马太福音 3:13-17 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:13-17

The baptism of Jesus. This is a narrative which authenticates itself. No Christian writer of a later generation would have invented a story of the baptism of Jesus by John; nor could any current ideas have started a myth in this form. The very difficulties of the story prove its historicity. I. LET US INQUIRE WHAT WAS THE MEANING OF THE BAPTISM OF JESUS . 1 . Note some errors to be avoided. 2 . Consider the truths of the incident. Baptism has a double... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:13-17

Baptism of Jesus. I. ITS OCCASION . How long was Jesus to be known merely as the village carpenter of Nazareth? What is to transpire which shall show him that God's time has come for his public ministry? Ambition makes opportunities. In general, kings have only to wait the demise of their predecessors. To our Lord came at last a summons he could not misunderstand nor resist. John's hearers longed for that which only Jesus could give. He could no longer hide himself in Nazareth when a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:14

Matthew 3:14 and Matthew 3:15 are peculiar to St. Matthew. But John . In John 1:31 , John 1:33 the Baptist says that he knew him not till the descent of the Holy Spirit; i.e. knew him not in his full Messianic character. Here, either by an involuntary and miraculous impression, psychologically due to the previous revelation he had received (cf. Meyer); or, as is on the whole more probable, from his previous knowledge, direct or indirect, of Jesus, he recognizes his superior... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:15

Suffer it to be so now ; suffer it now (Revised Version); "suffer me now"; ἄφες ἄρτι , only here (apparently) in the New Testament quite absolutely, but Matthew 7:4 slightly favours the Revised Version margin. Now ; at this special season ( ἄρτι ); in contrast to the more permanent relation which shall be recognized later. Our Lord thus slightly removes the trial to John's faith, which a mere refusal might have aggravated. Observe the implied consciousness of his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:15

The overruling reply. This overruling reply of Jesus to John the Baptist, who very naturally hesitated to administer baptism to him, teaches us a lesson of— I. THE MODESTY OF THOSE WHO ARE TRUE MASTERS — MASTERS BY UTTEREST RIGHT ; MASTERS BORN . II. THE NOBLENESS OF THAT OBEDIENCE TO DUTY WHICH LEADS A MAN , WHOEVER HE MAY BE , WHATEVER HIS PLACE MAY BE , TO SERVE , WITH SOVEREIGN SURRENDER OF SELF , ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:15

The claims of righteousness. "For thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness." The term "righteousness" here plainly means the lawful claims of the authority to which, at a given time, we are subject. It may be the Mosaic Law. It may be the Christian law. But the point of our Lord's answer is really this: "The Messianic lair is not yet come in; it is not yet established; I am still under the Mosaic Law; that requires my obedience to the Jehovah-prophets who may be raised up; I have no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:16

And Jesus, when he was baptized . Combining the statements of the synoptists, we may conclude that Jesus went up from the water at once, praying as he went, and that, while he was going up and praying, the heavens opened. Out of ; from '(Revised Version); ἀπό ; for, as it seems, he had not gone fully out of the water. The heavens were opened unto him . So also the Revised Version, but the Revised Version margin, with Westcott and Herr, rightly omits "unto him." The words were... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:16

The dove-Spirit on Christ. "Descending like a dove, and lighting upon him." Comparing the accounts given by the evangelists, it still remains uncertain whether what was seen by John actually had the form of a dove, or hovered or brooded as a descending bird does. But for our fixed associations, and the familiar comments, we should be more willing to see that the brooding, resting, abiding of the Spirit on Jesus, is the thing intended to be set prominently before us by the figure. It will be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:16-17

The heavenly attestation of the Sonship of Jesus. The singular and thrilling event recorded in these verses is recorded also by St. Mark ( Mark 1:9-11 )and by St. Luke ( Luke 3:21 , Luke 3:22 ) in an equally full manner, while it is distinctly alluded to by St. John ( John 1:32 , John 1:33 ). It is remarkable that, though nothing is said either way, we are left to conclude that the vision was confined to the two only—Jesus himself and John the Baptist. From that time John, who had ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:16-17

The baptism of Jesus by the Holy Ghost. After receiving John's baptism, Jesus "went up straightway from the water." He did not remain to make confession of sin, and for the obvious reason that he had none. He went up "from the water," or ascended the outer hank of the Jordan; for John appears to have ministered his baptism within the double bank of that river. Then "lo, the heavens were opened unto him," etc. An interval is here clearly marked between the baptism of John and that of the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:13-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:13-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:16-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 3:16-17

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