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Verse Luke 3:14. _THE SOLDIERS LIKEWISE DEMANDED OF HIM_] He,
_thirdly_, instructs those among the _military_. They were either
Roman soldiers, or the soldiers of Herod or Philip. Use no violence to...
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THE SOLDIERS LIKEWISE - It seems that “they,” also came to his
baptism. Whether these were Jews or Romans cannot be ascertained. It
is not improbable that, as Judea was a Roman province, they were Jew...
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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...
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JOHN THE BAPTIST. Mark 1:1 *, Matthew 3:1 *. also Mark 6:17 *, Matthew
14:3 *. Lk. now (to...
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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...
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THE COURIER OF THE KING (Luke 3:1-6)...
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THE SOLDIERS. some soldiers (no Art.) going on service. Not the Noun,
but the Participle. men under arms. Josephus _(Antiquities xviii 5_ §
_1,2)_ tells us that Herod Antipas (Luke 3:1) was engagedin....
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_the soldiers_ Rather, SOLDIERS ON THE MARCH. On what expedition these
soldiers were engaged it is impossible to say. They cannot have been
Roman soldiers, and were certainly not any detachment of the...
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Answer of the Baptist to the Multitude
10. _What shall we do then_?] Rather, WHAT THEN ARE WE TO DO? Compare
the question of the multitude to Peter on the day of Pentecost (Acts
2:37) and that of the...
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10, 12, 14. ΠΟΙΉΣΩΜΕΝ is better supported than
ποιήσομεν. Gr[70] La[71] Ti[72]
[70] Gr. Griesbach.
[71] La. Lachmann.
[72] Ti. Tischendorf.
14. ἘΠΗΡΏΤΩΝ ΔῈ ΑΥ̓ΤΌΝ, ‘asked him.’ The
imperfect tense h...
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ANSWER OF THE BAPTIST TO THE MULTITUDE...
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Ver 10. And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? 11.
He answered and said to them, He that has two coats, let him impart to
him that has none; and he that has meat, let him do likewise...
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DISCOURSE: 1482
PRACTICAL DUTIES ENFORCED
Luke 3:10. And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? He
answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart
to him that hath...
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AND THE SOLDIERS LIKEWISE— It was the custom of the Romans to
recruit their armies in the conquered provinces; wherefore, as the
Jews did not scruple to engage in a military life, many of them might
n...
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 2
The Baptizer's Message (Luke 3:7-14)
7 He said therefore to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by
him, You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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JOHN'S MINISTRY. BAPTISM AND GENEALOGY OF JESUS
1-14.. Preliminary Ministry of the Baptist (Matthew 3:1; Mark 1:1).
See on Mt....
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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....
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AND THE SOLDIERS LIKEWISE... — The Greek word has not the definite
article, and is a participle. Better, _and soldiers, as they were
marching._ The words probably point to the troops of Antipas on the...
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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...
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στρατευόμενοι, “soldiers on service”. R. V [40]
margin. So also Farrar. But Field disputes this rendering. “The
advice seems rather to point to soldiers at home, mixing among their
fellow-citizens, th...
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_Class counsels_, peculiar to Lk. Two samples of John's counsels to
classes are here given, prefaced by a counsel applicable to all
classes. The classes selected to illustrate the Baptist's social
pre...
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A PREACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
Luke 3:1-14
The evangelist sets an emperor, a governor, two high priests, and
three tetrarchs in a few lines, as of very subordinate interest,
compared with the one man,...
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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...
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And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we
do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse [any]
falsely; and be content with your (c) wages.
(c) Which was...
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The Baptist knew that such as engage in war, are not murderers, but
ministers of the law; not avengers of injuries, but defenders of the
public weal. Had he thought otherwise, he would have said: "cas...
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GENUINE FRUITS OF REPENTANCE
Luke 3:10-14. _“The multitudes continued to ask him, saying, What
then shall we do? Responding, he says to them: Let the one having two
coats. give to him having none; and...
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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...
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But what then, the people ask, are those fruits of repentance which
should accompany baptism? And, seized with the fear of judgment,
different classes of hearers approach John to obtain from him spe...
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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...
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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....
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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AND THE SOLDIERS LIKEWISE DEMANDED OF HIM,.... Or "asked him": why our
translators have rendered it, "demanded of him", I know not, unless
they thought that such language best suited persons of a mili...
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And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we
do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse _any_
falsely; and be content with your wages.
Ver. 14. _Do viole...
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_And the people asked him, What shall we do then?_ To avoid the
judgments of God. _He answereth, He that hath two coats_, &c. Be
careful, not only to observe the ceremonies of religion, but to attend...
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AND THE SOLDIERS LIKEWISE DEMANDED OF HIM, SAYING, AND WHAT SHALL WE
DO? AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, DO VIOLENCE TO NO MAN, NEITHER ACCUSE ANY
FALSELY; AND BE CONTENT WITH YOUR WAGES.
The preaching of John...
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Individual counsel to the people:...
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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...
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DO VIOLENCE TO NO MAN:
Or, put no man in fear
WAGES:
Or, allowance...
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1-14 The scope and design of John's ministry were, to bring the
people from their sins, and to their Saviour. He came preaching, not a
sect, or party, but a profession; the sign or ceremony was washi...
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A good and faithful minister of Christ should be one able to bring out
of his storehouse things new and old, to give every one their portion
in their season, and so courageous and faithful as not to b...
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Dubious Hippolytus Fragments
And before the judgment-seat of Christ shall stand those who once were
kings and rulers, chief priests and priests; and they shall give an
account of their administration...
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Luke 3:14 G1161 Likewise G2532 soldiers G4754 (G5734) asked G1905
(G5707) him G846 saying G3004 ...
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THE POWERFUL MINISTRY OF JOHN IS DESCRIBED (3:1-14).
Many years have passed and the ministry of John the Baptiser, whose
birth was described in chapter 1, begins. It is set very definitely in
its hist...
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‘And soldiers also asked him, saying, “And we, what must we do?”
And he said to them, “Extort from no man by violence, nor accuse any
one wrongfully, and be content with your wages.” '
We are probably...
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Luke 3:14. SOLDIERS. Some soldiers. The original refers to those in
actual service at the time. They may have had police duty to perform.
That they were foreign mercenaries employed by Herod is less l...
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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...
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SOLDIERS ALSO
(κα στρατευομενο). Men on service, _militantes_ rather
than _milites_ (Plummer). So Paul in 2 Timothy 2:4. An old word like
στρατιωτης, soldier. Some of these soldiers acted as police...
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Luke 3:10
I. St. John's three answers all go upon the principle of "doing our
duty in that state of life unto which it hath pleased God to call us;"
but they are the more striking as coming from a per...
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Luke 3:2
I. How shall we picture John the Baptist to ourselves? Great painters,
greater than the world seems likely to see again, have exercised their
fancy upon his face, his figure, and his actions....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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SOME SOLDIERS ALSO ASKED HIM. These were probably Jews or Gentiles
converted to Judaism who were part of the Roman army....
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_What shall we do then?_
COMMON SENSE APPLIED TO EVERYDAY DUTIES
I. JOHN DISCRIMINATES BETWEEN THE EASE-HARDENED, SELFISH, AND SCARCELY
REACHABLE PHARISEES AND HIGH-PLACED REPRESENTATIVES OF OFFICIA...
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_And the soldiers likewise_
THE LAWFULNESS OF ARMS
The common argument, founded on this for the lawfulness of the
military profession, seems unanswerable.
It is true that war is contrary to the mild...
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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 ...
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LUKE—NOTE ON LUKE 3:12 TAX COLLECTORS. See note on Matt. 5:46–47.
They collected tolls, tariffs, and customs, and were notoriously
dishonest and despised. SOLDIERS. John does not s
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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,...
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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...
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_And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we
do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any
falsely; and be content with your wages_. Soldiers who were s...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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1 Timothy 6:8; Acts 10:7; Exodus 20:16; Exodus 23:1; Hebrews 13:5;...
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Soldiers [σ τ ρ α τ ε υ ο μ ε ν ο ι]. Strictly, soldiers
on service : hence the participle, seving as soldiers, instead of the
more comprehensive term stratiwtai, soldiers by profession. Some
explain...
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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...
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Observe here, what. general resort there was of all sorts of persons
to John's ministry; Pharisees, Sadducees, publicans, soldiers; these
last here enquire of him what they should do to gain acceptanc...