One mightier [ο ι σ χ υ ρ ο τ ε ρ ο ς]. The definite article points to an expected personage. Hence better as Rev., he that is mightier.
Unloose [λ υ σ α ι]. So also Mark; but Matthew bastasai, to bear. See on Matthew 3:11.
Verse Luke 3:16. On these verses see Matthew 3:11, and Mark 1:7, and particularly _Clarke's note on "_John 3:5_"_....
See the notes at Matthew 3:11....
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...
THE COURIER OF THE KING (Luke 3:1-6)...
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...
BAPTIZE. App-115. ONE. the One: i.e. He that is mightier. LATOHET. thong, or lace. SHOES. sandals.. well-known proverb. Figure of speech _Paroem_ ia. App-6. NOT. Greek _ou._ App-105. WORTHY. fit....
_John answered_ The answer, as we find from John 1:19-28, was given in its most definite form to a Pharisaic deputation of Priests and Levites, who were despatched by the Sanhedrin expressly to ask hi...
The Messianic Announcement. Imprisonment of John 15. _were in expectation_ The Messianic expectations of the day had even reached the Gentiles, many of whom even at Rome and in high society were pros...
ἈΠΕΚΡΊΝΑΤΟ. The answer, as we find from John 1:19-28, was given in its most definite form to a Pharisaic deputation of Priests and Levites, who were despatched by the Sanhedrin expressly to ask him to...
THE MESSIANIC ANNOUNCEMENT. IMPRISONMENT OF JOHN...
Ver 15. And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; 16. John answered, saying to them all, I indeed baptize you with water; bu...
ΆΠΕΚΡΊΝΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΑΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать. Об использовании _aor. med._ вместо _aor. pass. см._ MM; BG, 74. ΙΣΧΥΡΌΤΕΡΟΣ _сотр. от_ ΙΣΧΥΡΌΣ (G2478) сильный, могущественный; _со...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 The Baptizer's Meekness (Luke 3:15-20) 15 As the people were in expectation, and all men questioned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he were the Christ, 1...
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...
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...
3:16 with (c-33) _ En_ , 'in the power of.' see Matthew 3:11 ....
JOHN'S MINISTRY. BAPTISM AND GENEALOGY OF JESUS 1-14.. Preliminary Ministry of the Baptist (Matthew 3:1; Mark 1:1). See on Mt....
JOHN'S WITNESS TO JESUS (Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:7). 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....
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...
_Art thou the Christ?_ (Matthew 3:11-12; Mark 1:7-8)....
ἅπασι : might suggest frequent replies to various parties, uniform in tenor; but against this is the aorist ἀπεκρίνατο, which suggests a single answer given once for all, to a full assembly, a formal...
THE HERALD SILENCED; THE MESSIAH APPEARS Luke 3:15-23 We are told that the time of John's appearance was the Sabbatic year, when field-work was suspended, and the people had comparative leisure. In h...
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...
See Matthew iii. 11. That baptism cannot be valid, in which the name of the Holy Ghost only is invoked. For, the tradition concerning life-giving grace, must be preserved entire. To add or to omit any...
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 5 THE BAPTISM WHICH JESUS GIVES CONTRASTED WITH THAT OF JOHN Matthew 3:2; Mark 1:7-8; Luke 3:16. “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance; but the One coming after me is more powerful...
“ _And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ or not;_ 16 _John answered, saying unto them all: I indeed baptize you with water; but o...
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....
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...
(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...
_A MIGHTIER THAN JOHN_ ‘And as the people were in expectation … John answered … one mightier than I cometh.…’ Luke 3:15 From these verses several practical truths emerge. I. ONE EFFECT OF A FAITHF...
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 ANSWERED, SAYING UNTO THEM ALL,.... For some of them might not only so think in their hearts, but express with their mouths the apprehension they had of him; and might put the question to him, as...
John answered, saying unto _them_ all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost...
_And as all the people were in expectation_, &c. The austerity of John's life, the important subjects of his sermons, the fervency of his exhortations, and the freedom, impartiality, and courage with...
John's imprisonment-Christ baptized. Matthew 14:1-13; Matthew 3:13-17...
John's testimony concerning Christ:...
JOHN ANSWERED, SAYING UNTO THEM ALL, I INDEED BAPTIZE YOU WITH WATER; BUT ONE MIGHTIER THAN I COMETH, THE LATCHET OF WHOSE SHOES I AM NOT WORTHY TO UNLOOSE; HE SHALL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY GHOST AN...
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...
15-20 John the Baptist disowned being himself the Christ, but confirmed the people in their expectations of the long-promised Messiah. He could only exhort them to repent, and assure them of forgiven...
Ver. 16-18. SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 3:11", SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 3:12", SEE POOLE ON "MARK 1:7", SEE POOLE ON "MARK 1:8". John the Baptist in these v
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II As a witness for simplicity in shoes let John suffice, who avowed that "he was not worthy to unloose the latchet of the Lord's shoes."[252] Clement of Al...
Luke 3:16 John G2491 answered G611 (G5662) saying G3004 (G5723) all G537 I G1473 indeed G3303 baptize...
‘John answered, saying to them all, “I indeed baptise you with water, but there comes he who is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to unloose. He will baptise you in the Hol...
Luke 3:16-17. Comp, the accounts of Matthew and Mark, also John 1:26-27. The latter passage probably refers to a later interview with delegates from Jerusalem, though the language may have been used m...
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...
HE THAT IS MIGHTIER THAN I (ο ισχυροτερος μου). Like Mark 1:7, "the one mightier than I." Ablative case (μου) of comparison. John would not turn aside for the flattery of the crowd. He was able to t...
Luke 3:16 Expectation. Have you never observed that everyone's character is determined by what he is living up to? Why is the Mohammedan an idle and self-indulgent man? Because he lives up to a corpo...
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...
_I indeed baptize you with water_ SIGNIFICANCE OF JOHN’S BAPTISM 1. John’s baptism was a carrying on of the office of the law. Neither repentance avails without grace, nor grace without repentance;...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 3:16 HE (the Messiah) WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FIRE. This baptism took place at Pentecost in Acts 2:1. Whether being ba
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,...
_John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water, but one mightier than I cometh_, namely the Messias. The rest which Luke here adds has been explained on Matthew 3:11. Morally,...
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...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Luke 3:15_ Acceptance and Rejection of the Divine Message.—The work of separating the wheat from the chaff and of bringing to light the hidden thoughts of men is d...
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...
1 Corinthians 12:13; Acts 1:5; Acts 10:44; Acts 11:15; Acts 11:16;...
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...