Luke 3:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? ”

• Luke 3:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The publicans - See the notes at Matthew 5:47 . There is reason to think that the “publicans” or “tax-gatherers” were especially oppressive and hard in their dealings with the people; and that,...

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• Luke 3:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  John the Baptist. Mark 1:1-8 *, Matthew 3:1-12 *. also Mark 6:17-29 *, Matthew 14:3-12 *. Lk. now (to Luke 9:50 ) follows the Marcan account of the Galilean ministry of Jesus and its antec...

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• Luke 3:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  also publicans . the tax-farmers also. baptized. App-115. Master . Teacher. App-98. Luke 3:1 .

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• Luke 3:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Luke 3:12 . And the publicans (277) also came. The publicans are not only exhorted, in general terms, to repent, but the duties peculiar to their calling are demanded: for we know that ,...

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• Luke 3:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1482 PRACTICAL DUTIES ENFORCED Luke 3:10-14 . And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him...

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• Luke 3:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? Then came also publicans - He next instructs the tax-gatherers in the proper discharge of their duty: though it w...

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• Luke 3:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Then came also publicans— The publicans, or tax-gatherers, wishing by all means to keep their places under the Messiah, might be anxious to know what qualifications were necessary for that purpose:...

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• Luke 3:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the regi...

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• Luke 3:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  John's Ministry. Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus 1-14.. Preliminary Ministry of the Baptist ( Matthew 3:1 ; Mark 1:1 ). See on Mt.

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• Luke 3:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Then came also publicans. — The other Gospels do not mention the presence of this class in their narratives of the Baptist’s work, but it is implied in Matthew 21:32 .

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• Luke 3:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 6 THE VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS. WHEN the Old Testament closed, prophecy had thrown upon the screen of the future the shadows of two persons, cast in heavenly light. Sketched in outline rat...

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• Luke 3:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  a Preacher of Righteousness Luke 3:1-14 The evangelist sets an emperor, a governor, two high priests, and three tetrarchs in a few lines, as of very subordinate interest, compared with the one...

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• Luke 3:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Luke marks with great care the time of the ministry of John, employing an emperor, a governor, three tetrarchs, and two high priests to do it. By means of these names a picture of the world at the ti...

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• Luke 3:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (3) And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; (4) As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voic...

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• Luke 3:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then came also publicans to be baptized ,.... Being convinced under John's ministry of the evils of their past life, and desirous of being admitted to baptism, to which they understood repentance, a...

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• Luke 3:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? Ver. 12. Then came also publicans ] These were toll takers, custom gatherers for the Romans, and most of them...

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• Luke 3:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And the people asked him, What shall we do then? To avoid the judgments of God. He answereth, He that hath two coats , &c. Be careful, not only to observe the ceremonies of religion, but to at...

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• Luke 3:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  A VOICE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS (vs.1-20) The first two verses of this chapter establish the precise time of the appearance of John the Baptist in his ministry, so that the reality of it cannot...

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• Luke 3:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Ministry of John the Baptist.       1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, a...

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• Luke 3:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 12,13. We have showed often before that the publicans were men that collected the public revenue. In all times that sort of men have been charged with exactions of what was more than their due....

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• Luke 3:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Powerful Ministry of John Is Described (3:1-14). Many years have passed and the ministry of John the Baptiser, whose birth was described in chapter 1, begins. It is set very definitely in its...

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• Luke 3:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES Luke 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 no...

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• Luke 3:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  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 a...

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• Luke 3:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Luke 3:1-7 . Now in the fifteenth yea of the reign of Tiberias Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and o...

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• Luke 3:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 h...

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• Luke 3:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

  What shall we do then? Common sense applied to everyday duties I. JOHN DISCRIMINATES BETWEEN THE EASE-HARDENED, SELFISH, AND SCARCELY REACHABLE PHARISEES AND HIGH-PLACED REPRESENTATIVES OF OFFI...

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• Luke 3:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Luke 3:1-42 THE BAPTISM OF JOHN . Luke 3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar . St. Luke's Gospel is framed after the model of approved his...

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• Luke 3:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Individual counsel to the people:

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• Luke 3:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Luke 15:1 ; Luke 15:2 ; Luke 18:13 ; Luke 7:29 ; Matthew 21:31 ; Matthew 21:32

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• Luke 3:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  John the Forerunner Luke 3:1-18 INTRODUCTORY WORDS I. CHRIST'S TESTIMONY TO JOHN Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed sha...

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