Luke 3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 3:16

John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptized you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am unworthy to unloose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.Who are those to be baptized in the Holy Spirit? and in fire? The conviction here is that John spoke of the two classes of humanity to be "baptized" by Jesus, his followers to be guided by the indwelling of the Spirit, and the unbelievers to go away into eternal fire (Matthew... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 3:17

Whose fan is in his hand, thoroughly to cleanse his threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.Israel was the Lord's threshing-floor; the wheat to be gathered into the granary was the true spiritual seed who would accept Christ and be saved. The chaff represented the unbelievers who would reject and crucify the Lord. The unquenchable fire is a metaphor for the everlasting punishment which shall be meted out to the wicked.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 3:18

With many other exhortations therefore preached he good tidings unto the people; but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother' s wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done, added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.THE CONCLUSION OF JOHN'S MINISTRYThis concluded John's ministry, Luke not pausing to recount the story of John's death; but there is a suggestion in this account which reveals Herod's treatment of John as the worst of all his... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 3:21

Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.THE BAPTISM OF JESUSJesus being baptized, and praying ... Many have pondered the reasons why Jesus was baptized; and among reasons that might have entered into his submission to that rite are the following: (1) The... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Luke 3:23

And Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat ...THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS THROUGH MARYThirty years of age ... On the bearing this has with reference to dating the birth of Jesus, see under Luke 3:2.We shall not undertake any exhaustive "harmonization" of the two separate genealogies of Jesus in Matthew and here. It is now and has been this student's conviction for many years that Luke's... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 3

CHAP. III. The preaching and baptism of John: his testimony of Christ. Herod imprisoneth John. Christ baptized, receiveth testimony from heaven. The age and genealogy of Christ from Joseph upwards. Anno Domini 26. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 3:1

Luke 3:1. Now in the fifteenth year, &c.— Though the evangelist has told us in what year the Baptist made his first public appearance, he has not intimated in what period of his ministry Jesus came to be baptized; (see Luke 3:21.) wherefore, seeing the Baptist's fame had spread itself in every corner, and brought people to him from all quarters, it is probable that he had preached at least several months before our Lord arrived at Bethabara. If so, as it is natural to think that John came... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 3:2

Luke 3:2. Annas and Caiaphas being the high-priests— According to the institutions of the Jewish religion, there could be only one high-priest, properly so called, at a time; that minister being typical of the one Mediator between God and man. The most probable solution therefore of the difficulty in the text, is, that Annas was the high-priest, and Caiaphas his sagan, or deputy; to whom also the title of high-priest might, in an improper or secondary sense, be given. Aaron, the high-priest,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 3:3

Luke 3:3. And he came into all the country about Jordan— What St. Luke terms the country about Jordan, St. Matthew calls the hill-country of Judea: their accounts maybe illustrated from Josephus, who tells us, that the mountains above Jericho ran north as far as Scythopolis, and south to the territory of Sodom, at the bottom of the Asphalticlake: opposite to this there was another range of mountains on the other side of Jordan, beginning at Julias, where the river falls into the sea of Galilee;... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Luke 3:6

Luke 3:6. And all flesh shall see the salvation of God— The evangelist seems to have quoted these words from Isa 52:10 though they may very well agree with Isa 40:5 where the prophet says, all flesh shall see it together, that is to say, the glory of the Lord, amply revealed in the salvation of mankind. See Ch. Luke 2:30. St. Luke seems to have taken in this part of the prophesy, which is omitted by St. Matthew, in order to point out its accomplishment, by the admission of the Gentiles into the... read more

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