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MATTHEW 3:16 @auvtw|/# {C}
The joining of a* B, the Old Syriac, and Irenaeuslat in support of the
shorter reading makes a very strong combination, which might well be
regarded as the original text. O...
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Verse Matthew 3:16. _THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED UNTO HIM_] That is, to
John the Baptist - _and he_, John, _saw the Spirit of God - lighting
upon him_, i.e. Jesus. There has been some controversy about t...
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OUT OF THE WATER - This shows that he had descended to the river. It
literally means, “he went up directly from the water.” The
original does not imply that they had descended into the river, and it
c...
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3. THE HERALD OF THE KING; THE ENTRANCE UPON HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY.
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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...
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THE BAPTISM OF JESUS (Mark 1:9 *, Luke 3:21 f.).
Matthew 3:14 f. (Mt. only) meets the objection to the acceptance by a
sinless Jesus of a baptism connected with repentance (p. 661). Jesus
maintains (s...
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III. JESUS. NOINTED.
16. AND JESUS, WHEN HE WAS BAPTIZED.
The baptism took place in the river Jordan, and was doubtless by
immersion. Dr. Whitby, of the Church of England, on this passage says:
"The...
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Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be baptized by
him. But John tried to prevent him. "It is I, he said, "who need to be
baptized by you, and are you coming to me?" Jesus answered h...
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THE EMERGENCE OF JOHN THE BAPTIZER (Matthew 3:1-6)...
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OUT OF. away from. Greek. _apo._ App-104.
FROM. Greek. _apo._
LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6), for emphasis.
HE SAW: i.e. the Lord saw.
THE SPIRIT OF GOD. Note the Articles, and see App-...
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Jesus comes to be baptized of John. Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22; John
1:32-34
St Luke adds two particulars: that the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus
(1) "in a bodily shape," and (2) "while He was prayin...
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_the heavens_ A literal translation of the Hebrew word, which is a
plural form.
_he_[_Jesus saw_ We should infer from the text that the vision was to
Jesus alone, but the Baptist also was a witness as...
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JESUS COMES TO BE BAPTIZED OF JOHN
Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22; John 1:32-34.
St Luke adds two particulars: that the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus
(1) “in a bodily shape,” and (2) “while He was prayin...
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ΟἹ ΟΥ̓ΡΑΝΟΊ. A literal translation of the Hebrew word,
which is a plural form.
ΚΑῚ ΕἾΔΕΝ. We should infer from the text that the vision was
to Jesus alone, but the Baptist also was a witness as we le...
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VER 16. AND JESUS, WHEN HE WAS BAPTIZED, WENT UP STRAIGHTWAY OUT OF
THE WATER: AND, LO, THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED UNTO HIM, AND HE SAW THE
SPIRIT OF GOD DESCENDING LIKE A DOVE, AND LIGHTING UPON HIM.
Am...
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_JOHN BAPTIZED JESUS TO FULFILL RIGHTEOUSNESS MATTHEW 3:13-17:_ Years
ago a lady told me that since Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist
that made Jesus a Baptist. If my hair was cut by John the bar...
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THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED UNTO HIM— That is to say, to John; to whose
view, as well as to that of the Saviour, this wonderful vision was
presented. St. Mark has so expressed it, as plainly to refer the...
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SECTION 6. JESUS IS BAPTIZED BY JOHN
(Parallels: Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22; cf. John 1:29-34)
TEXT: 3:13-17
13. Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be
baptized of him.
14. But...
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And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the
water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the
Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
AND JES...
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16-17 Compare Joh_1:32-34.
16 As God's Spirit has no material form it is figured to us in various
ways, which suggest its force and significance. It is usually
presented as a blast of air, for this is...
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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...
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BAPTISM OF JESUS (Mark 1:9; Luke 3:21; John 1:32). The Baptism of
Jesus has more than one aspect and significance. To John it was with
its miraculous accompaniments a sign that Jesus was the promised...
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17. One of the leading Trinitarian passages in the NT. The voice of
the Father is heard proclaiming the essential divinity of the Son, and
upon the Son, as He rises from the baptismal waters, the Holy...
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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...
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THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED. — The narrative implies (1) that our Lord
and the Baptist were either alone, or that they alone saw what is
recorded. “The heavens were opened to _him”_ as they were to
Stephe...
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CHAPTER 4
His Baptism - Matthew 3:13.
"THE baptism of John, was it from Heaven or of men?" This question
must have been asked throughout the length and breadth of the land in
the days of his mission....
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_The preternatural accompaniments_. These have been variously viewed
as meant for the people, for the Baptist, and for Jesus. In my
judgment they concern Jesus principally and in the first place, and...
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_Jesus appears, His baptism and its accompaniments_ (Mark 1:9-11; Luke
3:21-22)....
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BAPTIZED WITH THE SPIRIT
Matthew 3:13-17
While John was denouncing the sins of others, he was very conscious of
his own. He melted in holy humility before the one nature in which his
keen eye detect...
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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...
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And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water:
and, lo, the heavens were opened unto (o) him, and he saw the Spirit
of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
(o) T...
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He... went up, &c. Christ was in the river when he was baptized. As
soon as he went out, and was praying, says St. Luke, (iii. 21,) the
heavens were opened to him, or in favour of him; and he saw the...
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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...
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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...
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And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I
am well pleased.
Here is everything that is solemn, sublime, and glorious to be
contemplated in this transaction: but of the scene...
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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...
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_THE VOICE OF THE SPIRIT_
‘And Jesus, when He was baptized, went up straightway out of the
water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto Him, and He saw the
Spirit of God descending like a dove, and l...
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16._And, lo, the heavens were opened to him. The opening of the
heavens _sometimes means a manifestation of heavenly glory; but here
it means also a _cleft, or opening, _of the visible heaven, so that...
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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...
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AND JESUS, WHEN HE WAS BAPTIZED,.... Christ, when he was baptized by
John in the river Jordan, the place where he was baptizing,
WENT UP STRAIGHTWAY OUT OF THE WATER. One would be at a loss at first...
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And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water:
and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of
God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
Ver. 16....
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_And Jesus, when he was baptized_, &c. Hereby he was, 1st, installed
into his ministerial office, as the priests were by washing, Exodus
29:4; Leviticus 8:6; Leviticus 2 d, engaged solemnly in the sam...
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LIGHTING UPON HIM; in token of his being endowed with the Holy Spirit
for his work. Compare John 3:34. vs Matthew 3:16-17. At the opening of
the Saviour's ministry we have a manifestation of the Trini...
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The occasion must needs be marked by preternatural accompaniments:...
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AND JESUS, WHEN HE WAS BAPTIZED, WENT UP STRAIGHTWAY OUT OF THE WATER;
AND, LO, THE HEAVENS WERE OPENED UNTO HIM, AND HE SAW THE SPIRIT OF
GOD DESCENDING LIKE A DOVE AND LIGHTING UPON HIM:...
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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...
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13-17 Christ's gracious condescensions are so surprising, that even
the strongest believers at first can hardly believe them; so deep and
mysterious, that even those who know his mind well, are apt t...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 3:17"....
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
And then, [speaking of His] baptism, Matthew says, "The heavens were
opened, and He saw the Spirit of God, as a dove, coming upon Him: and
lo a voice from heaven, s...
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Matthew 3:16 When G2532 baptized G907 (G5685) Jesus G2424 up G305
(G5627) immediately G2117 from G575 water...
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‘And Jesus when he was baptised, went up immediately from the water,
and lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God
descending as a dove, and coming on him,'
Having been baptised...
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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...
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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....
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THE SPIRIT OF GOD DESCENDING AS A DOVE
(πνευμα θεου καταβαινον ωσε
περιστεραν). It is not certain whether Matthew means that
the Spirit of God took the form of a dove or came upon Jesus as a dove
c...
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JESUS
For the first time the Trinity, foreshadowed in many ways in the Old
Testament, is fully manifested. The Spirit descends upon the Son, and
at the same moment the Father's voice is heard from he...
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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...
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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...
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Matthew 3:13. _Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to
be baptized of him. But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be
baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?_
Who among us would n...
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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...
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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...
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HE WAS BAPTIZED. The baptism took place in the river Jordan, and was
certainly by immersion. Dr. Whitby of the Church of England said: "The
observation of (conclusion reached by) the Greek Church is t...
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_Heavens were opened unto Him._
THIS GREAT SIGHT
1. Great in the Object.
2. Great in the Person.
3. Great in the Mysteries.
TRINITY SUNDAY
I. The three persons in the holy trinity.
1. Jesus of...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 3:16 The SPIRIT OF GOD anoints Jesus as
Israel’s King and Messiah and commissions him as God’s righteous
“servant” (see Isaiah 42:1)....
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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...
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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
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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...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 3:13. JESUS … BAPTISED.—He received the rite as ratifying
the mission of the great forerunner, and He also received it as the
beautiful symbol of moral purification, and the...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 3:1
THE HERALD. His public appearance and proclamation (Matthew 3:1,
Matthew 3:2), as foretold by Scripture ...
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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...
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Acts 7:56; Colossians 1:18; Colossians 1:19; Ezekiel 1:1; Isaiah 11:2;
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As a dove [ω σ ε ι π ε ρ ι σ τ ε ρ α ν]. In the form of
a dove, and not, as some interpret, referring merely to the manner of
the descent - swiftly and gently as a dove (compare Luke 3:22 " In a
bodil...
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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...
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And Jesus being baptized — Let our Lord's submitting to baptism
teach us a holy exactness in the observance of those institutions
which owe their obligation merely to a Divine command. Surely thus it...
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Here we have the solemn inauguration of Christ into his prophetic
office, accompanied with. threefold miracle.
1. The opening of the heavens.
2. The descent of the Holy Ghost upon him, like as. dove...