Winnowing shovel. In Palestine, grain was threshed on an outdoor threshing floor, either by being pounded, or being walked-on by cows. Then the winnowing shovel was used to throw it up into the air for the wind to blow away the chaff, and the threshed grain would fall back to the ground. The wheat was put into the barn. The chaff was gathered and burned. The barn symbolizes the home of the saved. The fire is symbolic of hell.
Verse Matthew 3:12. _WHOSE FAN_ is _in his hand_] The Romans are here termed God's _fan_, as, in Matthew 3:10, they were called his _axe_, and, in Matthew 22:7, they are termed his _troops_ or _armie...
HIS FAN - The word used here and rendered “fan” means a winnowing shovel instead. It was used for throwing the grain, after it was threshed, into the air, so that the chaff might be driven away by the...
3. THE HERALD OF THE KING; THE ENTRANCE UPON HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY. __ 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...
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
FAN IS IN HIS HAND. Rather the winnowing shovel by which the wheat and chaff were tossed together into the air, so that the wind would blow the chaff away. GATHER HIS WHEAT INTO THE GARNER. Granary,...
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...
THE EMERGENCE OF JOHN THE BAPTIZER (Matthew 3:1-6)...
FAN. winnowing shovel. God _fans_ to get rid of the chaff; Satan _sifts_ to get rid of the wheat (Luke 22:31). THOROUGHLY. thoroughly. FLOOR. threshing-floor. GATHER. gather together. BURN UP. Gre...
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
_fan_ An instrument by which the corn after being threshed is thrown up against the wind to clear it of chaff. _floor_ Here put for the contents of the threshing-floor, the mingled grain and chaff....
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...
ΠΤΎΟΝ, also called λικμός or λίκνον, Lat. _vannus_, was the instrument by which the corn after being threshed was thrown up against the wind to clear it of chaff. Cp. _Il._ XIII. 588–90. ὡς δʼ ὃτʼ ἀπ...
VER 11. "I INDEED BAPTIZE YOU WITH WATER UNTO REPENTANCE: BUT HE THAT COMETH AFTER ME IS MIGHTIER THAN I, WHOSE SHOES I AM NOT WORTHY TO BEAR: HE SHALL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY GHOST, AND WITH FIRE:...
_JOHN PREACHED ONE MIGHTIER THAN HIMSELF MATTHEW 3:11-12:_ John was born about six months before Jesus, and began his ministry before Jesus did His. John wanted it clearly understood that though Jesus...
ΠΤΎΟΝ (G4425) напоминавшая вилы лопата для веяния, с помощью которой обмолоченное зерно подбрасывали на ветру (BAGD). Таким образом зерно и мякина разделялись в воздушном потоке в соответствии с их ве...
DISCOURSE: 1284 THE ISSUE OF THE FINAL JUDGMENT Matthew 3:12. _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 wit...
WHOSE FAN IS IN HIS HAND, &C.— This expression is taken from the prophetical writings. See Isaiah 41:16; Isaiah 41:29. Dr. Shaw observes, that in the eastern countries, after the grain is trodden out,...
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...
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. WHOSE [WINNOWING] FAN IS IN HIS HAND - r...
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...
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...
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...
WHOSE FAN IS IN HIS HAND. — The scene brought before us is that of the large hardened surface which was the “threshing-floor” of the East, the sheaves of corn thrown over it, the oxen treading on them...
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...
_John defines his relation to the Messiah_ (Mark 1:7-8; Luke 3:15-17). This prophetic word would come late in the day when the Baptist's fame was at its height, and men began to think it possible he m...
This ver. follows up Matthew 3:11, and explains the judicial action emblemed by wind and fire. οὗ τὸ πτύον ἐ. τ. χ. αὐτοῦ. The construction is variously understood. Grotius takes it as a Hebraism for...
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...
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...
(6) Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly (m) purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. (6) The triumphs of the wicked w...
Address yourselves then to Him, and prevent, by a prompt and sincere conversion, that dreadful judgment which the just and severe Judge, whom I now announce to you, will most undoubtedly pass upon sin...
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...
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...
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...
_CHRIST FIRST_ ‘He that cometh after me is mightier than I.’ Matthew 3:11 These are some of the most beautiful words in human history, and they gain an added beauty from the personal circumstances...
_UNQUENCHABLE FIRE_ ‘He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.’ Matthew 3:12 When the Lord Jesus Christ comes to purge His floor, He shall punish all who are not His disciples with a fearfu...
_FAN, FIRE AND FLOOR_ ‘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.’ Matthew 3:12 Her...
_MANIFESTED BY FIRE_ ‘He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.’ Matthew 3:11 There are three baptisms in the New Testament: the baptism of John unto repentance; the baptism of Chris...
12._Whose winnowing-fan is in his hand _In the former verse, John preached concerning the grace of Christ, that the Jews might yield themselves to him to be renewed: now he discourses of judgment, tha...
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...
WHOSE FAN IS IN HIS HAND,.... The Jews had their hand fans, and which were like a man's hand; their names were מגוב מעבר מורה; which, as Maimonides says n, were three sorts of instruments used in the...
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. Ver. 12. _Whose fan is in his hand_] Tho...
_Whose fan is in his hand_ That is, the doctrine of the gospel, which is of such a nature as effectually discovers what is the real disposition of the hearts of men, and perfectly distinguishes betwee...
WHEAT; the good. CHAFF; the bad. He will make an endless separation between the righteous and the wicked. Matthew 25:46. A knowledge of this should lead all to break off their sins by righteousness,...
This thought is carried out still further: WHOSE FAN IS IN HIS HAND, AND HE WILL THOROUGHLY PURGE HIS FLOOR, AND GATHER HIS WHEAT INTO THE GARNER; BUT HE WILL BURN UP THE CHAFF WITH UNQUENCHABLE FI...
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...
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...
Judea is at present God's floor, the only church he hath upon the earth; but there is chaff upon this floor, as well as wheat. Now he is come who will make a separation between the chaff and the wheat...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV and slaying the impious with the breath of His lips, and having a fan in His hands, and cleansing His floor, and gathering the wheat indeed into His barn, but burnin...
Matthew 3:12 His G3739 fan G4425 in G1722 His G846 hand G5495 and G2532 out G1245 (G5692) His...
“Whose winnowing fork (or ‘shovel') is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fi...
THE COMING ONE (3:11-17). John's large-scale ministry having been established in these few verses, Matthew now turns his attention to Jesus. We do not know how long John had been preaching before this...
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....
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...
WILL BURN UP WITH UNQUENCHABLE FIRE (κατακαυσε πυρ ασβεστω). Note perfective use of κατα. The threshing floor, the fan, the wheat, the garner, the chaff (αχυρον, chaff, straw, stubble), the fire fur...
Matthew 3:12 I. The disciples of John were to learn (1) that their hearts were under another tillage-cultivation than their own. They could not winnow the grain, they could not separate corn from chaf...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Whose fan._ CHRIST A SIFTER Humanity yields its twofold crop, its wheat and chaff, and keeps its terrible capacity of mixing chaff and wheat together, making them look alike. A SIFTER NEEDED Some...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 3:12 WINNOWING FORK (see Ruth 3:2) signifies the separation of those who repent and those who do not....
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...
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 _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...
_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...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 3:1 THE HERALD. His public appearance and proclamation (Matthew 3:1, Matthew 3:2), as foretold by Scripture ...
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...
Amos 9:9; Ezekiel 20:47; Ezekiel 20:48; Hosea 13:3; Isaiah 1:31;...
Fan, floor (Wyc. has corn - floor). The picture is of a farmer at his threshing - floor, the area of hard - beaten earth on which the sheaves are spread and the grain trodden out by animals. His fan,...
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...
Whose fan — That is, the word of the Gospel. His floor — That is, his Church, which is now covered with a mixture of wheat and chaff. He will gather the wheat into the garner — Will lay up those who a...
In these words the baptists compare Christ, the promised Messiah, to an husbandman, the Jewish church to. barnfloor. The office of the husbandman is to thresh, fan, and winnow his corn, separating it...