Matthew 3:11

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear - The word translated here as “shoes” has a signification different from what it has in our language. At firs...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) I indeed baptize you with water unto (l) repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shal...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

with. Greek. en. The literal rendering of the Hebrew ( Beth = B). Matthew 7:6 ; Matthew 9:34 . Rom 15:6. 1 Corinthians 4:21 , &c. shoes...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The three Evangelists relate the Baptist’s discourse in the same words. In one respect, Luke’s account is more full: for he opens it by explain...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1283 THE BAPTISM OF THE SPIRIT Matthew 3:11 . I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightie...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptiz...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I indeed baptize you— This is the answer which John made to the question put to him, John 1:19-27 in which he shews what difference there was bet...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall ba...
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 not...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Whose shoes , etc.] the office of the meanest slave. 'A slave unlooses his master's shoe, and carries it after him; does what he needs for the bath,...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

With water unto repentance. — The “I” is emphasized, as also the baptism with water, as contrasted with that which was to follow. The result of Joh...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
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 wi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

CLEANSING AND BURNING ‘I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: … He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.’ Matthew 3:1...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

CHRIST FIRST ‘He that cometh after me is mightier than I.’ Matthew 3:11 These are some of the most beautiful words in human history, and the...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

MANIFESTED BY FIRE ‘He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.’ Matthew 3:11 There are three baptisms in the New Testament: th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I indeed baptize you with water ,.... These words, at first view, look as if they were a continuation of John's discourse with the Pharisees and Sad...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptiz...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I indeed baptize you with water I call you to repentance: and admit the penitent to the baptism of water, as a sign and token of their being washed...
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 leas...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Preaching of John the Baptist. 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sa...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I am not the Christ, Mark 1:8 Luke 3:15,16 Joh 1:15,26 , I am but the messenger and forerunner of Christ, sent before him to baptize men with th...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“I indeed baptise you in water to repentance, but he who comes after (or ‘behind') me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He wil...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Coming One (3:11-17). John's large-scale ministry having been established in these few verses, Matthew now turns his attention to Jesus. We do...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 3:11 I. The Holy Spirit is fire. Fire all over the world has been taken to represent the Divine energy. Even in heathendom, side by side w...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
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...
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...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

And with fire. The fiery baptism I. The Holy Ghost is fire. Baptism with the Holy Ghost is not one thing and baptism with fire another, but the...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

John's sermon would have been incomplete without a reference to Him whose way he was sent to prepare: I indeed baptize you with water unto repentanc...
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 t...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire — He shall fill you with the Holy Ghost, inflaming your hearts with that fire of love, which...

¹¹ I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

Related Commentaries of Matthew 3:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 3:11