The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide
Luke 3:4
As it is written in the book of the words of Isaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.
As it is written in the book of the words of Isaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.
Verse Luke 3:4. _PREPARE YE THE WAY_] It was customary for the Hindoo kings, when on journeys, to send a certain class of the people two or three days before them, to command the inhabitants to clear...
ON THE BAPTISM OF JOHN - see the notes at Matthew 3....
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...
JOHN THE BAPTIST. Mark 1:1 *, Matthew 3:1 *. also Mark 6:17 *, Matthew 14:3 *. Lk. now (to...
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, and when Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and the district of Tr...
THE COURIER OF THE KING (Luke 3:1-6)...
THE WORDS, &c. See notes on Isaiah 40:3, and Malachi 3:1. See App-107. ESAIAS. Isaiah. See App-79. THE LORD. Jehovah. App-4 and App-98. PATHS. beaten tracks....
_Esaias the prophet_ Isaiah 40:3. _saying_ This word should be omitted with א, B, D, L, &c. _The voice_ Rather, A VOICE. The Hebrew original may be rendered "Hark one crieth." _of one crying in the...
ἩΣΑΪ́ΟΥ ΤΟΥ͂ ΠΡΟΦΉΤΟΥ. Isaiah 40:3. [ΛΈΓΟΝΤΟΣ.] This word should be omitted with אBDL, &c. ΦΩΝΉ. ‘A voice.’ The Hebrew original may be rendered “Hark, one crieth.” St Luke does not follow the other...
Luke 3:1-9. BAPTISM AND PREACHING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST...
Ver 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 voi...
ΓΈΓΡΑΠΤΑΙ _perf. ind. pass. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125) писать. _Perf._ означает: "по-прежнему написано" относится к цитате из авторитетного писания (ММ), ΒΟΏΝΤΟΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΒΟΆΩ (G994) кричать, гр...
DISCOURSE: 1480 MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST Luke 3:4. It is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord,...
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...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS The Baptizer's Mission (Luke 3:1-6) 3 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his bro...
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...
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...
3:4 words (g-10) _ Logos_ . something more than 'words;' see Note to 1 Corinthians 1:5 . prophet. (h-14) Isaiah 40:3 . ye (a-23) Or 'Make ye ready,' as ch. 1.76....
JOHN'S MINISTRY. BAPTISM AND GENEALOGY OF JESUS 1-14.. Preliminary Ministry of the Baptist (Matthew 3:1; Mark 1:1). See on Mt....
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....
THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS. — See Note on Matthew 3:3. (4) From David to Abraham there is a general agreement, the only variation being that, in some MSS., the names of Arni and Admei...
(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...
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...
βίβλῳ λόγων : Lk. has his own way of introducing the prophetic citation (“in the book of the words”), as he also follows his own course as to the words quoted. Whereas Mt. and Mk. are content to cite...
_John's ministry_....
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,...
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...
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...
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...
2. VERS. 3-6. The _country about Jordan_, in Luke, doubtless denotes the arid plains near the mouth of this river. The name _wilderness of Judea_, by which Matthew and Mark designate the scene of John...
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....
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...
(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...
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...
_EARNESTNESS IN RELIGION_ ‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be broug...
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...
AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE WORDS OF ESAIAS THE PROPHET,.... Isaiah 40:3 SAYING, THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT; MATTHEW 3:3...
As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Ver. 4. _In the book of th...
_And he came into all the country about Jordan_ He made his first public appearance in the wilderness of Judea, Matthew 3:1; that is, in the uncultivated and thinly-inhabited parts of the hill-country...
THE WORDS OF ESAIAS; ISAIAH 40:3; MATTHEW 3:3....
AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE WORDS OF ESAIAS THE PROPHET, SAYING, THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, PREPARE YE THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT....
John's ministry:...
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...
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...
Ver. 4-6. All four of the evangelists apply that prophecy, ISAIAH 40:3, to John the Baptist. Luke only repeats what is LUKE 3:5,6 and in ISAIAH 40:4,5, and he doth but shortly repeat what is in the pr...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V and hills and mountains may be filled up and levelled, and the crooked and the rough ways be made straight and smooth[109] Tertullian On Repentance John holds not...
Luke 3:4 as G5613 written G1125 (G5769) in G1722 book G976 words G3056 Isaiah G2268 prophet G4396 saying...
‘As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet. a “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, b Make you ready the way of the Lord, c Make his paths straight. d Every valley shal...
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...
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...
Luke 3:4. Matthew and Mark also quote Isaiah 40:3, but no more....
AS IT IS WRITTEN (ως γεγραπτα). The regular formula for quotation, perfect passive indicative of γραφω.ISAIAH THE PROPHET (Εσαιου του προφητου). The same phrase in Mark 1:2 (correct text) and Matt...
Luke 3:4 Earnestness. Of all men that ever lived, John the Baptist was one great concentrated earnestness. The earnestness of which I wish to speak consists in a "prepared way" and straight paths. I...
Luke 3:4 It may be that many have never clearly understood what was meant by John being Christ's forerunner, why any forerunner was needed, and what truth is declared to us in this part of God's disp...
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....
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...
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...
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 voice of one crying in the wilderness_ SELF-EFFACEMENT John Baptist is a type of those who resolve, at all risks, to discharge their duty and to deliver the message entrusted to them by God, wi...
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 ...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 3:4 The quotation is from Isaiah 40:3. These metaphors of “preparing” the way of the coming Messiah involve both the removal of obstacles (every mountain and hill shal
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,...
_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...
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
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...
Isaiah 40:3; Isaiah 57:14; Isaiah 62:10; John 1:23; John 1:26;...
Isaiah. In this prophetic citation Mark adds to Isaiah Malachi 3:1, which does not appear in either Matthew or Luke. Luke adds vv. 4, 5 of Isaiah 40, which do not appear in the others. Paths [τ ρ ι β...
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...
Isaiah 40:3....