Tertullian On Baptism
He reposes: (He who) glided down on the Lord "in the shape of a dove,"[65]
Gospel of Nicodemus II The Descent of Christ into Hell
thus saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.[8]
LUKE 3:22 Su. ei= o` ui`o,j mou o` avgaphto,j( evn soi. euvdo,khsa {B} The Western reading, “This day I have begotten thee,” which was widely current during the first three centuries, appears to be s...
See the notes at Matthew 3:13. “Jesus being baptized;” or, Jesus “having been” baptized. This took place after the baptism, and not “during” its administration, Matthew 3:16. PRAYING - This circumstan...
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...
When all the people had been baptized and when Jesus too had been baptized, as he was praying, the heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit in bodily form like a dove came down upon him and there was a v...
THE COURIER OF THE KING (Luke 3:1-6)...
THE HOLY GHOST. the Spirit the Holy [Spirit]. See App-101. IN. BODILY SHAPE. Peculiar to Luke. UPON. Greek. _epi._ App-104. FROM. out of: Greek. _ek._ App-104. MY BELOVED SON. My Son, the beloved...
_in a bodily shape_ This addition is peculiar to St Luke, and is probably added to shew the distinctness and reality of what Theodoret calls the -spiritual vision" (πνευματικὴ θεωρία). _like a dove_ T...
The Baptism of Jesus. The Genealogy 21. _Now when all the people were baptized_ The expression (which is peculiar to St Luke) seems to imply that on this day Jesus was baptized _last_; and from the ab...
ΚΑΤΑΒΗ͂ΝΑΙ. This was seen by John the Baptist (John 1:34) and by Jesus (Mark 1:10), but not (apparently) by others. ΣΩΜΑΤΙΚΩ͂Ι ΕἼΔΕΙ. This addition is peculiar to St Luke, and is probably added to sh...
THE BAPTISM OF JESUS. THE GENEALOGY...
VER 1A. 21. NOW WHEN ALL THE PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED, IT CAME TO PASS, THAT JESUS ALSO BEING BAPTIZED, AND PRAYING, THE HEAVEN WAS OPENED, 22. AND THE HOLY GHOST DESCENDED IN A BODILY SHAPE LIKE A DOVE U...
ΚΑΤΑΒΉΝΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΚΑΤΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G2597) спускаться. _Temp. inf., см._ Luke 3:21. ΣΩΜΑΤΙΚΏ _dat. sing. от_ ΣΩΜΑΤΙΚΌΣ (G4984) телесный. Loc. _dat._ ΕΪΔΕΙ _dat. sing. от_ ΕΊΔΟΣ (G1491) форма, в...
DISCOURSE: 1484 THE DESCENT OF THE SPIRIT UPON CHRIST Luke 3:21. _Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened; and the H...
THOU ART MY BELOVED SON;— See on Matthew 3:17. The epithet _beloved_ given to the Son on this occasion, marks the greatness of the Father's affection for him, and distinguishes him from all others to...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 4 The Baptizer's Master (Luke 3:21-38) 21 Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, 22and the Ho...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _The Baptism of Jesus Scripture_ Luke 3:21-22 Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,...
Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 3:13....
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....
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....
(21-22) NOW WHEN ALL THE PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED. — See Notes on Matthew 3:13. St. Luke’s account is the shortest of the three first Gospels, but it adds here, as afterwards in his report of the Transfig...
IN A BODILY SHAPE. — The words are peculiar to St. Luke, and tend to confirm the traditional symbolism which finds in the dove the emblem of the Holy Spirit. They, at least, fall in naturally with thi...
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...
_The baptism of Jesus_ (Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11). ἐν τῷ βαπτισθῆναι : the aorist ought to imply that the bulk of the people had already been baptised before Jesus appeared on the scene, _i.e._, t...
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...
The reason why the Holy Ghost shewed himself in the shape of a dove, was because he could not be seen in the substance of his divinity. But why a dove? To express that simplicity acquired in the sacra...
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...
THE BAPTISM OF JESUS Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-23. _“Then Jesus comes from Galilee unto Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.”_ Our Lord was six months younger than John, and hence He a...
SECOND NARRATIVE: THE BAPTISM OF JESUS, LUKE 3:21-22. The relation between John and Jesus, as described by St. Luke, resembles that of two stars following each other at a short distance, and both pass...
(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...
_THE FIRST CALVARY_ ‘How when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a...
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 THE HOLY GHOST DESCENDED IN A BODILY SHAPE,.... In a corporeal form, in a visible manner, and was seen with bodily eyes, at least by John the administrator; to whom this was a signal of his being...
And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. Ver. 22. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 3:16 _...
_When all the people were baptized_ If we reflect on the number of the people who followed John, and were baptized by him, and the regard they expressed for him before and after his death, and yet tha...
John's imprisonment-Christ baptized. Matthew 14:1-13; Matthew 3:13-17...
THE BAPTISM AND GENEALOGY OF CHRIST. Luke 3:21 The baptism of Jesus:...
AND THE HOLY GHOST DESCENDED IN A BODILY SHAPE LIKE A DOVE UPON HIM, AND A VOICE CAME FROM HEAVEN, WHICH SAID, THOU ART MY BELOVED SON; IN THEE I AM WELL PLEASED. When all the people were being baptiz...
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...
21,22 Christ did not confess sin, as others did, for he had none to confess; but he prayed, as others did, and kept up communion with his Father. Observe, all the three voices from heaven, by which t...
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Luke 3:22 And G2532 Holy G40 Spirit G4151 descended G2597 (G5629) bodily G4984 form G1491 like G5616 dove...
THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES ON JESUS AS THE ONE WHO IS THE SON OF DAVID, THE SON OF ADAM, AND THE SON OF GOD (3:21-38). With this incident Luke turns his concentration to Jesus and His ministry. While what...
THE BAPTISM OF JESUS (3:21-22). Apart from here there is nothing in any of the Gospels which explains why Jesus began His work when He did. There must have been something that prompted Him to leave th...
Luke 3:22. IN A BODILY FORM. This must be taken literally, especially in an exact historical account like that before us. See Matthew 3:16....
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...
DESCENDED (καταβηνα). Same construction as the preceding infinitive.THE HOLY GHOST (το πνευμα το αγιον). The Holy Spirit. Mark 1:10 has merely the Spirit (το πνευμα) while Matthew 3:16 has the Sp...
THOU ART Literally, This is my Son, the beloved, in whom I delighted. Compare (John 1:1); (John 1:2); (John 8:29); (Matthew 17:5)....
Luke 3:21 Christ's Baptism, a Token of Pentecost. Without all question, there is a deep and mysterious connection between the baptism of our Saviour and the coming of the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles...
Luke 3:22 The descent of the Holy Ghost in the form of a dove was an emblem of the new dispensation which the Saviour came to announce; and instead of the fiery law, delivered in the midst of blackne...
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...
JESUS ALSO WAS BAPTIZED. See notes on Matthew 3:13-17. Luke alone points out that Jesus was praying when heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit came down like a dove. Luke shows Jesus praying at each c...
LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 3:22 THE HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDED ON HIM. The Holy Spirit prepares Jesus for his ministry (see Luke 4:1,...
JESUS ' BAPTISM MATTHEW 3:13-17; MARK 1:9-11; LUKE 3:21-22; MATTHEW 3:13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptize
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...
_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...
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 Peter 2:4; 2 Peter 1:17; 2 Peter 1:18; Colossians 1:13; Isaiah 42:1;
The Holy Ghost. Better, Spirit. Matthew has the Spirit of God : Mark, the Spirit. In a bodily shape. Peculiar to Luke. Thou art my beloved son. Lit., Thou art my son, the beloved. So Mark. But Matth...
Observe here, the solemn investing of Christ into his office, as Mediator, is attended with. threefold miracle; namely, the opening of the heavens, the descending of the Holy Ghost, and God the Father...