Luke 3:9

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Luke 3:9

See Poole on "Matthew 3:7", and following verses to Matthew 3:10, where we met with all this with no alteration, save that Matthew saith that he spoke this to the Pharisees and Sadducees, seeing them come to his baptism: though he did especially intend them, yet he spake in the hearing of the multitude, amongst whom they were. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Luke 3:1-14

CRITICAL NOTESLuke 3:1.—This may be regarded as the formal opening of St. Luke’s history. Tiberius Cæsar.—Angus us died A.U.C. 767, and fifteen years added to this would make the time here noted, A.U.C. 782, when Jesus would be thirty-two years of age, having been born before the death of Herod the Great (A.U.C. 750). As this would be inconsistent with Luke 3:23, we must assume that Luke is reckoning from the time when Tiberius was associated with Augustus in the imperial dignity, i.e. in... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Luke 3:2-14

Luke 3:2-14 I. How shall we picture John the Baptist to ourselves? Great painters, greater than the world seems likely to see again, have exercised their fancy upon his face, his figure, and his actions. We must put out of our minds, I fear, at once, many of the loveliest of them all, those in which Raffaelle and others have depicted the child John, in his camel's-hair raiment, with a child's cross in his hand, worshipping the Infant Christ. There is also one exquisite picture, by Annibale... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Luke 3:1-38

Shall we turn to Luke's gospel chapter 3.As Luke begins the third chapter, he is giving you the date of the beginning of the ministry of John the Baptist, and he uses no less than six historic references points to tell you when John began his ministry.It was in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was the governor of Judea, and Herod was the tetrarch ( Luke 3:1 )And the word "tetrarch" means a ruler of a fourth part. And when Herod the Great died, he left the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 3:1-38

Luke 3:1 . In the fifteenth year of Tiberius Cæsar. St. Luke begins this chapter in a scientific manner; he speaks as a man of letters, and gives posterity a chronological record. Pontius Pilate had been governor, or as some call him only procurator of Judea, but one or two years, when the word of the Lord came to John. Herod the great, tetrarch of Galilee. From this title it would seem that he held four provinces under his government. Philip, tetrarch of Iturea and Trachonitis; that... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 3:9

Luke 3:9The axe is laid unto the root of the treesRadical and seminal reformIt seems to me a total mistake to apply the words of the Baptist, “And now also the axe,” &c., to any work ordained for man. When the appointed time comes, God does indeed show forth His justice by sweeping away that which is utterly corrupt. Yet even the Son of God, in His human manifestation, came not to destroy, but to save. Assuredly this is the only part of His office which we are called to discharge. As His... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Luke 3:9

9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Ver. 9. See Trapp on " Mat 3:10 " read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 3:9

Luke 13:7, Luke 13:9, Luke 23:29-Obadiah :, Isaiah 10:33, Isaiah 10:34, Ezekiel 15:2-Numbers :, Ezekiel 31:18, Daniel 4:14, Daniel 4:23, Matthew 3:10, Matthew 7:19, John 15:6, Hebrews 10:28, Hebrews 12:29 Reciprocal: Malachi 3:2 - who may abide Matthew 12:33 - and his fruit good Matthew 21:19 - and found Luke 19:20 - Lord Titus 2:12 - live read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 3:1-18

§ 15. JOHN THE BAPTIST’S MINISTRY, Luke 3:1-18 ; Matthew 3:1-12; Mark 1:1-8. From his visit to Jerusalem and the temple, the boy Jesus returned to his mountain home of Nazareth, and probably wrought at his father’s trade as a carpenter. About five years after the return, when Jesus was seventeen years of age, the news came doubtless to Nazareth from Rome, the conquering capital of the world, that Augustus Cesar, emperor of Rome, and acknowledged master of the nations, after a reign of forty... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 3:3-9

3-9. In regard to John’s baptism, consult notes on Matthew 3:1-12. read more