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BRING FORTH THEREFORE FRUITS ... - That is, the proper fruits of
reformation; the proper evidence that you are sincere. Do not bring
your cunning and dissimulation to this work; do not carry your
hypo...
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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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BRING FORTH, THEREFORE, FRUITS MEET FOR REPENTANCE.
The manner of life that would prove that. change had taken place, and
that they were truly penitent. There is no repentance whatever unless
there i...
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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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THE EMERGENCE OF JOHN THE BAPTIZER (Matthew 3:1-6)...
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MEET FOR. worthy of....
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_meet for repentance_ "Answerable to amendment of life." (_Margin_.)...
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Matthew 3:1-12. John Baptist preaches in the Wilderness of Judæa.
Mark 1:2-8; Luke 3:1-18; John 1:15-34
St Luke does not name the Pharisees and
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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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ΠΟΙΉΣΑΤΕ. Aorist imperative, denoting complete and immemediate
action. See Donaldson _Gk. Gram._ 427 (_a_).
ΜΕΤΆΝΟΙΑ. Rare in classical writers, joined by Thuc. with
ἀναλογισμός (III. 36). Cp. also με...
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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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ΠΟΙΉΣΑΤΕ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160).
_Aor. imper._ свидетельствует о
конкретности действия,
ΟΎΝ (G3767) поэтому (вводит заключение из
предшествующего),
ΆΞΙΟΝ (G514) _асс. sing._ соответств...
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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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FRUITS MEET FOR REPENTANCE— That is, "Do such works as may manifest
the truth and sincerity of your repentance." See Acts 26:20....
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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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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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3:8 Produce (i-1) The verb is in the aorist. It is to be the
characteristic of the man, not a mere exhortation for the future. 'Be
in the state of having done it.' repentance. (k-6) The word here and...
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FRUITS MEET FOR REPENTANCE] RV 'fruit worthy of repentance.' Fruit is
a frequent metaphor for works, and a very suitable one. Fruit is not
loosely attached to a tree, but is part of it. It derives its...
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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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FRUITS (BETTER, _FRUIT_) MEET FOR REPENTANCE. — The English version
is ambiguous and not happy, suggesting the thought of the “fruit”
as preparing the way for repentance. The thought is, however, “by...
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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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_Words of rebuke and warning to unwelcome vistors_ (Luke 3:7-9)....
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ποιήσατε οὖν, etc. “If, then, ye are in earnest about
escape, produce fruit worthy of repentance; repentance means more than
confession and being baptised.” That remark might be applied to all
that ca...
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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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(3) Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
(3) True repentance is an inward thing which has its seat in the mind
and heart....
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See note for ver. 2....
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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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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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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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_SINS TO BE REPENTED OF_
‘Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance.’
Matthew 3:8
When we use these words we must be careful that we do not mean
‘Bring forth fruits,’ _ i.e._ do works which...
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Matthew 3:8; Luke 3:8._Yield therefore fruits worthy of repentance.
_He confirms what I have already said, that the repentance, which is
attested by words, is of no value, unless it be proved by the c...
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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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BRING FORTH THEREFORE FRUITS,.... That is, if you are truly penitent,
if you have a proper sense of sin, and true repentance for it, do such
works as are suitable to it, and will show the genuineness...
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Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
Ver. 8. _Bring forth therefore fruits_] _q.d._ You cannot wash your
hands in innocence, wash them therefore in tears: there is no way to
quench hell...
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_Bring forth, therefore, fruits meet for repentance_ That is, a change
of temper and behaviour, answerable thereto; _forsake_, as well as
_confess_, your sins, and let the integrity, regularity, holin...
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FRUITS; show the reality of your repentance by forsaking your sins and
obeying the commands of God. In order that repentance may be shown to
be sincere, it must produce good works....
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Having thus unmasked them, the Baptist makes his demand:...
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BRING FORTH, THEREFORE, FRUITS MEET FOR REPENTANCE.
An entire change of heart must precede the performing of truly good
works, such as measure up to the standard of an honest repentance, as
conform...
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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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MEET FOR REPENTANCE:
Or, answerable to amendment of life...
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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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You come here and thrust yourselves into a crowd of penitents, but
this is not enough, true repentance is not a barren thing; neither are
your leaves of external profession a sufficient indication of...
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Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus First Homily "that should bring forth
fruits meet for repentance,"[6]...
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Matthew 3:8 Therefore G3767 bear G4160 (G5657) fruits G2590 worthy
G514 repentance G3341
forth -...
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“Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance, and think 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 to...
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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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FRUIT WORTHY OF REPENTANCE
(Καρπον αξιον της μετανοιας). John demands
proof from these men of the new life before he administers baptism to
them. "The fruit is not the change of heart, but the acts...
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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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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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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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DO THE THINGS THAT WILL SHOW. The change in life proves the change in
heart. No change means no repentance (James 2:18-23)....
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_Fruits meet for repentance._
REPENTANCE A FRUCTIFYING ENERGY. FRUITS FOR REPENTANCE
Hear a story, or a parable. In a delightful bit of country, early one
summer morning, I walked out to be refreshed...
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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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2 Corinthians 7:10; 2 Corinthians 7:11; 2 Peter 1:4; Acts 26:20;...
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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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Repentance is of two sorts; that which is termed legal, and that which
is styled evangelical repentance. The former (which is the same that
is spoken of here) is a thorough conviction of sin. The latt...