“ Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. ”
See the notes at Matthew 14:1-13 . “Added this above all.” To all his former crimes he added this; not implying that this was the “worst” of his acts, but that this was “one” of his deeds, of like...
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...
Added. Greek. prostithemi. . medical word in the sense of apply or administer, used by Luke thirteen times; in the rest of the N.T. five times. yet this . this also. above . to. Greek. epi....
DISCOURSE: 1483 THE IMPRISONMENT OF JOHN Luke 3:19-20 . Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, added yet t...
Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
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...
John's Ministry. Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus 1-14.. Preliminary Ministry of the Baptist ( Matthew 3:1 ; Mark 1:1 ). See on Mt.
(19-20) But Herod the tetrarch. — See Notes on Matthew 14:3-5 . St. Luke’s anticipation of the close of the Baptist’s history supplies a curious instance of an arrangement which was obviously deli...
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...
the Herald Silenced; the Messiah Appears Luke 3:15-23 We are told that the time of John's appearance was the Sabbatic year, when field-work was suspended, and the people had comparative leisure...
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...
(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...
A SHARP CONTRAST ‘Herod the tetrarch … John in prison.’ Luke 3:19-20 There could hardly be a sharper contrast than that presented in the careers of Herod Antipas and John the Baptist. I....
Added yet this above all ,.... This sin to all other sins, and which was of a more flagitious nature; and attended with more aggravating circumstances, especially in the issue of it: that he shut...
Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. Ver. 20. Added yet this ] There is no stint in sin; but as one wedge makes way for another, so here. As after Jonathan and his armourbear...
And many other things preached he unto the people In this manner did John inculcate the doctrine of repentance, and declare his Master's greatness. But his sermons were not confined to these matter...
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...
Imprisonment of John the Baptist. 15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he w...
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John Is Rejected By Herod (3:19-20). ‘But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother's wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done, added this also to them all,...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Luke 3:15-20 Acceptance and Rejection of the Divine Message.—The work of separating the wheat from the chaff and of bringing to light the hidden thoughts of me...
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...
He shut up John in prison Herod Antipas The view here given of the character, conduct, and history of Herod Antipas is full of matter for awful reflection and serious admonition. 1. The myst...
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...
John's testimony concerning Christ:
1 Thessalonians 2:15 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:16 ; 2 Chronicles 24:17-22 ; 2 Chronicles 36:16 ; 2 Kings 21:16 ; 2 Kings 24:4 ; Jeremiah 2:30 ; Luke 13:31-34 ; Matthew 21:35-41 ; Matthew 22:6 ;...
He shut up John — This circumstance, though it happened after, is here mentioned before our Lord's baptism, that his history (that of John being concluded) may then follow without any interruption....