To bear. Compare to unloose, Mark 1:7. John puts himself in the position of the meanest of servants. To bear the sandals of their masters, that is, to bring and take them away, as well as to fasten or to take them off, was, among the Jews, Greeks, and Romans, the business of slaves of the lowest rank.
Verse Matthew 3:11. _BUT HE THAT COMETH AFTER ME_] Or, _I coming after me_, who is now on his way, and will shortly make his appearance. Jesus Christ began his ministry when he was thirty years of ag...
WHOSE SHOES I AM NOT WORTHY TO BEAR - The word translated here as “shoes” has a signification different from what it has in our language. At first, in order to keep the feet from the sharp stones or t...
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
INDEED BAPTIZE YOU WITH WATER UNTO REPENTANCE. His baptism was only. water baptism. He could go no farther. The King could send the Holy Spirit, and give another and. mightier baptism, in addition to...
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)...
WITH. Greek. _en._ The literal rendering of the Hebrew (_Beth =_ B). Matthew 7:6; Matthew 9:34. Rom 15:6. 1 Corinthians 4:21, &c. SHOES. sandals. WORTHY. fit or equal. Not the same word
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
_unto repentance_ i. e. to be a symbol of the changed life. _whose shoes I am not worthy to bear_ The work of the meanest slaves. John, great prophet as he was, with influence sufficient to make even...
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...
ἘΝ ὝΔΑΤΙ. Either (1) ‘in water,’ the surrounding element is water; or better (2) ‘with water,’ ἐν being used of the instrument as frequently in Hellenistic Greek. Cp. ἐν μαχαιρᾷ�, ch. Matthew 26:52. ἐ...
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...
ΈΝ (G1722) instr. (BD, 104). ΎΔΑΤΙ _dat. от_ ΎΔΩΡ (G5204) вода, ΕΊΣ (G1520) с _асс._ ввиду. Также возможно, "по причине" (DM, 104). Крещение предполагает и выражает покаяние (DA). ΟΠΊΣΩ (G3694) с _...
DISCOURSE: 1283 THE BAPTISM OF THE SPIRIT Matthew 3:11. _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...
I INDEED BAPTIZE YOU— This is the answer which John made to the question put to him, John 1:19 in which he shews what difference there was between him and the Messiah. "_I indeed,_ says he, _baptize y...
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...
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: I INDE...
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...
3:11 sandals (b-20) The luxurious 'shoe' is not meant here. with (c-31) _ En_ , 'in the power of,' be it external or simply the nature and character of, but always including the latter. see Luke 2:27...
WHOSE SHOES, etc.] the office of the meanest slave. 'A slave unlooses his master's shoe, and carries it after him; does what he needs for the bath, undresses, washes, anoints, rubs, redresses him, and...
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...
WITH WATER UNTO REPENTANCE. — The “I” is emphasized, as also the baptism with water, as contrasted with that which was to follow. The result of John’s baptism, even for those who received it faithfull...
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...
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...
(5) I indeed baptize you with water unto (l) 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 Spirit, and [with] fire...
My baptism is only calculated to lead you to a penitential life, and not to give you true justice; but he who comes after me, is stronger than I, and whose shoes I am not worthy to carry: (it was cust...
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...
_CLEANSING AND BURNING_ ‘I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: … He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.’ Matthew 3:11 It is not too much to say that many people think a...
_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...
_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...
The three Evangelists relate the Baptist’s discourse in the same words. In one respect, Luke’s account is more full: for he opens it by explaining the occasion on which this discourse was delivered. I...
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...
I INDEED BAPTIZE YOU WITH WATER,.... These words, at first view, look as if they were a continuation of John's discourse with the Pharisees and Sadducees, and as though he had baptized them; whereas b...
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: Ver. 1...
_I indeed baptize you with water_ I call you to repentance: and admit the penitent to the baptism of water, as a sign and token of their being washed from their past sins, and of their engaging to wal...
HE; Jesus Christ. NOT WORTHY; though among all who were born of women none were greater in condition and honor than John. Matthew 11:11, yet so much greater was Jesus Christ, even in his deepest humi...
John's sermon would have been incomplete without a reference to Him whose way he was sent to prepare: I INDEED BAPTIZE YOU WITH WATER UNTO REPENTANCE, BUT HE THAT COMETH AFTER ME IS MIGHTIER THAN I...
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...
I am not the Christ, MARK 1:8 LUKE 3:15,16 JOH 1:15,26, I am but the messenger and forerunner of Christ, sent before him to baptize men with the baptism of water, in testimony of their repentance; but...
Dialogue of Justin He cried, as he sat by the river Jordan: `I baptize you with water to repentance; but He that is stronger than I shall come, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: He shall baptize y...
Matthew 3:11 I G1473 indeed G3303 baptize G907 (G5719) you G5209 with G1722 water G5204 unto G1519 repentance...
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....
“I indeed baptise you in water to repentance, but he who comes after (or ‘behind') me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He will baptise you in the Holy Spirit and fire,” John ha...
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...
MIGHTIER THAN I (ισχυροτερος μου). Ablative after the comparative adjective. His baptism is water baptism, but the Coming One "will baptize in the Holy Spirit and fire." "Life in the coming age is i...
Matthew 3:11 I. The Holy Spirit is fire. Fire all over the world has been taken to represent the Divine energy. Even in heathendom, side by side with the worship of light, was the worship of fire. Tho...
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._ There is no entering the kingdom of heaven with...
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...
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...
I BAPTIZE YOU WITH WATER. His baptism was with water only. Christian baptism (the baptism that makes Christians) is with both water and spirit (John 3:5; Acts 19:1-7). THE ONE WHO WILL COME. The King...
_And with fire._ THE FIERY BAPTISM I. The Holy Ghost is fire. Baptism with the Holy Ghost is not one thing and baptism with fire another, but the former is the reality of which the latter is the sym...
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...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 3:11 BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FIRE. John’s water baptism will be replaced by the baptism associated with the Messiah, HE WHO IS COMING (see note on 1 Cor
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...
1 Corinthians 12:13; 1 Peter 5:5; Acts 1:5; Acts 11:15; Acts 11:16;...
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...
He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire — He shall fill you with the Holy Ghost, inflaming your hearts with that fire of love, which many waters cannot quench. And this was done, even w...
In these words John declares the excellency of Christ's person and ministry above his own. As to his person, he owns that he was not worthy to carry his shoes after him, or to perform the lowest offi...