_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.U.C. 782, when
Jesus would be thirty-two years of age, having been born before the
death of Herod t... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 done by every true messenger of God to men.
Some receive the Divine word gladly, others harden their... [ Continue Reading ]
_CRITICAL NOTES_
Luke 3:21.—This verse seems to imply that the baptism of Jesus was
in a measure private—that He was the last to receive the rite on the
particular day when He came to John. The reason why He submitted to
the rite is given by Himself in Matthew 3:15, viz. that He judged it
fitting f... [ Continue Reading ]