4The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
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And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? …
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? …
The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? …
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)In this passage of story nothing is added here to what we had in the other evangelists; but only in the Luke 20:1; where we are told, I. That he was now teaching the people in the temple , and preaching the gospel . Note, Christ was a preacher of his own gospel. He not only purchased the salvation for us, but published it to us, which is a great confirmation of the truth of the gospel, and gives a…
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