ULuka 3:16

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

16 waphendula uYohane kubo bonke esithi, Mna okunene ndinibhaptiza ngamanzi; kodwa uyeza lowo unamandla kunam, endingafanelekileyo ukuba ndiwuthukulule nomtya weembadada zakhe; uya kunibhaptiza ngoMoya oyiNgcwele nangomlilo yena;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I indeed: Matthew 3:11, Mark 1:7, Mark 1:8, John 1:26, John 1:33, Acts 1:5, Acts 11:16, Acts 13:24, Acts 13:25, Acts 19:4, Acts 19:5

he shall: Proverbs 1:23, Isaiah 32:15, Isaiah 44:3, Isaiah 44:4, Ezekiel 36:25, Joel 2:28, Joel 2:29, John 7:38, Acts 2:33, Acts 10:44, Acts 11:15, 1 Corinthians 12:13

and with: Isaiah 4:4, Zechariah 13:9, Malachi 3:2, Malachi 3:3, Acts 2:3, Acts 2:4, Acts 2:17, Acts 2:18

Reciprocal: Matthew 3:6 - were Luke 1:32 - shall be great Luke 7:28 - Among John 1:15 - bare John 1:27 - whose John 1:30 - General John 7:39 - this spake Hebrews 6:2 - the doctrine

Gill's Notes on the Bible

John answered, saying unto them all,.... For some of them might not only so think in their hearts, but express with their mouths the apprehension they had of him; and might put the question to him, as the priests and Levites from Jerusalem afterwards did; or he might know the secret thoughts of their hearts by divine revelation; or be apprized by his disciples of the private sentiments of the people concerning him: and therefore, to put them out of doubt, and that he might not have an honour conferred on him, which did not belong to him, he addressed himself, in a very public manner, to the whole multitude, in the hearing of them all: though the word "all" is left out in the Syriac and Persic versions, but rightly retained in others, being in all copies, and having a considerable emphasis on it: and said the following words.

I indeed baptize you with water; Matthew adds "unto repentance"; upon the profession of repentance:

but one mightier than I cometh; that is, after me; as Matthew records it:

the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose; neither to bear his shoes after him, as Matthew says, nor to untie his shoe string, or unbuckle his shoe, both which were menial actions with the Jews: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire; as he did some of their nation, his own disciples, on the day of pentecost;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 3:11-12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 3:16-17. On these verses see Matthew 3:11-12, and Mark 1:7-8, and particularly Clarke's note on "John 3:5".