“ Bring forth therefore fruits meeta for repentance: ”
Bring forth therefore fruits ... - That is, the proper fruits of reformation; the proper evidence that you are sincere. Do not bring your cunning and dissimulation to this work; do not carry your...
(3) Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: (3) True repentance is an inward thing which has its seat in the mind and heart.
John the Baptist ( Mark 1:2-8 *, Luke 3:1-17 ) The common Synoptic material begins here. The chief difference from Mk. is the addition of Matthew 3:7-10 from Q (p. 672), cf. Luke 3:7-9 , whe...
meet for . worthy of.
Matthew 3:8 ; Luke 3:8 . Yield therefore fruits worthy of repentance. He confirms what I have already said, that the repentance, which is attested by words, is of no value, unless it be pro...
DISCOURSE: 1282 JOHN’S ADDRESS TO THOSE WHO CAME TO BE BAPTIZED OF HIM Matthew 3:7-10 . But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them., O generation...
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
Fruits meet for repentance— That is, "Do such works as may manifest the truth and sincerity of your repentance." See Acts 26:20 .
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: Bring forth therefore fruits, х karpous ( G2590 )] - but the true reading clearly is 'fruit' х karpon ( G2590 )]. Meet for repent...
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...
Fruits (better, fruit ) meet for repentance. — The English version is ambiguous and not happy, suggesting the thought of the “fruit” as preparing the way for repentance. The thought is, however, “...
Chapter 3 His Herald - Matthew 3:1-12 THIRTY years have gone since all Jerusalem was in trouble at the rumour of Messiah's birth. But as nothing has been heard of Him since, the excitement has...
the Herald Prepares the Way Matthew 3:1-12 Matthew's Gospel heralds the Kingdom. We are allowed to see and listen to the forerunner, whose voice again awoke the hearts of men with prophetic utt...
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...
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. The Pharisees were a sect who prided them...
SINS TO BE REPENTED OF ‘Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance.’ Matthew 3:8 When we use these words we must be careful that we do not mean ‘Bring forth fruits,’ i.e. do works w...
Bring forth therefore fruits ,.... That is, if you are truly penitent, if you have a proper sense of sin, and true repentance for it, do such works as are suitable to it, and will show the genuinene...
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: Ver. 8. Bring forth therefore fruits ] q.d. You cannot wash your hands in innocence, wash them therefore in tears: there is no way to quench he...
Bring forth, therefore, fruits meet for repentance That is, a change of temper and behaviour, answerable thereto; forsake , as well as confess , your sins, and let the integrity, regularity, holi...
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...
The Preaching of John the Baptist. 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O...
You come here and thrust yourselves into a crowd of penitents, but this is not enough, true repentance is not a barren thing; neither are your leaves of external profession a sufficient indication of...
The Ministry of John (3:1-10). The ministry of John is first described. He has come to the Judaean wilderness with a message of fruitfulness and hope, calling for a change of heart towards God and...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 3:1 . In those days. —Of Christ’s secluded life at Nazareth (see Luke 3:1 , etc.) St. Matthew passes over a period of nearly thirty years ( Luke 3:23 ). Preaching .—Lt h...
We are going to read three passages relating to John the Baptist's testimony concerning Christ. Matthew 3:1-4 . In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, and sayi...
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...
Fruits meet for repentance. Repentance a fructifying energy. Fruits for repentance Hear a story, or a parable. In a delightful bit of country, early one summer morning, I walked out to be refre...
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...
Bring forth, therefore, fruits meet for repentance. An entire change of heart must precede the performing of truly good works, such as measure up to the standard of an honest repentance, as confor...
2 Corinthians 7:10 ; 2 Corinthians 7:11 ; 2 Peter 1:4-8 ; Acts 26:20 ; Ephesians 5:9 ; Galatians 5:22 ; Galatians 5:23 ; Isaiah 1:16 ; Isaiah 1:17 ; Jeremiah 26:13 ; Jeremiah 36:3 ; Jerem...
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...
Repentance is of two sorts; that which is termed legal, and that which is styled evangelical repentance. The former (which is the same that is spoken of here) is a thorough conviction of sin. The l...