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Matthew 3:1
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When it was the right time, John the Baptizer began telling people a message from God. This was out in the desert area of Judea.
In those dayes Ihon the Baptyst came and preached in the wildernes of Iury
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Now in those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
About that time John the Baptist began preaching in the desert area of Judea.
And in those days John the Baptist comes, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
In those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the Wilderness of Judea [along the western side of the Dead Sea] and saying,
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
In those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea.
About this time John the Baptist made his appearance, preaching in the Desert of Judaea.
In tho daies Joon Baptist cam, and prechide in the desert of Judee,
And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
Years later, John the Baptist started preaching in the desert of Judea.
And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying,
And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,
It was during those days that Yochanan the Immerser arrived in the desert of Y'hudah and began proclaiming the message,
Now in those days comes John the baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
NOW in those days came Juchanon [fn] the Baptizer preaching in the desert of Jehud,
And in those days came John the Baptizer. And he proclaimed in the desert of Judaea,
In those daies came Iohn the Baptist, preaching in the wildernesse of Iudea,
In those days John the Baptist came to the Judean wilderness and began preaching. His message was,
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the desert in the country of Judea.
In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming,
And in those dayes, Iohn the Baptist came and preached in the wildernes of Iudea,
IN those days came John the Baptist; and he was preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
Now, in those days, came John the Immerser, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judaea;
And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea.
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
In those dayes, came Iohn the Baptist, preachyng in the wyldernesse of Iurie, and saying.
At that time John the Baptist came to the desert of Judea and started preaching.
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
In those days, Yochanan the immerser came, preaching in the wilderness of Yehudah, saying,
Now in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the Judean wilderness
Now in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the deserted places of Judea,
And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,
In those dayes Ihon the Baptyst came and preached in the wildernes of Iury,
At that time appeared John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
While Jesus was living in the Galilean hills, John, called "the Baptizer," was preaching in the desert country of Judea. His message was simple and austere, like his desert surroundings: "Change your life. God's kingdom is here."
In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming,
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Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
those: Luke 3:1, Luke 3:2
John: Matthew 11:11, Matthew 14:2-14, Matthew 16:14, Matthew 17:12, Matthew 17:13, Matthew 21:25-27, Matthew 21:32, Mark 1:4, Mark 1:15, Mark 6:16-29, Luke 1:13-17, Luke 1:76, Luke 3:2-20, John 1:6-8, John 1:15-36, John 3:27-36, Acts 1:22, Acts 13:24, Acts 13:25, Acts 19:3, Acts 19:4
preaching: Isaiah 40:3-6, Mark 1:7, Luke 1:17
the wilderness: Matthew 11:7, Joshua 14:10, Joshua 15:61, Joshua 15:62, Luke 7:24
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 15:23 - the wilderness 1 Kings 2:34 - in the Ezra 1:1 - made a proclamation Malachi 3:1 - and he Matthew 24:26 - he is in the desert Mark 9:12 - restoreth Mark 11:30 - General Luke 1:16 - General Luke 1:80 - and was Luke 14:17 - his John 4:38 - other Acts 8:26 - desert Acts 10:37 - after Acts 18:25 - knowing
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And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
In those days came John the Baptist,.... The Evangelist having given an account of the genealogy and birth of Christ; of the coming of the wise men from the east to him; of his preservation from Herod's bloody design against him, when all the infants at Bethlehem were slain; of the flight of Joseph with Mary and Jesus into Egypt, and of their return from thence, and settlement in Nazareth, where Christ continued till near the time of his baptism, and entrance on his public ministry; proceeds to give a brief relation of John, the harbinger and forerunner of Christ, and the administrator of baptism to him: and he describes him by his name John, in Hebrew יוחנן, "Jochanan", which signifies "gracious", or "the grace of the Lord", or "the Lord has given grace"; which agrees with him, both as a good man, on whom the Lord had bestowed much grace, and as a preacher, whose business it was to publish the grace of God in Christ, Luke 16:16. This name was given him by an angel before his conception, and by his parents at his birth, contrary to the mind of their relations and neighbours, Luke 1:13. He is called by some of the Jewish writers m, John the "high priest"; his father Zacharias was a priest of the course of Abia, and he might succeed him therein, and be the head of that course, and for that reason be called a "high" or "chief priest"; as we find such were called, who were the principal among the priests, as were those who were chosen into the sanhedrim, or were the heads of these courses; and therefore we read of many chief priests, Matthew 2:4. From his being the first administrator of the ordinance of baptism, he is called John the Baptist; and this was a well known title and character of him. Josephus n calls him "John", who is surnamed ο βαπτιστης, "the Baptist"; and Ben Gorion having spoken of him, says o, this is that John who עשה טבילה, "made", instituted, or practised "baptism"; and which, by the way, shows that this was not in use among the Jews before, but that John was the first practiser this way. He is described by his work and office as a preacher, he "came" or "was preaching" the doctrines of repentance and baptism; he published and declared that the kingdom of the Messiah was at hand, that he would quickly be revealed; and exhorted the people to believe on him, which should come after him. The place where he preached is mentioned,
in the wilderness of Judea; not that he preached to trees and to the wild beasts of the desert; for the wilderness of Judea was an habitable place, and had in it many cities, towns, and villages, in which we must suppose John came preaching, at least to persons which came out from thence. There were in Joshua's time six cities in this wilderness, namely Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah, and Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi, Joshua 15:61. Mention is made in the Talmud p of this wilderness of Judea, as distinct from the land of Israel, when the doctors say, that
"they do not bring up small cattle in the land of Israel, but they bring them up במדבר שביהודה, "in the wilderness which is in Judea".''
The Jews have an observation q of many things coming from the wilderness;
"the law, they say, came from the wilderness; the tabernacle from the wilderness; the sanhedrim from the wilderness; the priesthood from the wilderness; the office of the Levites from the wilderness; the kingdom from the wilderness; and all the good gifts which God gave to Israel were from the wilderness.''
So John came preaching here, and Christ was tempted here. The time of his appearance and preaching was in those days: not when Christ was newly born; or when the wise men paid their adoration to him; or when Herod slew the infants; or when he was just dead, and Archelaus reigned in his room; or when Christ first went to Nazareth; though it was whilst he dwelt there as a private person; but when John was about thirty years of age, and Christ was near unto it, Luke 3:23 an age in which ecclesiastical persons entered into service, Numbers 4:3. It was indeed, as Luke says, Luke 3:1 in the "fifteenth" year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar; Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea; and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee; and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea; and of the region of Trachonitis; and Lysanias, the tetrarch of Abilene; Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests.
m Ganz. Tzemach David, par. 1. fol. 25. 2. Chronicon Regum, fol. 54. 4. n Antiq. l. 18. c. 7. o L. 5. c. 45. p T. Bab. Bava Kama, fol, 79. 9. 2. q Shirhashirim Rabba, fol. 13. 3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
In those days - The days here referred to cannot be those mentioned in the preceding chapter, for John was but six months older than Christ. Perhaps Matthew intended to embrace in his narrative the whole time that Jesus lived at Nazareth; and the meaning is, “in those days while Jesus still dwelt at Nazareth,” John began to preach. It is not probable that John began to baptize or preach long before the Saviour entered on his ministry; and, consequently, from the time that is mentioned in the close of the second chapter to that mentioned in the beginning of the third, an interval of twenty-five years or more elapsed.
John the Baptist - Or John the baptizer - so called from his principal office, that of baptizing. Baptism, or the application of water, was a rite well known to the Jews, and practiced when they admitted proselytes to their religion from paganism. - Lightfoot.
Preaching - The word rendered “preach” means to proclaim in the manner of a public crier; to make proclamation. The discourses recorded in the New Testament are mostly brief, sometimes consisting only of a single sentence. They were public proclamations of some great truth. Such appear to have been the discourses of John, calling people to repentance.
In the wilderness of Judea - This country was situated along the Jordan and the Dead Sea, to the east of Jerusalem. The word translated “wilderness” does not denote, as with us, a place of boundless forests, entirely destitute of inhabitants; but a mountainous, rough, and thinly settled country, covered to some considerable extent with forests and rocks, and better suited for pasture than for tilling. There were inhabitants in those places, and even villages, but they were the comparatively unsettled portions of the country, 1 Samuel 25:1-2. In the time of Joshua there were six cities in what was then called a wilderness, Joshua 15:61-62.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER III.
John the Baptist begins to preach, 1.
The subject of his preaching, 2, 3.
Description of his clothing and food, 4.
The success of his ministry, 5, 6.
His exhortation to the Pharisees, 7-9.
He denounces the judgments of God against the impenitent, 10.
The design of his baptism, and that of Christ, 11, 12.
He baptizes Christ in Jordan, 13-15;
who is attested to be the Messiah by the Holy Spirit, and a
voice from heaven, 16, 17.
NOTES ON CHAP. III.
Verse Matthew 3:1. John the Baptist — John, surnamed The Baptist, because he required those to be baptized who professed to be contrite because of their sins, was the son of a priest named Zacharias, and his wife Elisabeth, and was born about A. M. 3999, and about six months before our blessed Lord. Of his almost miraculous conception and birth, we have a circumstantial account in the Gospel of Luke 1:0: to which, and the notes there, the reader is requested to refer. For his fidelity in reproving Herod for his incest with his brother Philip's wife, he was cast into prison, no doubt at the suggestion of Herodias, the profligate woman in question. He was at last beheaded at her instigation, and his head given as a present to Salome, her daughter, who, by her elegant dancing, had highly gratified Herod, the paramour of her incestuous mother. His ministry was short; for he appears to have been put to death in the 27th or 28th year of the Christian aera.
Came - preaching — κηρυσσων, proclaiming, as a herald, a matter of great and solemn importance to men; the subject not his own, nor of himself, but from that God from whom alone he had received his commission. See on the nature and importance of the herald's office, at the end of this chapter. κηρυσσειν, says Rosenmuller, de iis dicitur, qui in PLATEIS, in CAMPIS, in AERE aperto, ut a multis audiantur, vocem tollunt, c. "The verb κηρυσσειν is applied to those who, in the streets, fields, and open air, lift up their voice, that they may be heard by many, and proclaim what has been committed to them by regal or public authority as the KERUKES among the Greeks, and the PRECONES among the Romans."
The wilderness of Judea — That is, the country parts, as distinguished from the city; for in this sense the word wilderness, מדבר midbar or מדבריות midbarioth, is used among the rabbins. John's manner of life gives no countenance to the eremite or hermit's life, so strongly recommended and applauded by the Roman Church.
