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ON THE BAPTISM OF JOHN - see the notes at Matthew 3....
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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...
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JOHN THE BAPTIST. Mark 1:1 *, Matthew 3:1 *. also Mark 6:17 *, Matthew
14:3 *. Lk. now (to...
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THE COURIER OF THE KING (Luke 3:1-6)...
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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...
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REPENTANCE. the repentance which has been demanded, and which you
profess.
NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. Not the same word as in Luke 3:16.
WITHIN. among. Greek. _en._ App-104.
FATHER. Emphatic, by the...
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_Bring forth_ The verb implies instant effort. "Produce _at once_."
_begin not to say_ He cuts off even all _attempt_at self-excuse.
_We have Abraham to our father_ Rather, AS OUR FATHER. The Jews ha...
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ΠΟΙΉΣΑΤΕ. The verb implies instant effort. “Produce _at
once_.”
ΜῊ ἌΡΞΗΣΘΕ ΛΈΓΕΙΝ. He cuts off even all _attempt_ at
self-excuse. ‘Do not allow yourselves to say.’ The ἄρξησθε
is almost like ‘Do not...
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Luke 3:1-9. BAPTISM AND PREACHING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST...
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Ver 7. Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of
him, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath
to come? 8. Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repenta...
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ΠΟΙΉΣΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act._
ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать, поступать,
производить. _Aor. imper._ призывает к
специфическому действию. Плод
обозначает жизнь, исполненную дел
(Stein),
ΆΡΞΗΣΘΕ _aor. conj. med....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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JOHN'S MINISTRY. BAPTISM AND GENEALOGY OF JESUS
1-14.. Preliminary Ministry of the Baptist (Matthew 3:1; Mark 1:1).
See on Mt....
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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....
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(3-9) AND HE CAME INTO ALL THE COUNTRY... — The words paint the
mission-work of John somewhat more vividly than those of St. Matthew
and St. Mark, who represent the people flocking to Him from Jerusal...
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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...
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καρποὺς : instead of καρπὸν, perhaps to answer to the
various types of reform specified in the sequel. ἄρξησθε
instead of δόξητε (_vide_ on Mt.), on which Bengel's comment is:
“omnem excusationis etia...
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_John's preaching_ (_cf._ Matthew 3:7-10). Lk. gives no account of
John's aspect and mode of life, leaving that to be inferred from Luke
1:80. On the other hand he enters into more detail in regard to...
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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,...
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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...
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It is one thing to bring forth fruits of penance, and another to bring
forth worthy fruits. We should know that the man who has committed
nothing unlawful, may have a right to use the lawful things 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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JOHN REJECTS THE HON TONS OF THE CHURCH
Matthew 3:7-8; Luke 3:7-8. Among the teeming myriads, here came the
Pharisees, with their boasted orthodoxy; and the Sadducees, with their
“higher criticism,” c...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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“ _Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of
him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the
wrath to come?_ 8 _Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentanc...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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BRING FORTH THEREFORE FRUITS WORTHY OF REPENTANCE,.... Or "meet" for
it, such as will show it to be true and genuine: "and begin not to say
within yourselves": in one of Beza's copies, and in another...
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Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to
say within yourselves, We have Abraham to _our_ father: for I say unto
you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children un...
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_Then said he to the multitude, O generation of vipers_ See note on
Matthew 3:7. _Bring forth, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance_ The
Baptist did not stop at preaching repentance, and rest satisf...
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John's preaching. Matthew 3:7-12....
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NOT TO SAY-WE HAVE ABRAHAM TO OUR FATHER; rely no more for salvation
on your outward relation to Abraham.
OF THESE STONES-CHILDREN UNTO ABRAHAM; he who formed Adam out of the
dust of the earth in his...
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John's preaching:...
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BRING FORTH THEREFORE FRUITS WORTHY OF REPENTANCE, AND BEGIN NOT TO
SAY WITHIN YOURSELVES, WE HAVE ABRAHAM TO OUR FATHER; FOR I SAY UNTO
YOU, THAT GOD IS ABLE OF THESE STONES TO RAISE UP CHILDREN UNTO...
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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...
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WORTHY:
Or, meet for...
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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...
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SEE POOLE ON "LUKE 3:4...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V
For his seed is the Church, which receives the adoption to God through
the Lord, as John the Baptist said: "For God is able from the stones
to raise up children to Ab...
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Luke 3:8 Therefore G3767 bear G4160 (G5657) fruits G2590 woryour G514
repentance G3341 and G2532 not G3361 begin...
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‘He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be baptised by
him, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath
to come? Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and...
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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...
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Luke 3:7-9. See on Matthew 3:7-10.
MULTITUDES. Matthew: ‘many of the Pharisees and Sadducees.' In this
case as in that of every popular preacher, many of the hearers were
attracted by idle curiosity...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Fruits worthy of repentance_
FRUITFULNESS
Every living fruit-tree is in some measure fruitful; though some bring
forth more fruit, some less, yet all bring forth some.
All living Christians are thr...
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_Then said he to the multitude that came forth_
JOHN AND THE POPULACE
It is a matter of some interest, even as a memoir of ancient manners,
to conceive the various and strikingly marked aspect of th...
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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 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...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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2 Corinthians 7:10; 2 Corinthians 7:11; Acts 26:20; Ezekiel 18:27;...
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Fruits [κ α ρ π ο υ ς]. Matthew has the singular number,
karpon, friut. Repentance [τ η ς μ ε τ α ν ο ι α ς]. Note
the article : the repentance which you profess in coming to my
baptism. Rev., in marg...
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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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Say not within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father — That is,
trust not in your being members of the visible Church, or in any
external privileges whatsoever: for God now requires a change of
he...