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Verse Matthew 3:10. _AND NOW ALSO THE AXE IS LAID_] Or, _Even now the
axe_ _lieth_. As if he had said, There is not a moment to spare - God
is about to cut off every impenitent soul - you must theref...
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THE AXE IS LAID AT THE ROOT OF THE TREE - Laying the axe at the root
of a tree is intended to denote that the tree is to be cut down. It
was not merely to be trimmed, or to be cut about the limbs, but...
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3. THE HERALD OF THE KING; THE ENTRANCE UPON HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY.
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1. The Herald of the King. (Matthew 3:1 .) 2. His Message and His
Baptism. (Matthew 3:7 .) 3. The King in Jordan's Waters. (Matth...
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JOHN THE BAPTIST (Mark 1:2 *, Luke 3:1) The common Synoptic material
begins here. The chief difference from Mk. is the addition of Matthew
3:7 from Q (p. 672), _cf._ Luk
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NOW ALSO THE AXE IS LAID UNTO THE ROOT.
Laid there at hand for immediate use to destroy the tree, though as
yet no blow had been struck; but laid there, also, that this sign of
what is threatened may...
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THE EMERGENCE OF JOHN THE BAPTIZER (Matthew 3:1-6)...
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When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism,
he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who put it into your minds to flee
from the coming wrath? Produce fruit to fit repentance. Do...
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NOW. already.
ALSO. Omitted by all the texts (App-94.)
IS LAID. is lying at. The Jerusalem Talmud (_Beracoth,_ fo Matthew
1:5; Matthew 1:1) refers Isaiah 10:33;...
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JOHN BAPTIST PREACHES IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDÆA
Mark 1:2-8; Luke 3:1-18; John 1:15-34
St Matthew alone names the coming of the Pharisees and Sadducees. St
Mark’s brief account contains no additional...
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ΜῊ ΠΟΙΟΥ͂Ν, ‘if it bring not forth.’
ἘΚΚΌΠΤΕΤΑΙ, ‘is being cut down,’ the work has already
begun. ἐκκόπτειν, used specially of cutting down trees. Cp.
ἔκκοψον αὐτήν, Luke 13:7, and πίτυς μούνη
πάντων...
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Ver 7. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his
baptism, he said unto them, "O generation of vipers, who hath warned
you to flee from the wrath to come? 8. Bring forth therefore...
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_JOHN PREACHED A MESSAGE OF REPENTANCE MATTHEW 3:7-10:_ There were
those that John refused to baptize because they showed no repentance.
(Matthew 3:7-8) He called these people a generation of vipers b...
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ΉΔΗ (G2235) уже. Эмфатическое выделение
этого слова обусловлено его позицией
(Beare).
ΆΞΊΝΗ (G513) топор, секира,
ΡΊΖΑ (G4491) корень,
ΔΈΝΔΡΟΝ дерево. Вожди и праведники
иногда сравнивались с дерев...
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DISCOURSE: 1282
JOHN’S ADDRESS TO THOSE WHO CAME TO BE BAPTIZED OF HIM
Matthew 3:7. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come
to his baptism, he said unto them., O generation of vipers!...
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AND NOW ALSO THE AXE, &C.— _The axe is already laid to the root of
the trees: every tree then,_ &c. "There is now no more time for delay:
God is going to offer the last dispensation of repentance and...
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CHAPTER THREE
Section 5. THE PREACHING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
(Parallels: Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:1-18)
TEXT: 3:1-12
1.
And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness
of Judaea, sa...
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And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore
every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast
into the fire. AND NOW ALSO, [ Eedee (G2235) de (G1161) kai (G...
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18 Compare Jer_31:15.
18 The name “Rama” was a common one for a site on a hill. There
was probably such a place near Bethlehem beside the tomb of Rachel,
who died there in sorrow (Gen_35:19-20). Ther...
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3:10 to (l-7) I so translate, because 'laid to' implies actual
execution. perhaps not meant so by the translators, but merely to be
as literal as possible. but 'applied to' ('to,' _ pros_ . see ch.
2...
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AX] a frequent and expressive type of imminent judgment (Matthew 7:19;
Luke 13:7 : cp. Romans 11:17). THE TREES] i.e. individual Jews, not
the nation, though, as a matter of fact, judgment overtook th...
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APPEARANCE OF THE BAPTIST. BAPTISM OF JESUS
1-12. John the Baptist's ministry. The circumstances of John's birth
are detailed in Luke 1 (see notes there). He was sanctified from birth
to be the foreru...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 3
THE WORK OF JOHN THE *BAPTIST 3:1-12
V1 In those days, John the *Baptist appeared in Judea’s wild
country. V2 He taught the people...
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NOW. — Rather, _already._ The present of an act no longer future.
THE AX IS LAID UNTO THE ROOT OF THE TREES. — The symbolism which saw
in “trees” the representatives of human characters, of nations,
a...
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CHAPTER 3
His Herald - Matthew 3:1
THIRTY years have gone since all Jerusalem was in trouble at the
rumour of Messiah's birth. But as nothing has been heard of Him since,
the excitement has passed aw...
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ἤδη δὲ ἡ ἀξίνη … κεῖται : judgment is at hand.
The axe has been placed (κεῖμαι = perfect passive of
τίθημι) at the root of the tree to lay it low as hopelessly
barren. This is the doom of every non-pr...
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_Protest and warning_. καὶ μὴ δόξητε … τ.
Ἀβραάμ : the meaning is plain = do not imagine that having
Abraham for father will do instead of repentance that all children of
Abraham are safe whatever bet...
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_Words of rebuke and warning to unwelcome vistors_ (Luke 3:7-9)....
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THE HERALD PREPARES THE WAY
Matthew 3:1-12
Matthew's Gospel heralds the Kingdom. We are allowed to see and listen
to the forerunner, whose voice again awoke the hearts of men with
prophetic utteranc...
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Here ends the old prophetic line, John being the last of the Hebrew
prophets. It found a fitting end in the stem ascetic who roused the
nation and with vehement passion denounced their rebellion, and...
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Without the least attention to its origin, or other advantages. Hence
you must not rest your hopes of salvation on your birth alone, nor on
the baptism alone you receive at my hands. (Bible de Vence)...
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CHAPTER 4
MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST BY MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE
Luke 3:1-2. “In the fifteenth year of the dominion of Tiberius
Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of...
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THE ABRAHAMIC PATERNITY
Matthew 3:8-10, and Luke 3:8-10. O the withering denunciations which
leaped from the eloquent lips of John, like lightning from the skirts
of the clouds! “Ye generations of vip...
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Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and
gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with
unquenchable fire.
The Pharisees were a sect who prided themse...
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God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our
Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the
infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
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Matthew 3:10; Luke 3:9._And now also the axe. _After having stripped
hypocrites of the covering of a vain confidence, John announces the
approaching judgment of God. He had formerly said that, though...
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We now begin His actual history. John the Baptist comes to prepare the
way of Jehovah before Him, according to the prophecy of Isaiah;
proclaiming that the kingdom of heaven was at hand, and calling o...
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AND NOW ALSO THE AXE IS LAID,.... These words may be rendered, "for
now also", and contain in them a reason why they might expect future
wrath; why they should bring forth good fruit; and why they sho...
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And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore
every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast
into the fire.
Ver. 10. _And now also is the axe laid to the r...
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_And now, also, the axe_, &c. To enforce his exhortation, he informs
them that they had no time to delay their repentance, because the
patience of God was very near exhausted, and come to an end with...
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HEWN DOWN; those who continue to neglect known duty will be destroyed....
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And this is not all: AND NOW ALSO THE AX IS LAID TO THE ROOT OF THE
TREES. THEREFORE EVERY TREE WHICH BRINGETH NOT FORTH GOOD FRUIT IS
HEWN DOWN, AND CAST INTO THE FIRE.
The ax has been placed, it...
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Though John was of a priestly family, this too is not mentioned. He
does not preach in the temple, but in the wilderness of the river
Jordan, at least thirteen miles from Jerusalem.
For a priest to pr...
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7-12 To make application to the souls of the hearers, is the life of
preaching; so it was of John's preaching. The Pharisees laid their
chief stress on outward observances, neglecting the weightier m...
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A prediction, as some think, of that dreadful destruction which within
a few years came by the Romans upon the whole Jewish nation. The sense
is, The vengeance of God is very near to be revealed, men...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV "For every tree that bringeth not
forth good fruit shall be hewn down, and cast into the fire; "[100]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
that all may know, "that eve...
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Matthew 3:10 And G1161 G2532 now G2235 ax G513 laid G2749 (G5736) to
G4314 root G4491 trees...
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“And even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Every tree
therefore that does not bring forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast
into the fire.”
For he wants them to be clear about the fact that...
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THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. THE MESSIAH IS REVEALED TO THE WORLD
(3:1-17).
Many years had passed by of which Matthew tells us nothing. He is not
concerned to give us a biography of Jesus' life....
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THE MINISTRY OF JOHN (3:1-10).
The ministry of John is first described. He has come to the Judaean
wilderness with a message of fruitfulness and hope, calling for a
change of heart towards God and tow...
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John the Baptist, his mission, character, and preaching. The section
takes up the Old Testament prophecy (Matthew 3:3), and concludes with
an announcement of the coming Messiah (Matthew 3:11-12), whos...
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IS THE AXE LAID
(η αξινη κειτα). This verb κειτα is used as the
perfect passive of τιθημ. But the idea really is, "the axe lies
at (προς, before) the root of the trees." It is there ready for
busin...
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Matthew 3:1. _In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the
wilderness of Judaea, and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven
is at hand._
There is no entering the kingdom of heaven with...
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We are going to read three passages relating to John the Baptist's
testimony concerning Christ.
Matthew 3:1. In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the
wilderness of Judaea, and saying, Re...
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Matthew 3:1. _In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the
wilderness of Judaea, and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven
is at hand._
His was a preparatory ministry; his work was to...
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CONTENTS: Ministry of John the Baptist and baptism of Jesus.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, John.
CONCLUSION: To follow Jesus in the waters of baptism is to publicly
acknowledge our separation from sin, de...
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Matthew 3:1. _In those days came John the Baptist._ When the time of
the seventy weeks was fulfilled, when the sceptre was departed from
Judah, and when all the east, according to Suetonius, expected...
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THE AXE IS READY. A sign the tree is to be cut down. The tree is the
Jewish Nation. EVERY TREE THAT DOES NOT BEAR. Jesus made a fruitless
fig-tree represent the whole Jewish Nation (Luke 13:6), but Jo...
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_Axe is laid._
THE AXE LYING AT THE ROOT
I. The kind of fruit which God requires from us-“good fruit.”
II. The means which God employs to render us productive of this kind
of fruit, and which show...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 3:1 John the Baptist Prepares for the
Messianic Kingdom. John now appears, preaching in the Judean desert.
It is more than 25 years since Joseph and his family moved back to
N...
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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,...
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CHAPTER 3
_In those days_, &c. This was in the fifteenth year of Tiberius, as S.
Luke says, when John and Christ were about thirty years of age.
Matthew passes at once from the childhood of Christ to...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 3:1. IN THOSE DAYS.—Of Christ’s secluded life at Nazareth
(see Luke 3:1, etc.) St. Matthew passes over a period of nearly thirty
years (Luke 3:23). PREACHING.—Lt heralding; ma...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 3:1
THE HERALD. His public appearance and proclamation (Matthew 3:1,
Matthew 3:2), as foretold by Scripture ...
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Chapter Three
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of
Judaea (Matthew 3:1).
Now we have the silent years of Christ. We are jumping now from the
return to Nazareth to the b...
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1 Peter 4:17; 1 Peter 4:18; Ezekiel 15:2; Hebrews 10:28; Hebrews
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Is laid [κ ε ι τ α ι]. Not, is applied, as "She layeth her hands
to the spindle" (Proverbs 31:19), but is lying.
Is hewn down and cast. The present tense is graphic, denoting what is
to happen at onc...
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THE PREACHING AND BAPTISM OF JOHN
Matthew 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We wish to present the great theme of John the Baptist as he preached
in the wilderness of Judea.
1. THERE IS THE POSITIVE STATEMENT...
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But the axe also already lieth — That is, there is no room for such
idle pretences. Speedy execution is determined against all that do not
repent. The comparison seems to be taken from a woodman that...
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The baptist had preached the doctrine of repentance in the former
verses, he backs it with. powerful motive in this verse, drawn from
the certainty, the severity, and suddenness of that vengeance whic...