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MATTHEW 3:15 auvto,n (2)
Between verses Matthew 3:15 and Matthew 3:16 two Latin manuscripts
(ita vgms...
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Verse Matthew 3:15. _TO FULFIL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS._] That is, _Every_
_righteous ordinance_: so I think the words
πασανδικαιοσυνην should be translated; and so our
common version renders a similar wor...
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THUS IT BECOMETH US - It is suitable and proper. And though you may
feel yourself unworthy, yet it is proper it should be done.
ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS - There was no particular precept in the Old
Testament...
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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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SUFFER IT TO BE SO NOW.
The term "now" implies that the relation of Jesus to his work made it
proper that now he should be baptized. It is true that baptism was for
sinners; Jesus was sinless; the can...
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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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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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_righteousness_ Here = the requirements of the law....
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ἈΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ. ἀποκρίνομαι is the Attic word in
this sense. (ὑποκρίνοιντο, Thuc. VII. 4, is a possible
exception.) ὑποκρίνομαι Homeric and Ionic. Alexandrine
Greek here, contrary to the general rule, fol...
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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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VER 13. THEN COMETH JESUS FROM GALILEE TO JORDAN UNTO JOHN, TO BE
BAPTIZED OF HIM. 14. BUT JOHN FORBAD HIM, SAYING, "I HAVE NEED TO BE
BAPTIZED OF THEE, AND COMEST THOU TO ME?" 15. AND JESUS ANSWERING...
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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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ΆΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. от_
ΑΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать. О семитском
употреблении _part. см. Matthew 3:2.
ΕΊΠΕΝ aor. ind. act., см._ Matthew 3:7.
ΆΦΕΣ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΆΦΊΗΜΙ (G863)
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DISCOURSE: 1285
FULFILLING ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS
Matthew 3:15. _Thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness_.
TO consult, in difficult circumstances, the judgment of wise and good
men, is doubtless v...
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BUT JOHN FORBAD HIM, &C.— _But John excused himself._ See the note
on John 1:31. Doddridge and others have it, _Would have hindered_ or
_prevented him,_ saying, _I have need to be baptized of you, and...
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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 answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus
it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
AND JESUS ANSWERING SAID UNTO HIM, SUFFER IT TO BE SO NOW, [ Af...
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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...
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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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TO FULFIL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS] i.e. to fulfil, all the ordinances of the
old covenant among which our Lord reckoned John's baptism....
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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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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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SUFFER IT TO BE SO NOW. — The “now” is emphatic, at the present
time, in contrast with what was to follow. Hereafter, John should be
the receiver and not the giver, but as yet there was a fitness in e...
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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 reasoning with which Jesus replies to John's scruples is
characteristic. His answer is gentle, respectful, dignified, simple,
yet deep. Ἄφες ἄρτι deferential, half-yielding, yet strong
in its very...
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_John refuses_. It is instructive to compare the three synoptical
evangelists in their respective narratives of the baptism of Jesus.
Mark (Mark 1:9) simply states the fact. Matthew reports perplexiti...
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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 answering said unto him, Suffer [it to be so] now: for thus
it becometh us to fulfil (n) all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
(n) All such things as it has appointed for us to keep....
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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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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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And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it
becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
It should seem from the modesty of John in first declining this
of...
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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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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 ANSWERING, SAID UNTO HIM,.... This is an Hebrew way of
speaking, often used in the Old Testament, and answers to ויאמר
יען; see Job 3:1. He replied to John, who had made use of very
forbidd...
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And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer _it to be so_ now: for thus
it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Ver. 15. _Suffer it to be so now_] Or, let be now: for the Bapt...
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_Suffer it to be so now_ In this my state of humiliation: _For thus_
By this appearance in the form of a sinner, and stooping to thee, my
inferior; _it becomes us_ Me, and my disciples according to my...
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TO FULFIL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS; all the requirements of God. Since Christ
had taken upon himself the nature of sinful men, and put himself in
their stead, it was proper that he should submit himself to e...
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So Jesus overrules John's objection: AND JESUS, ANSWERING, SAID UNTO
HIM, SUFFER IT TO BE SO NOW; FOR THUS IT BECOMETH US TO FULFILL ALL
RIGHTEOUSNESS. THEN HE SUFFERED HIM.
Obedience and fulfillment...
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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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JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, SUFFER IT TO BE SO NOW. The question is not
whether thou or I be more excellent. It is thy duty to baptize, for my
Father hath sent thee to baptize. It is my pleasure and duty to...
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans
of God; that He was truly born of a virgin, was baptized by John, in
order that all righteousness might be fulfilled[5]
Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans
b...
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Matthew 3:15 But G1161 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5679) said G2036
(G5627) to G4314 him G846 Permit...
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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 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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‘But Jesus answering said to him, “Allow it now, for thus it
becomes us to fulfil all righteousness (or ‘do fully what is right'
or ‘advance the way of righteousness to the full').” Then he
allows him...
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TO FULFIL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS
(πληρωσα πασαν δικαιοσυνην). The explanation of
Jesus satisfies John and he baptizes the Messiah though he has no sins
to confess. It was proper (πρεπον) to do so else t...
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SUFFER IT TO BE SO
Why one who needed no repentance should insist upon receiving a rite
which signified confession (Matthew 3:6) and repentance (Matthew 3:11)
is nowhere directly explained. It may be...
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Matthew 3:15
I. We see from the text how faithfully Jesus observed the forms and
duties of religion. Nothing invests the ordinary means of grace with
such importance as to see our Lord, like one of ou...
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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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LET IT BE SO FOR NOW. "Now" implies that the "time" required that he
be baptized. True, baptism was for sinners; and Jesus was sinless
(Hebrews 4:15), yet he had humbly accepted the obligation of huma...
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_Then he suffered Him._
-When the pilot of a ship will not turn his sail to the winds, nor
observe how to let a turbulent wave pass by him, he splits his vessel;
therefore the conclusion of the point...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 3:15 FULFILL ALL RIGHTEOUSNESS. Jesus’
baptism begins his ministry and fulfills God’s saving activity
prophesied throughout the OT (see John 1:31). Although
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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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1 John 2:6; 1 Peter 2:21; Hebrews 7:26; Isaiah 42:21; John 13:15;...
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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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It becometh us to fulfil all righteousness — It becometh every
messenger of God to observe all his righteous ordinances. But the
particular meaning of our Lord seems to be, that it becometh us to do
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These words contain our Saviours's reason why he submitted to John's
baptism, because it became him to fulfil all righteousness; that is,
to own every divine institution, particularly the righteousnes...