Acts 13:25 - Exposition

Was fulfilling for fulfilled, A.V.; what suppose ye for whom think ye, A.V. and T.R.; the shoes of whose feet for whose shoes of his feet, A.V.; unloose for loose, A.V. St. Paul, as reported by Luke, follows very closely the narrative in Luke 3:3 , etc. Compare the words προκηρύξαντος ἰωάννου … βάπτισμα μετανοίας with Luke 3:3 , κηρύσσων βάπτισμα μετανοίας . Compare πρὸ προσώπου τῆς εἰσόδου with τὴν ὁδὸν κυρίου , Luke 3:4 . Compare παντὶ τῷ λαῷ ἰσραήλ with the mention in Luke 3:9 , Luke 3:10 , of the multitudes of the people, and the enumeration of the different classes of people. Com- pare the question, "Whom [or, 'what'] think ye that I am?" with the statement in Luke 3:15 , that all men were musing in their hearts of John whether he were the Christ or not. Compare the construction of the phrase, ἔρχεται μετ ἐμὲ οὖ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἄξιος τὸ , ὑπόδημα τῶν ποδῶν λῦσαι with Luke 3:16 ; and in Luke 3:26 compare the υἱοὶ γένους ἀβραὰμ with the πατέρα ἔχομεν τὸν ἀβραάμ , and the τέκνα τῷ ἀβραάμ of Luke 3:8 . There is also a strong resemblance to John 1:19-28 . St. Paul fortifies his own witness to Jesus as the Christ by that of John the Baptist, probably from knowing that many of his hearers believed that John was a prophet (see Luke 20:6 ; Matthew 21:26 ; comp. Peter's address, Acts 10:37 ).