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Book of Matthew
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:1 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:1 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:1 JFB -> Commentary on 3:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:1 PNT -> Commentary on 3:1 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:1 TFG -> Commentary on 3:1 TSK -> Commentary on 3:1 TSK -> Entry for 3:1 WEN -> Notes on 3:1 NTB -> John; Judea; Repentance TTT -> Deserts; Judea, Modern; Prophecies Respecting Christ EBD -> John the Baptist; Judah, Tribe of; Judea; Wilderness WJD -> Devotional using 3:1 WJD -> Devotional using 3:1 TV -> Devotional using 3:1 3:1 - [In Context] At that time John the Baptizer came and began telling people a message {from God}. This was in the desert area of Judea.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:2 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:2 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:2 JFB -> Commentary on 3:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:2 PNT -> Commentary on 3:2 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:2 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:2 TFG -> Commentary on 3:2 TSK -> Commentary on 3:2 TSK -> Entry for 3:2 WEN -> Notes on 3:2 NTB -> Church; Jesus, The Christ; John; Minister, Christian; Preaching; Repentance; Salvation TTT -> Repentance EBD -> John the Baptist; Kingdom of God TV -> Devotional using 3:2 WJD -> Devotional using 3:2 WJD -> Devotional using 3:2 TV -> Devotional using 3:2 3:2 - [In Context] John said, "Change your hearts and lives, because the kingdom of heaven is coming soon."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:3 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:3 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:3 JFB -> Commentary on 3:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:3 PNT -> Commentary on 3:3 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:3 TFG -> Commentary on 3:3 TSK -> Commentary on 3:3 TSK -> Entry for 3:3 WEN -> Notes on 3:3 NTB -> Highways; Jesus, The Christ; John; Minister, Christian; Prophecy; Quotations And Allusions; Straight TTT -> Christ is God; Highways; Prophecies Respecting Christ EBD -> Desert; Esaias; Isaiah, The Book of; John the Baptist SBD -> Isaiah, Book of WJD -> Devotional using 3:3 WJD -> Devotional using 3:3 3:3 - [In Context] John the Baptizer is the one that Isaiah the prophet F34 was talking about. Isaiah said: "There is a person shouting in the desert: 'Prepare the way for the Lord. Make his paths straight.'" R3
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:4 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:4 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:4 JFB -> Commentary on 3:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:4 PNT -> Commentary on 3:4 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:4 TFG -> Commentary on 3:4 TSK -> Commentary on 3:4 TSK -> Entry for 3:4 WEN -> Notes on 3:4 NTB -> Camel; Girdle; Honey; Leather; Locust; Minister, Christian; Stoicism TTT -> Camel, The; Garments; Girdles; Honey; Locust, The; Prophets; Sackcloth EBD -> Apparel; Camel; Dress; Dromedary; Elijah; Girdle; Honey; John the Baptist; Kings, The Books of; Leather; Locust SBD -> Camel; Food; Girdle; Handicraft; Leather; Shepherd; Weaving WJD -> Devotional using 3:4 WJD -> Devotional using 3:4 3:4 - [In Context] John's clothes were made from camel's hair. John had a leather belt around his waist. For food, John ate locusts F35 and wild honey.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:5 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:5 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:5 JFB -> Commentary on 3:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:5 PNT -> Commentary on 3:5 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:5 TFG -> Commentary on 3:5 TSK -> Commentary on 3:5 TSK -> Entry for 3:5 WEN -> Notes on 3:5 NTB -> Baptism; John; Minister, Christian TTT -> Baptism EBD -> John the Baptist; Jordan SBD -> John the Baptist WJD -> Devotional using 3:5 WJD -> Devotional using 3:5 3:5 - [In Context] People went to hear John. The people came from Jerusalem and all Judea and all the area around the Jordan River.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:6 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:6 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:6 JFB -> Commentary on 3:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:6 PNT -> Commentary on 3:6 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:6 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:6 TFG -> Commentary on 3:6 TSK -> Commentary on 3:6 TSK -> Entry for 3:6 WEN -> Notes on 3:6 NTB -> Baptism; John; Jordan; Minister, Christian; Repentance; Sin TTT -> Baptism; Jordan, The River; Rivers EBD -> John the Baptist; Jordan WJD -> Devotional using 3:6 WJD -> Devotional using 3:6 3:6 - [In Context] People told the sins they had done, and John baptized F36 them in the Jordan River.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:7 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:7 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:7 JFB -> Commentary on 3:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:7 PNT -> Commentary on 3:7 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:7 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:7 TFG -> Commentary on 3:7 TSK -> Commentary on 3:7 TSK -> Entry for 3:7 WEN -> Notes on 3:7 NTB -> Baptism; Hypocrisy; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Repentance; Reproof; Sadducees; Viper; Wicked (People) TTT -> Baptism; Pharisees, The; Reproof; Sadducees, The; Titles and Names of the Wicked EBD -> Generation; John the Baptist; Pharisees; Sadducees; Viper SBD -> Sadducees SPG -> Devotional using 3:7 WJD -> Devotional using 3:7 WJD -> Devotional using 3:7 3:7 - [In Context] Many Pharisees F37 and Sadducees F38 came to the place where John was baptizing people. When John saw them he said to them: "You are all snakes! Who warned you to run away from God's anger that is coming?
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:8 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:8 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:8 JFB -> Commentary on 3:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:8 PNT -> Commentary on 3:8 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:8 TFG -> Commentary on 3:8 TSK -> Commentary on 3:8 TSK -> Entry for 3:8 WEN -> Notes on 3:8 NTB -> Baptism; Hypocrisy; Judaism; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Repentance; Reproof; Sadducees; Works TTT -> Baptism; Fruits; Repentance; Works, Good EBD -> Fruit; John the Baptist WJD -> Devotional using 3:8 WJD -> Devotional using 3:8 3:8 - [In Context] You must do the things that show that you have really changed your hearts and lives.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:9 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:9 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:9 JFB -> Commentary on 3:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:9 PNT -> Commentary on 3:9 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:9 TFG -> Commentary on 3:9 TSK -> Commentary on 3:9 TSK -> Entry for 3:9 WEN -> Notes on 3:9 NTB -> Abraham; Genealogy; Gentiles; God (continued); Heredity; Judaism; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Reproof; Sadducees; Salvation; Self-Delusion TTT -> Baptism; Hypocrites; Jews, The; Self-delusion EBD -> Father; John the Baptist WJD -> Devotional using 3:9 WJD -> Devotional using 3:9 3:9 - [In Context] And don't think that you can boast and say to yourselves, 'Abraham F39 is our father.' I tell you that God could make children for Abraham from these rocks here.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:10 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:10 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:10 JFB -> Commentary on 3:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:10 PNT -> Commentary on 3:10 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:10 TFG -> Commentary on 3:10 TSK -> Commentary on 3:10 TSK -> Entry for 3:10 WEN -> Notes on 3:10 NTB -> Ax; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Reproof; Unfaithfulness; Unfruitfulness; Wicked (People) TTT -> Baptism; Trees EBD -> Axe; John the Baptist WJD -> Devotional using 3:10 WJD -> Devotional using 3:10 3:10 - [In Context] The ax is now ready to cut down the trees. F40 Every tree that does not make good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:11 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:11 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:11 JFB -> Commentary on 3:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:11 PNT -> Commentary on 3:11 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:11 TFG -> Commentary on 3:11 TSK -> Commentary on 3:11 TSK -> Entry for 3:11 WEN -> Notes on 3:11 NTB -> Baptism; Confession; Fire; Holy Spirit; Jesus, The Christ (continued); John; Minister, Christian; Reproof; Symbols And Similitudes; Trinity TTT -> Baptism; Baptism with the Holy Spirit; Shoes EBD -> Baptism, Christian; Fire; John the Baptist SBD -> Sandal UTM -> Devotional using 3:11 WJD -> Devotional using 3:11 WJD -> Devotional using 3:11 3:11 - [In Context] "I baptize F41 you with water to show that you changed your hearts and lives. But there is a person coming later that is greater than I am. I am not good enough to take off his shoes for him. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit F42 and with fire.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:12 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:12 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:12 JFB -> Commentary on 3:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:12 PNT -> Commentary on 3:12 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:12 TFG -> Commentary on 3:12 TSK -> Commentary on 3:12 TSK -> Entry for 3:12 WEN -> Notes on 3:12 NTB -> Chaff; Fan; Garner; Heaven; Hell; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); John; Judgment; Minister, Christian; Punishment; Reproof; Righteous; Wheat; Wicked (People); Winnowing TTT -> Agriculture or Husbandry; Baptism; Heaven; Hell; Saints, Compared to; Threshing; Wicked, The, are compared to EBD -> Chaff; Corn; Fan; Garner; John the Baptist; Winnow SBD -> Agriculture; Fan WJD -> Devotional using 3:12 WJD -> Devotional using 3:12 3:12 - [In Context] He will come ready to clean the grain. F43 He will separate the good grain from the straw. He will put the good part of the grain into his barn. And he will burn the part that is not good. He will burn it with a fire that cannot be stopped."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:13 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:13 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:13 JFB -> Commentary on 3:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:13 PNT -> Commentary on 3:13 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:13 TFG -> Commentary on 3:13 TSK -> Commentary on 3:13 TSK -> Entry for 3:13 WEN -> Notes on 3:13 NTB -> Baptism; Jesus, The Christ; John; Jordan TTT -> Baptism; Humility of Christ, The; Jordan, The River WJD -> Devotional using 3:13 WJD -> Devotional using 3:13 3:13 - [In Context] At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan River. Jesus came to John and wanted John to baptize F44 him.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:14 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:14 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:14 JFB -> Commentary on 3:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:14 PNT -> Commentary on 3:14 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:14 TFG -> Commentary on 3:14 TSK -> Commentary on 3:14 TSK -> Entry for 3:14 WEN -> Notes on 3:14 NTB -> Baptism; Humility; Jesus, The Christ; John TTT -> Baptism; Humility; Humility of Christ, The WJD -> Devotional using 3:14 WJD -> Devotional using 3:14 3:14 - [In Context] But John tried to say that he was not good enough to baptize Jesus. John said, "Why do you come to me to be baptized? I should be baptized by you!"
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:15 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:15 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:15 JFB -> Commentary on 3:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:15 PNT -> Commentary on 3:15 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:15 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:15 TFG -> Commentary on 3:15 TSK -> Commentary on 3:15 TSK -> Entry for 3:15 WEN -> Notes on 3:15 NTB -> Baptism; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); John; Obedience TTT -> Baptism; Humility of Christ, The; Jordan, The River; Obedience to God; Righteousness EBD -> Baptism of Christ; John the Baptist WJD -> Devotional using 3:15 WJD -> Devotional using 3:15 3:15 - [In Context] Jesus answered, "Let it be this way for now. We should do all things that are right." So John agreed to baptize F45 Jesus.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:16 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:16 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:16 JFB -> Commentary on 3:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:16 PNT -> Commentary on 3:16 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:16 SRN -> Study Notes on 3:16 TFG -> Commentary on 3:16 TSK -> Commentary on 3:16 TSK -> Entry for 3:16 WEN -> Notes on 3:16 NTB -> Baptism; Dove, Turtle; Holy Spirit; Jesus, The Christ; John; Symbols And Similitudes; Trinity; Vision TTT -> Baptism; Character of Saints; Dove, The; Emblems of the Holy Spirit, The; Prophecies Respecting Christ; Trinity, The EBD -> Dove SPG -> Devotional using 3:16 WJD -> Devotional using 3:16 WJD -> Devotional using 3:16 3:16 - [In Context] Jesus was baptized F46 and he came up out of the water. The sky opened, and he saw God's Spirit coming down on him like a dove.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 3:17 DSN -> Synopsis on 3:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 3:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 3:17 JFB -> Commentary on 3:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 3:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 3:17 PNT -> Commentary on 3:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 3:17 TFG -> Commentary on 3:17 TSK -> Commentary on 3:17 TSK -> Entry for 3:17 WEN -> Notes on 3:17 NTB -> God; Holy Spirit; Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Revelation TTT -> Excellency and Glory of Christ, The; Preciousness of Christ; Trinity, The WJD -> Devotional using 3:17 WJD -> Devotional using 3:17 3:17 - [In Context] And a voice spoke from heaven. The voice said, "This (Jesus) is my Son and I love him. I am very pleased with him."
FOOTNOTES: F34: prophet   A person that spoke for God. Sometimes a prophet told things that would happen in the future. F35: locusts   Insects like grasshoppers. The law of Moses said that locusts could be eaten. See Lev. 11:21-22. F36: baptize(d)   A Greek word meaning to immerse, dip, or bury a person or thing briefly under water. F37: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F38: Sadducees   A leading Jewish religious group. They accepted only the first five books of the Old Testament. They believed that people don't live again after death. F39: Abraham   The most respected ancestor of the Jews. F40: trees   The people that don't obey God. They are like "trees" that will be cut down. F41: baptize(d)   A Greek word meaning to immerse, dip, or bury a person or thing briefly under water. F42: Spirit, Holy Spirit   Also called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, and the Comforter. Joined with God and Christ, he does God's work among people in the world. F43: clean the grain   John means that Jesus will separate the good people from the bad people. F44: baptize(d)   A Greek word meaning to immerse, dip, or bury a person or thing briefly under water. F45: baptize(d)   A Greek word meaning to immerse, dip, or bury a person or thing briefly under water. F46: baptize(d)   A Greek word meaning to immerse, dip, or bury a person or thing briefly under water.
CROSS REFERENCES: R3: Isaiah 40:3

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; WJD - What Jesus Did!; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.