Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Matthew 3:16
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) To John.
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) To John.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
THE EMERGENCE OF JOHN THE BAPTIZER (Matthew 3:1-6)...
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-...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
ΒΑΠΤΙΣΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part. (temp.)._ ΆΝΈΒΗ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΑΝΑΒΑΊΝΩ (G305) подниматься. ΉΝΕΩΧΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΆΝΟΊΓΩ (G455) открывать, ΕΊΔΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
_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...
_Jesus appears, His baptism and its accompaniments_ (Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22)....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
_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...
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...
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:...
The occasion must needs be marked by preternatural accompaniments:...
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...
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...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 3:17"....
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...
Matthew 3:16 When G2532 baptized G907 (G5685) Jesus G2424 up G305 (G5627) immediately G2117 from G575 water...
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....
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...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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 3:16 The SPIRIT OF GOD anoints Jesus as Israel’s King and Messiah and commissions him as God’s righteous “servant” (see Isaiah 42:1)....
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
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 3:13. 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...
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...
Acts 7:56; Colossians 1:18; Colossians 1:19; Ezekiel 1:1; Isaiah 11:2;
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...
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...
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...
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...