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Verse Luke 3:12. _THEN CAME ALSO PUBLICANS_] He next instructs the
_tax-gatherers_ in the proper discharge of their duty: though it was
an office detested by the Jews at large, yet the Baptist does n...
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THE PUBLICANS - See the notes at Matthew 5:47. There is reason to
think that the “publicans” or “tax-gatherers” were especially
oppressive and hard in their dealings with the people; and that, as
they...
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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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ALSO PUBLICANS. the tax-farmers also.
BAPTIZED. App-115.
MASTER. Teacher. App-98. Luke 3:1....
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Answer of the Baptist to the Multitude
10. _What shall we do then_?] Rather, WHAT THEN ARE WE TO DO? Compare
the question of the multitude to Peter on the day of Pentecost (Acts
2:37) and that of the...
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_the publicans_ Rather, TAX-GATHERERS (without the article). The word
is a corruption of the Latin _publicani_-farmers of the taxes." The
Roman government did not collect its own taxes, but leased the...
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ANSWER OF THE BAPTIST TO THE MULTITUDE...
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10, 12, 14. ΠΟΙΉΣΩΜΕΝ is better supported than
ποιήσομεν. Gr[70] La[71] Ti[72]
[70] Gr. Griesbach.
[71] La. Lachmann.
[72] Ti. Tischendorf.
12. ΤΕΛΩ͂ΝΑΙ, ‘tax-gatherers’ (without the article). The
En...
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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...
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ΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Luke 3:3.
ΤΕΛΏΝΑΙ _пот. pl. от_ ΤΕΛΏΝΗΣ (G5057)
сборщик податей (BAGD).
ΒΑΠΤΙΣΘΉΝΑΙ _aor. pass. inf., см._ Luke 3:7. _Inf._
цели,
ΠΟΙΉΣΩΜΕΝ _aor. conj. act., см._...
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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...
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THEN CAME ALSO PUBLICANS— The publicans, or tax-gatherers, wishing
by all means to keep their places under the Messiah, might be anxious
to know what qualifications were necessary for that purpose: or...
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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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THEN CAME ALSO PUBLICANS. — The other Gospels do not mention the
presence of this class in their narratives of the Baptist’s work,
but it is implied in Matthew 21:32....
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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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_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...
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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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The Baptist exhorts worldlings to abstain from every species of fraud,
that by first restraining all desires of the goods of others, they may
at length come to communicate some of their own to their n...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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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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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(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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Luke 3:12._And the publicans _(277) _also came. The publicans _are not
only exhorted, in general terms, to repent, but the duties peculiar to
their calling are demanded: for we know that_, _besides th...
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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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THEN CAME ALSO PUBLICANS TO BE BAPTIZED,.... Being convinced under
John's ministry of the evils of their past life, and desirous of being
admitted to baptism, to which they understood repentance, and...
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Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master,
what shall we do?
Ver. 12. _Then came also publicans_] These were toll takers, custom
gatherers for the Romans, and most of them gr...
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_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...
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THEN CAME ALSO PUBLICANS TO BE BAPTIZED, AND SAID UNTO HIM, MASTER,
WHAT SHALL WE DO?...
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Individual counsel to the people:...
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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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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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Ver. 12,13. We have showed often before that the publicans were men
that collected the public revenue. In all times that sort of men have
been charged with exactions of what was more than their due. T...
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Tertullian On Idolatry
For albeit soldiers had come unto John, and had received the formula
of their rule;[158]...
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Luke 3:12 Then G1161 collectors G5057 also G2532 came G2064 (G5627)
baptized G907 (G5683) and G2532 said...
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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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‘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...
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Luke 3:12. PUBLICANS. Tax-gatherers. See Matthew 5:46. Their presence
is a proof of the power of John's preaching....
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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 3:10
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...
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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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12-13. SOME TAX COLLECTORS. Jews who collected taxes for the Roman
Occupation Government....
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_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...
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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
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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 ...
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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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_Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master,
what shall we do_? to save our souls. Here is fulfilled the saying of
Christ "Publicans and harlots shall be before you (0 Scribes)...
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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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Luke 15:1; Luke 15:2; Luke 18:13; Luke 7:29; Matthew 21:31;...
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Publicans [τ ε λ ω ν α ι]. From telov, a tax, and wjneomai, to
buy. The collectors of Roman imposts. The Romans farmed out the direct
taxes and customs duties to capitalists, on their payment of a cer...
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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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The publicans were persons employed by the Romans to gather the tax of
tribute among the Jews, who were now tributaries to the Romans, and
paid them. public revenue. These publicans were great oppress...