meet for. worthy of.
Bring forth therefore fruits ... - That is, the proper fruits of reformation; the proper evidence that you are sincere. Do not bring your cunning...
(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 Matthe...
Matthew 3:8 ; Luke 3:8 . Yield therefore fruits worthy of repentance. He confirms what I have already said, that the repentance, which is a...
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...
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 'f...
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 not...
Fruits meet for repentance] RV 'fruit worthy of repentance.' Fruit is a frequent metaphor for works, and a very suitable one. Fruit is not loosely...
Fruits (better, fruit ) meet for repentance. — The English version is ambiguous and not happy, suggesting the thought of the “fruit” as preparing...
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 nothin...
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 voic...
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 wi...
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 unquenchabl...
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...
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...
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: Ver. 8. Bring forth therefore fruits ] q.d. You cannot wash your hands in innocence, wash the...
Bring forth, therefore, fruits meet for repentance That is, a change of temper and behaviour, answerable thereto; forsake , as well as confess ,...
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 leas...
The Preaching of John the Baptist. 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sa...
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...
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 h...
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...
“Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance, and think not to say within yourselves, ‘We have Abraham to our father,' for I say unto you, that...
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 ne...
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 Baptis...
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...
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...
Fruits meet for repentance. Repentance a fructifying energy. Fruits for repentance Hear a story, or a parable. In a delightful bit of country,...
EXPOSITION Matthew 3:1-40 THE HERALD . His public appearance and proclamation ( Matthew 3:1 , Matthew 3:2 ), as foretold by Scripture...
Bring forth, therefore, fruits meet for repentance. An entire change of heart must precede the performing of truly good works, such as measure up...
Having thus unmasked them, the Baptist makes his demand:
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 ; Isaia...
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 t...
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 spok...
8 Bring forth therefore fruits meeta for repentance: