Matthew 3:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? ”

Matthew 3:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

John forbade him - Refused him. I have need - It is more suitable that I should be baptized with thy baptism, the Holy Spirit, than that thou shouldest be baptized in water by me. I am a sinn...
Matthew 3:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Baptism of Jesus ( Mark 1:9-11 *, Luke 3:21 f.). Matthew 3:14 f. (Mt. only) meets the objection to the acceptance by a sinless Jesus of a baptism connected with repentance (p. 661). Jes...
Matthew 3:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

forbad . was hindering. Greek. diakoluo. Occurs only here.
Matthew 3:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. I have need to be baptized by thee. It is certain, that John acknowledged Christ to be not only a distinguished prophet, as many foolishly dream, but the Son of God, as he really was: fo...
Matthew 3:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? John forbad him - Earnestly and pressingly opposed him: this is the proper import of the words διεκωλευεν αυτον...
Matthew 3:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But John forbad him, &c.— But John excused himself. See the note on John 1:31 . Doddridge and others have it, Would have hindered or prevented him, saying, I have need to be baptized of...
Matthew 3:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? But John forbade him, х diekooluen ( G1254 )] - rather, 'was [in the act of] hindering him,' or 'at...
Matthew 3:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Appearance of the Baptist. Baptism of Jesus 1-12. John the Baptist's ministry. The circumstances of John's birth are detailed in Luke 1 (see notes there). He was sanctified from birth to be the...
Matthew 3:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

John forbad him. — Better, sought to hinder Him. Here again we have a question which we cannot fully answer. Did John thus forbid Him, as knowing Him to be the Christ? If so, how did that knowled...
Matthew 3:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 4 His Baptism - Matthew 3:13-17 . "THE baptism of John, was it from Heaven or of men?" This question must have been asked throughout the length and breadth of the land in the days of his...
Matthew 3:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Baptized with the Spirit Matthew 3:13-17 While John was denouncing the sins of others, he was very conscious of his own. He melted in holy humility before the one nature in which his keen eye d...
Matthew 3:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here ends the old prophetic line, John being the last of the Hebrew prophets. It found a fitting end in the stem ascetic who roused the nation and with vehement passion denounced their rebellion, and...
Matthew 3:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. It should seem from the modesty of John in first declining this...
Matthew 3:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But John forbad him, saying ,.... It appears from hence, that John knew Christ before he baptized him, and before he saw the Spirit descending and abiding on him, John 1:33 wherefore that was not...
Matthew 3:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? Ver. 14. But John forbade him ] Flatly forbade him, and kept him out of the water with both hands earnestly...
Matthew 3:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But John forbade him Out of modesty he would have declined the service, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee To receive a larger measure of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit from thee...
Matthew 3:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Though John was of a priestly family, this too is not mentioned. He does not preach in the temple, but in the wilderness of the river Jordan, at least thirteen miles from Jerusalem. For a priest to...
Matthew 3:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Baptism of Jesus. 13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14 But John forbad him, sayin...
Matthew 3:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He did not absolutely repel him, but modestly excused himself for a time, knowing that Christ was already baptized with a more excellent baptism than he could administer to him, for God gave him the...
Matthew 3:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Ministry of John the Baptist. The Messiah Is Revealed To The World (3:1-17). Many years had passed by of which Matthew tells us nothing. He is not concerned to give us a biography of Jesus' li...
Matthew 3:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 3:13 . Jesus … baptised. —He received the rite as ratifying the mission of the great forerunner, and He also received it as the beautiful symbol of moral purification, and...
Matthew 3:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 3:1-2 . In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. His was a preparatory ministry; his work w...
Matthew 3:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 3:1 . In those days came John the Baptist. When the time of the seventy weeks was fulfilled, when the sceptre was departed from Judah, and when all the east, according to Suetonius, expect...
Matthew 3:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 3:1-40 THE HERALD . His public appearance and proclamation ( Matthew 3:1 , Matthew 3:2 ), as foretold by Scripture ( Matthew 3:3 ). His Elijah-like dress ( Matthew 3...
Matthew 3:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And yet Matthew writes: But John forbade Him, saying, I have need to be baptized of Thee, and comest Thou to me? This passage is not out of harmony with John 1:31-33 , where John says that he did...
Matthew 3:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 1:5-8 ; Ephesians 2:3-5 ; Galatians 3:22 ; Galatians 3:27-29 ; Galatians 4:6 ; John 1:16 ; John 13:6-8 ; John 3:3-7 ; Luke 1:43 ; Revelation 7:9-17 ; Romans 3:23 ; Romans 3:25
Matthew 3:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Preaching and Baptism of John Matthew 3:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We wish to present the great theme of John the Baptist as he preached in the wilderness of Judea. 1. There is the positive...

Matthew 3:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 3:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 3:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 3:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 3:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 3:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 3:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 3:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 3:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 3:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 3:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 3:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 3:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 3:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 3:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 3:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 3:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 3:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 3:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 3:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 3:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 3:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 3:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 3:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 3:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 3:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 3:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary