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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:3

The voice of one crying in the wilderness - Or, A voice of a crier in the wilderness. This is quoted from Isaiah 40:3 , which clearly proves that John the Baptist was the person of whom the prophet spoke. The idea is taken from the practice of eastern monarchs, who, whenever they entered upon an expedition, or took a journey through a desert country, sent harbingers before them, to prepare all things for their passage; and pioneers to open the passes, to level the ways, and to remove all... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:4

His raiment of camel's hair - A sort of coarse or rough covering, which, it appears, was common to the prophets, Zechariah 13:4 . In such a garment we find Elijah clothed, 2 Kings 1:8 . And as John had been designed under the name of this prophet, Malachi 4:5 , whose spirit and qualifications he was to possess, Luke 1:17 , he took the same habit and lived in the same state of self-denial. His meat was locusts - Ακριδες . Ακρις may either signify the insect called the locust,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:5

Jordan - Many of the best MSS. and versions, with Mark 1:5 , add ποταμω , the river Jordan; but the definitive article, with which the word is generally accompanied, both in the Hebrew and the Greek, is, sufficient; and our article the, which should ever be used in the translation, expresses the force of the other. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:6

Were baptized - In what form baptism was originally administered, has been deemed a subject worthy of serious dispute. Were the people dipped or sprinkled? for it is certain βαπτω and βαπτιζω mean both. They were all dipped, say some. Can any man suppose that it was possible for John to dip all the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judea, and of all the country round about the Jordan? Were both men and women dipped, for certainly both came to his baptism? This could never have comported... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:1

Verse 1 Matthew 3:1Now in those days Luke 3:1.And in the fifteenth year It could not be gathered from Matthew and Mark in what year of his age John began to preach: but Luke shows sufficiently, that he was about thirty years of age. The ancient writers of the Church are almost unanimously agreed, that he was born fifteen years before the death of Augustus. His successor Tiberius had held the government of the Roman Empire for fifteen years, when the same John began to preach. In this way are... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:2

Verse 2 Matthew 3:2.Repent ye Matthew differs from the other two Evangelists in this respect, that he relates the substance of John’s doctrine, as uttered by John himself, while they relate it in their own words; though Mark has one word more than Luke: for he says, he came Baptizing, and preaching the baptism of repentance But in substance there is the most perfect agreement: for they all connect repentance with the forgiveness of sins. Thekingdom of God among men is nothing else than a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:3

Verse 3 Matthew 3:3.The yoke of one crying in the wilderness Though this passage of the prophet Isaiah (40:3) ought not to be limited exclusively to John, yet he is one of the number of those to whom it certainly refers. After having spoken of the destruction of the city, and of the awful calamities that would befall the people, he promises a restoration that would follow. His words are, “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God,” (Isaiah 40:1.) When the temple had been thrown down,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:4

Verse 4 Matthew 3:4.And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair The Evangelist does not desire us to reckon it as one of John’s chief excellencies, that he followed a rough and austere way of living, or even that he avoided a moderate and ordinary degree of elegance: but, having already stated that he was an inhabitant of the mountains, he now adds, that his food and clothing were adapted to his residence. And he mentions this, not only to inform us, that John was satisfied with the food... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:6

Verse 6 Matthew 3:6; Mark 1:5.And were baptized, confessing their sins This confession was a testimony of repentance: for, as the Lord, in the sacraments, brings himself under obligation to us, as if he had given his own hand-writing, so it is our duty, on the other hand, to reply to him. In Baptism, he declares that our sins are forgiven, and calls us to repentance. That men may come forward, in a right manner, to be baptized, confession of sins is demanded from them: otherwise the whole... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:1

In those days; and in those days (Revised Version). Probably merely contrasting those past days of the beginning of the gospel with the present, when the evangelist wrote (cf. Matthew 24:19 , Matthew 24:22 , where the days yet future are contrasted with those present). In Mark 1:9 the expression is used directly of the Lord's baptism. And (Revised Version); δέ ; Hebrew usage taking up the narrative (of. Joshua 1:1 ; 1:1 ; Ruth 1:1 ; Esther 1:1 ). Came ; cometh ... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:1

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