Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Luke 3:20
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See the notes at Matthew 14:1. “Added this above all.” To all his former crimes he added this; not implying that this was the “worst” of his acts, but that this was “one” of his deeds, of like charact...
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)...
So then, urging the people with many other pleas, John preached the gospel to them. But, when Herod the tetrarch was rebuked by him concerning the matter of Herodias, his brother's wife, and concernin...
ADDED. Greek. _prostithemi._. medical word in the sense of apply or administer, used by Luke thirteen times; in the rest of the N.T. five times. YET THIS. this also. ABOVE. to. Greek. _epi._ App-104...
_added yet this above all_ The Jews as well as St Luke regarded the treatment of the Baptist by Antipas as the worst of his crimes, and the cause of his subsequent defeat and disgrace (Jos. _Antt._xvi...
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...
ΠΡΟΣΈΘΗΚΕΝ ΚΑῚ ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ ἘΠῚ ΠΑ͂ΣΙΝ. ‘_Added this also to all his crimes_.’ The Jews as well as St Luke regarded the treatment of the Baptist by Antipas as the worst of his crimes, and the cause of his s...
THE MESSIANIC ANNOUNCEMENT. IMPRISONMENT OF JOHN...
VER 18. AND MANY OTHER THINGS IN HIS EXHORTATION PREACHED HE TO THE PEOPLE. 19. BUT HEROD THE TETRARCH, BEING REPROVED BY HIM FOR HERODIAS HIS BROTHER PHILIP'S WIFE, AND FOR ALL THE EVILS WHICH HEROD...
ΠΡΟΣΈΘΗΚΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G4369) добавлять. "Он добавил также ко всему прочему то, что бросил Иоанна в тюрьму" (Plummer). ΚΑΤΈΚΛΕΙΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΚΛΕΊΩ (G2623) запирать;...
DISCOURSE: 1483 THE IMPRISONMENT OF JOHN Luke 3:19. _Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, added yet this abov...
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 MINISTRY. BAPTISM AND GENEALOGY OF JESUS 1-14.. Preliminary Ministry of the Baptist (Matthew 3:1; Mark 1:1). See on Mt....
JOHN IS IMPRISONED BY HEROD (Matthew 14:3; Mark 6:17). See on Mt. 21, 22. BAPTISM OF JESUS (Matthew 3:13; Mark 1:9). 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....
(19-20) BUT HEROD THE TETRARCH. — See Notes on Matthew 14:3. St. Luke’s anticipation of the close of the Baptist’s history supplies a curious instance of an arrangement which was obviously deliberate....
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...
ἐπὶ πᾶσι, added this also _to all_ his misdeeds, and above all the crowning iniquity, and yet Lk. forbears to mention the damning sin of Herod, the beheading of the Baptist, contenting himself with no...
_Close of the Baptist's ministry and life_. Lk. gives here all he means to say about John, condensing into a single sentence the full narratives of Mt. and Mk. as to his end....
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...
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...
ARREST & IMPRISONMENT OF JOHN THE BAPTIST Matthew 14:3-5; Mark 6:17-20; Luke 3:19-21. Mark: “For Herod himself, having sent, arrested John, and bound him in prison, on account of Herodias, the wife of...
4. VERS. 18-20. We find here one of those general surveys such as we have in Luke 1:66; Luke 1:80; Luke 2:40; Luke 2:52. For the third time the lot of the forerunner becomes
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) 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 SHARP CONTRAST_ ‘Herod the tetrarch … John in prison.’ Luke 3:19 There could hardly be a sharper contrast than that presented in the careers of Herod Antipas and John the Baptist. I. HEROD A LO...
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...
ADDED YET THIS ABOVE ALL,.... This sin to all other sins, and which was of a more flagitious nature; and attended with more aggravating circumstances, especially in the issue of it: THAT HE SHUT UP J...
Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. Ver. 20. _Added yet this_] There is no stint in sin; but as one wedge makes way for another, so here. As after Jonathan and his armourbearer,...
_And many other things preached he unto the people_ In this manner did John inculcate the doctrine of repentance, and declare his Master's greatness. But his sermons were not confined to these matters...
John's imprisonment-Christ baptized. Matthew 14:1-13; Matthew 3:13-17...
John's testimony concerning Christ:...
ADDED YET THIS ABOVE ALL, THAT HE SHUT UP JOHN IN PRISON. The fearless testimony of John made a powerful impression upon the people as a whole. The popular expectation and conjecture was that he might...
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...
Luke 3:20 also G2532 added G4369 (G5656) this G5124 above G1909 all G3956 that G2532 shut G2623 John...
JOHN IS REJECTED BY HEROD (3:19-20). ‘But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother's wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done, added this also to them all, tha...
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...
ADDED (προσεθηκεν). First aorist active indicative (kappa aorist). Common verb (προστιθημ) in all Greek. In N.T. chiefly in Luke and Acts. Hippocrates used it of applying wet sponges to the head an...
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...
BUT JOHN SPOKE AGAINST GOVERNOR HEROD. See notes on Matthew 14:1-12....
_He shut up John in prison_ HEROD ANTIPAS The view here given of the character, conduct, and history of Herod Antipas is full of matter for awful reflection and serious admonition. 1. The mysterious...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 3:18 John is different from the OT prophets because he is the first preacher of the GOOD NEWS of the kingdom of God (see Luke 16:16)....
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 Thessalonians 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; 2 Chronicles 24:17; 2 Chronicles 36:16;...
He shut up John — This circumstance, though it happened after, is here mentioned before our Lord's baptism, that his history (that of John being concluded) may then follow without any interruption....