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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:4

With this verse we begin to meet with matter peculiar to Matthew and Mark. And the same John ( αὐτὸς δὲ ὁἰωάνης ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:4

A man may be his message. The evangelists dwell on the peculiarities of John's dress, food, and habits, as if the utmost importance attached to these, and they were an essential part of John's witness. To see the man was to apprehend his message. His peculiarities were not personal oddities, but designed ministry. How far his dress was the recognized prophet's dress cannot be decided; but it is clear that he designed to present an example of severe self-restraint as a marked contrast to the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 3:4

His raiment of camel’s hair - His clothing. This is not the fine hair of the camel from which our elegant cloth is made called camlet, nor the more elegant stuff brought from the East Indies under the name of “camel’s hair,” but the long shaggy hair of the camel, from which a coarse cheap cloth is made, still worn by the poorer classes in the East, and by monks. This dress of the camel’s hair, and a leather belt, it seems, was the common dress of the prophets, 2 Kings 1:8; Zechariah 13:4.His... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 3:4

Matthew 3:4. And the same John The following description of John is added, that it might appear he did not live in obscurity, but was sufficiently known to all: had his raiment of camel’s hair Not, as some have supposed, a camel’s skin, raw and undressed, but a kind of sackcloth, coarse and rough, made of the raw long hair of camels, and not of their fine and soft hair, dressed and spun into thread. The difference between these two is as great as that between flax rude or unprepared, and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 3:1-12

15. Preaching of John the Baptist (Matthew 3:1-12; Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:1-17; John 1:19-28)The preaching of John soon attracted opposition from the Jewish religious leaders. They sent representatives to question him and then report back on what he taught and who he claimed to be. John denied that he was promoting himself as some new leader in Israel. He did not consider himself to be either the prophet of Deuteronomy 18:15,Deuteronomy 18:18 or the ‘Elijah’ promised in Malachi 4:5. He was only a... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 3:4

had his raiment, &c. Compare 2 Kings 1:8 . leathern girdle. Worn to-day by peasants in Palestine. meat = food. locusts. Locusts form the food of the people today; and, being provided for in the Law, are read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 3:4

Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.John had evidently been schooled in the knowledge that he was to be another Elijah, and he promptly adopted the type of dress that would identify him as "Elijah." In 2 Kings 1:8, Elijah's garb is mentioned, especially the leather girdle. This type of clothing was worn by the prophet for another reason, and that was as a protest against the luxury of the ruling classes... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 3:4

Matthew 3:4. His raiment of camel's hair— The Jews used to wear hairy or coarse garments in time of sorrow and humiliation. See Matthew 11:21. The Nazarites did the same till they had fulfilled their vow. It was also a dress sometimes worn by the prophets; Zechariah 13:4. 2 Kings 1:8. Revelation 6:12; Revelation 11:3. In all these respects it suited John the Baptist, as he preached repentance, as he was a prophet, and as he imitated the austerity which was practised by the Nazarites. He wore... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 3:4

4. And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair—woven of it. and a leathern girdle about his loins—the prophetic dress of Elijah ( :-; and see Zechariah 13:4). and his meat was locusts—the great, well-known Eastern locust, a food of the poor (Zechariah 13:4- :). and wild honey—made by wild bees (1 Samuel 14:25; 1 Samuel 14:26). This dress and diet, with the shrill cry in the wilderness, would recall the stern days of Elijah. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 3:1-11

D. The King’s preparation 3:1-4:11Matthew passed over Jesus’ childhood quickly to relate His preparation for presentation to Israel as her King."The material of this section of the Gospel is particularly important since the baptism of Jesus serves as the occasion of his special anointing by the Holy Spirit for the ministry that follows, but it is also Christologically significant in that his divine Sonship is confirmed and the non-triumphalist nature of the present phase of that Sonship is... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 3:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 3:4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 3:1-12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 3:4

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 3:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 3:4

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Matthew 3:4

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Matthew 3:1-11

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