Luke 3:16-22 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 3:21

Now when all the people were baptized ,.... That came from several parts to John for this purpose, even as many as he judged to be proper subjects of that ordinance, as many of the common people, publicans, soldiers, &c.; it came to pass that Jesus also being baptized ; of John in Jordan, he coming from Galilee thither on that account: and praying ; after he was baptized, for the coming down of the Spirit upon him, as man, to anoint, and qualify him for his office he was now... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 3:22

And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape ,.... In a corporeal form, in a visible manner, and was seen with bodily eyes, at least by John the administrator; to whom this was a signal of his being the Messiah, and a fresh confirmation of it: like a dove upon him ; either in the form of a dove, or this corporeal form, whatever it was, descended and hovered on him as a dove does: and a voice came from heaven ; at the same time the Holy Ghost came down upon him; which said, thou... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 3:16-17

On these verses see Matthew 3:11 , Matthew 3:12 , and Mark 1:7 , Mark 1:8 , and particularly the note on John 3:5 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 3:19

Herod the tetrarch - See this subject explained at large, Matthew 14:1 ; (note), etc., and Mark 6:21 , Mark 6:23 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 3:21

Jesus - being baptized - See on Matthew 3:16 , Matthew 3:17 ; (note). read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 3:19

Verse 19 Luke 3:19.Now Herod the tetrarch. Luke alone explains the reason why Herod threw John into prison: though we shall afterwards find it mentioned by Matthew 14:3, and Mark 6:17. Josephus says, (Ant. 18, v. 2,) that Herod, dreading a popular insurrection and a change of the government, shut up John in the castle of Macherus, (because he dreaded the man’s influence;) (318) and that Herodias was married, not to Philip, who was Salome’s husband, but to another Herod. But as his recollection... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:1-18

The forerunner, and his ministry. Some thirty years have passed since the birth of a son of the old age had filled the house of the good priest Eacharias with the voice of rejoicing. The blameless priest and his blameless wife are dead. The son who, when an unconscious babe, was called "the prophet of the Highest," has lived the life of a recluse, receiving his inspirations wholly from the study of the Law of the Lord, from lonely communings with God and truth in the great temple of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:1-20

The ministry of the Baptist. We left Jesus, when last we studied Luke's narrative, in Nazareth, subject to his parents and realizing a gracious development in subjection. We have now to pass over about eighteen years, of which we know only that during them he had become a carpenter, that we may contemplate the preparatory movement under John the Baptist. In these verses we find Luke entering upon the description with the hand of a true artist. He summarizes for us a whole life in fewer... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:1-22

THE BAPTISM OF JOHN . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:15-17

The wisdom of a true estimate. Those who are far up the social. heights are usually under a strong temptation to climb to the very summit. We do not know how strong the temptation may have been to John to assume or to attempt the part of the Messiah. Popularity is very exciting and ensnaring; it leads men to prefer claims and to adopt measures which, on lower ground and in calmer mood, they would not have entertained for a moment. But John's mind never lost its balance in the tumult of... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 3:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 3:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 3:16-17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 3:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 3:21

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 3:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 3:15-17

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