. Preliminary Ministry of the Baptist (Matthew 3:1; Mark 1:1). See on Mt....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LUKE’S GOOD NEWS LUKE _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 3 THE WORK OF JOHN THE *BAPTIST 3:1-22 V1 The *emperor Tiberius had ruled in that part of the world for 15 years. Pontius Pilate was governing Judea....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    EXACT NO MORE. — Under the “farming” system of taxation adopted by the Roman empire, this was the besetting temptation of all collectors employed in it, and it led naturally to the evil repute which a...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 6 THE VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS. WHEN the Old Testament closed, prophecy had thrown upon the screen of the future the shadows of two persons, cast in heavenly light. Sketched in outline rather...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    μηδὲν πλέον παρὰ : this mode of expressing comparison (usual in mod. Grk.) is common to Lk. and the Ep. to Heb. (Luke 1:4, etc.), and has been used in support of the view that Lk. wrote Heb. “Non impr...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Class counsels_, peculiar to Lk. Two samples of John's counsels to classes are here given, prefaced by a counsel applicable to all classes. The classes selected to illustrate the Baptist's social pre...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A PREACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Luke 3:1-14 The evangelist sets an emperor, a governor, two high priests, and three tetrarchs in a few lines, as of very subordinate interest, compared with the one man,...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Luke marks with great care the time of the ministry of John, employing an emperor, a governor, three tetrarchs, and two high priests to do it. By means of these names a picture of the world at the tim...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is (b) appointed you. (b) Require no more than that sum that is appointed for the tribute money....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Do nothing more. You who are military men, exact no more of the people than what is allowed and appointed you. (Witham)_...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    GENUINE FRUITS OF REPENTANCE Luke 3:10-14. _“The multitudes continued to ask him, saying, What then shall we do? Responding, he says to them: Let the one having two coats. give to him having none; and...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    GENEALOGIES Matthew 1 and Luke 3. There is but one fact of vital importance in all of these genealogies, and that is the transmission to all generations, an infallible history of our Lord's progenitor...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    . But what then, the people ask, are those fruits of repentance which should accompany baptism? And, seized with the fear of judgment, different classes of hearers approach John to obtain from him spe...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    3. VERS. 7-17. The following discourse must not be regarded as a particular specimen of the preaching, the substance of which Luke has transmitted to us. It is a summary of all the discourses of John...

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    FIRST NARRATIVE: THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, LUKE 3:1-20. We already know from Luke 1:77 why the Messiah was to have a forerunner. A mistaken notion of salvation had taken possession of Israel....

  • Godet's commentary on Luke, John, Romans, 1 Corinthians

    SECOND PART: THE ADVENT OF THE MESSIAH, LUKE 3:1 TO LUKE 4:13. For eighteen years Jesus lived unknown in the seclusion of Nazareth. His fellow townsmen, recalling this period of His life, designate Hi...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (3) And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; (4) As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The preface of Luke's gospel is as instructive as the introduction of either of the two preceding gospels. It is obvious to any serious reader that we enter a totally different province, though all be...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In chapter 3 we find the exercise of the ministry of the word towards Israel, and that for the introduction of the Lord into this world. It is not the promises to Israel and the privileges secured to...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE SAID UNTO THEM,.... Not by advising them to quit their employments, as if it was a thing unlawful to impose pay, and collect taxes, but by directing them to perform their office aright: EXACT...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. Ver. 13. _Exact no more_] πρασσετε, make no more of your places, than ye may with a good conscience. Shun that mystery of iniqui...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And the people asked him, What shall we do then?_ To avoid the judgments of God. _He answereth, He that hath two coats_, &c. Be careful, not only to observe the ceremonies of religion, but to attend...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    EXACT NO MORE; collect no more than is required by the government....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, EXACT NO MORE THAN THAT WHICH IS APPOINTED YOU....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Individual counsel to the people:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    A VOICE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS (vs.1-20) The first two verses of this chapter establish the precise time of the appearance of John the Baptist in his ministry, so that the reality of it cannot be d...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-14 The scope and design of John's ministry were, to bring the people from their sins, and to their Saviour. He came preaching, not a sect, or party, but a profession; the sign or ceremony was washi...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 3:12...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II And, besides, even the soldiers and multitude of publicans, who came to hear the word of the Lord about repentance, heard this from the prophet John, after...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Luke 3:13 And G1161 said G2036 (G5627) to G4314 them G846 Collect G4238 (G5719) no G3367 more...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE POWERFUL MINISTRY OF JOHN IS DESCRIBED (3:1-14). Many years have passed and the ministry of John the Baptiser, whose birth was described in chapter 1, begins. It is set very definitely in its hist...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And there came also public servants to be baptised, and they said to him, “Teacher, what must we do?” And he said to them, “Extort no more than that which is appointed you.” ' The tax and custom coll...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Luke 3:13. EXACT NO MORE. Great opportunity for exaction was afforded by the system of letting out the collectorships to the highest bidder; the exactions would all be clear profit....

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    The ministry of John is narrated by all four Evangelists. Peculiar to Luke are: the chronological notice (Luke 3:1), which points out the exact position of the main gospel facts on the wide platform o...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Luke 3:10 I. St. John's three answers all go upon the principle of "doing our duty in that state of life unto which it hath pleased God to call us;" but they are the more striking as coming from a per...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Luke 3:2 I. How shall we picture John the Baptist to ourselves? Great painters, greater than the world seems likely to see again, have exercised their fancy upon his face, his figure, and his actions....

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Luke 3:1. Now in the fifteenth yea of the reign of Tiberias Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Ministry of John the Baptist. Baptism of Jesus. Genealogy of Mary. CHARACTERS: Holy Spirit, God, John Baptist, Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate, Herod, Philip, Annas, Caiaphas, Zacharias, Ab...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Luke 3:1. _In the fifteenth year of Tiberius Cæsar._ St. Luke begins this chapter in a scientific manner; he speaks as a man of letters, and gives posterity a chronological record. Pontius Pilate had...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    12-13. SOME TAX COLLECTORS. Jews who collected taxes for the Roman Occupation Government....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _What shall we do then?_ COMMON SENSE APPLIED TO EVERYDAY DUTIES I. JOHN DISCRIMINATES BETWEEN THE EASE-HARDENED, SELFISH, AND SCARCELY REACHABLE PHARISEES AND HIGH-PLACED REPRESENTATIVES OF OFFICIA...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Exact no more than that which is appointed you--_ OPPRESSIONS AND EXTORTIONS OF TAX-GATHERERS Present-day conditions of Eastern lands painfully illustrate the continuance of some of the most demora...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 3:12 TAX COLLECTORS. See note on Matt. 5:46–47. They collected tolls, tariffs, and customs, and were notoriously dishonest and despised. SOLDIERS. John does not s

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 3:1 Preparation for the Ministry of Jesus. Luke describes John the Baptist’s ministry of preparation for Jesus (Luke 3:1). Then the focus shifts to Jesus himself ...

  • The Gospels Compared

    JOHN THE BAPTIST PREPARES THE WAY FOR JESUS MATTHEW 3:1-12; MARK 1:2-8; LUKE 3:2-18; MATTHEW 3:1 In those days came John the Baptist,...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 3 VER. 1. _Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    _And he said unto them, exact no more than that which is appointed you_ in the exaction of taxes. In the Greek it is _πζάσσετε_, which can be translated both make and exact, but in this place is more...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL NOTES_ Luke 3:1.—This may be regarded as the formal opening of St. Luke’s history. TIBERIUS CÆSAR.—Angus us died A.U.C. 767, and fifteen years added to this would make the time here noted, A...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION LUKE 3:1 THE BAPTISM OF JOHN. LUKE 3:1 NOW IN THE FIFTEENTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF TIBERIUS CAESAR. St. Luke's Gospel is framed after the model of approved histories. He c

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn to Luke's gospel chapter 3. As Luke begins the third chapter, he is giving you the date of the beginning of the ministry of John the Baptist, and he uses no less than six historic refere...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 6:10; Ephesians 4:28; Ezekiel 18:21; Ezekiel 18:22;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Exact [π ρ α σ σ ε τ ε]. The change of the Rev., to exhort is unfortunate. The word is used of the exaction of legal tribute, and excessive exaction is expressed by the following words : John would ha...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    JOHN THE FORERUNNER Luke 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS I. CHRIST'S TESTIMONY TO JOHN Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with...

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