Geneva Study Bible - Matthew 3:15
3:15 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. read more
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John Calvin
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Matthew 3:16
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. read more
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - Matthew 3:17
3:17 {8} And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am {p} well pleased.(8) Christ’s full consecration and authorization to the office of mediator is shown by the Father’s own voice and a visible sign of the Holy Spirit.(p) The Greek word signifies a thing of great worth and such as highly pleases a man. So then the Father says that Christ is the only man whom when he beholds, looking at what opinion he had conceived of us, he lays it clean aside. read more
L.M. Grant
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 3:1-17
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 preach in the wilderness is totally out of character, and nothing but the sovereign power of the Spirit of God can account for his large audience coming from Jerusalem and all Judea out into the wilderness to hear the unusual messenger of God. But the formal religion of the Jews, though... read more
James Gray
James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Matthew 3:1-17
PREPARATION FOR PUBLIC MINISTRY BAPTIZED BY JOHN (Matthew 3:0 ) For the earlier history of John the Baptist compare Luke 1:0 . In Matthew 3:1-6 of the present lesson, however, we have the place and theme of his ministry, a statement of his official relationship to the Messiah, his description, and an account of the interest awakened by his mission. “The Kingdom of heaven” or “the heavens” (Matthew 3:2 ) means the earthly kingdom promised to Israel in the Old Testament, over which the... read more
Joseph Parker
The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Matthew 3:1-6
Chapter 7 The Continuousness of History Repentance a Common Term teaching Positive As Well As Negative the True Baptism Prayer Almighty God, our voice is lifted up to thee in praise and thanksgiving, through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour, because of all thy tender mercy and thy loving kindness shown unto us since we last assembled here. Thou dost lead us by ways that we know not, and unexpected answers dost thou give to our trouble and our want. We look back to behold a long line of light:... read more
Joseph Parker
The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Matthew 3:1-17
Review of the Whole Chapter Now, looking at the third chapter as a whole, having already gone through it in detail, we seem to see in this brief chapter the history of a whole dispensation, the dispensation of John the Baptist. It begins and ends in these seventeen short verses. In this chapter I read, "Then cometh John," and I also read, "Then cometh JESUS." God thus condenses much into brief space. Sometimes he takes a long line, and we say he has gone into a far country, and we know not... read more
Joseph Parker
The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Matthew 3:7-12
Chapter 8 John's Preaching The Right Spirit of Hearing the Old Grit Is Lost a Kingdom Or a Wrath Different Reports of Preaching Prayer Almighty God, our mouth is filled with thanksgiving, because our heart is stirred with gratitude. Thou hast done great things for us, and most wonderful, therefore is our mouth opened in praise, therefore are our hands stretched out to thee in the offer of loving service. Thou hast beset us behind and before and laid thine hands upon us, and thine eye has... read more
Joseph Parker
The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Matthew 3:13-17
Chapter 9 Sympathy, Inauguration, and Sympathy Providence Both Slow and Swift Review of the Chapter the True Law of Development the True Baptism Prayer Almighty God, since the darkness and the light are both alike unto thee, thou canst make it light in our hearts, even though they be under a great cloud and gloom. Thou delightest to come into the soul of man, and to shed upon it all the brightness and beauty of heavenly morning. So do thou now come unto our hearts and create all the peace of... read more
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Geneva Study Bible - Matthew 3:13
3:13 {7} Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.(7) Christ sanctified our baptism in himself. read more