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Luke 3:15
And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John whether he were the Christ or not,
And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John whether he were the Christ or not,
Verse Luke 3:15. _WHETHER HE WERE THE CHRIST_] So general was the reformation which was produced by the Baptist's preaching that the people were ready to consider _him_ as the promised Messiah. Thus...
IN EXPECTATION - Expecting the Messiah. Margin, “suspense.” That is, they were not certain whether John was not himself the Messiah. They confidently “expected” his appearing, and there minds were in...
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...
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...
THE COURIER OF THE KING (Luke 3:1-6)...
IN EXPECTATION. See notes on Luke 2:25; Luke 2:38; Luke 24:21.Mark 15:43. MUSED. reasoned. OF. concerning. Greek. _peri._ App-104....
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...
ΠΡΟΣΔΟΚΩ͂ΝΤΟΣ. The Messianic expectations of the day had reached the Gentiles, many of whom even at Rome and in high society were proselytes, or half proselytes, to Judaism. ΔΙΑΛΟΓΙΖΟΜΈΝΩΝ. ‘While th...
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...
ΠΡΟΣΔΟΚΏΝΤΟΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΡΟΣΔΟΚΆΩ (G4328) ждать, возлагая какие-л. надежды. _Gen. abs._ Temp. _part._ выражает одновременность, ΔΙΑΛΟΓΙΖΟΜΈΝΩΝ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΔΙΑΛΟΓΊΖΟΜΑΙ ...
AND AS THE PEOPLE WERE IN EXPECTATION,— John had now acquired an extraordinary reputation by the austerity of his life, the subject of his sermons, the fervencyofhisexhortations,and the freedom, impar...
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...
JOHN'S WITNESS TO JESUS (Matthew 3:11; Mark 1:7). See on Mt....
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....
ALL MEN MUSED IN THEIR HEARTS... — The surmise which St. Luke thus records is not given by St. Matthew or St. Mark, but it agrees with what we find in St. John (John 1:19), and explains the reference...
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...
προσδοκῶντος : in Mt. and Mk. John introduces the subject of the Messiah of his own accord: in Lk. in answer to popular expectation and conjecture; an intrinsically probable account, _vide_ on Mt. μήπ...
_Art thou the Christ?_ (Matthew 3:11-12; Mark 1:7-8)....
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...
(2) And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; (2) If we would rightly and fruitfully receive the sacraments, we must neithe...
Many reasons might have induced the people to think that John was the Christ: 1. The wonders that took place at his birth and conception, his mother being very old, and without any prospect of offspri...
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...
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...
“ _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...
(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...
AND AS THE PEOPLE WERE IN EXPECTATION, OF THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH; Daniel's seventy weeks being now accomplished, the sceptre being departed from Judah, and the Romans having the government in their...
And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; Ver. 15. _Whether he were the Christ_] Yet John did no miracle, but he was a burn...
_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...
IN EXPECTATION; of the coming of the Messiah....
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...
IN EXPECTATION: Or, in suspense MUSED: Or, reasoned or debated...
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...
It being known to many what the angel had told Zacharias concerning John thirty years since, and what had miraculously happened at his circumcision, as also what Zacharias his father had prophesied co...
Origen Commentary on John Book VI at every soul that will not hear that prophet shall be cut off from among His people," There was, therefore, an expectation of one particular prophet having a resembl...
Luke 3:15 Now G1161 people G2992 expectation G4328 (G5723) and G2532 all G3956 reasoned G1260 (G5740) in...
ONE IS COMING WHO WILL SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT SO AS TO PRODUCE GOOD GRAIN FOR THE HARVEST AND TO CLEANSE HIS THRESHING FLOOR (3:15-18). ‘And the people also were in expectation, and all men reasoned in...
Luke 3:15. WERE IN EXPECTATION, _i.e._, waiting for a declaration of John respecting himself. Comp. the demand, John 1:19-22. ALL REASONED. The question was considered by all. WHETHER HAPLY HE WERE...
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...
WERE IN EXPECTATION (προσδοκωντος). Genitive absolute of this striking verb already seen in Luke 1:21.REASONED (διαλογιζομενων). Genitive absolute again. John's preaching about the Messiah and th...
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...
_Whether he were the Christ or not_ THE BAPTIST’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS CHRIST Observe here-- 1. How the extraordinariness of the Baptist’s person, the earnestness of his preaching, the acceptableness...
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 ...
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,...
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...
_And as the people were in expectation_ (in the Greek _πζοσδοκου̃ντες_, suspecting, expecting, as Vatablus renders it when the people were hoping, or were in suspense with hope, desire, and expectatio...
_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...
John 1:19; John 10:24; John 3:28; John 3:29...
Mused [δ ι α λ ο γ ι ζ ο μ ε ν ω ν]. Better as Rev., reasoned. Compare chapter Luke 1:29; and see on James 2:4....
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...
Observe here, 1. How the extraordinariness of John the Baptist's person, the earnestness of his preaching, the acceptableness of his doctrine, and the exemplariness of his conversation, drew all perso...