{"commentaries":[],"citedBy":{"1":[{"id":"henry.JHN.1.15.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 1:15","href":"/jhn/1/#v15-henry","text":"Matt. iii. 1","snippet":"It was but in those days that John Baptist came (Matt. iii. 1), but the goings forth of our Lord Jesus were of old, from everlasting, Mic. v. 2."},{"id":"henry.JHN.3.22.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 3:22","href":"/jhn/3/#v22-henry","text":"Matt. iii. 1","snippet":"John began to baptize in the land of Judea (Matt. iii. 1), therefore Christ began there, for John had said, There comes one after me."}],"2":[],"3":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.23.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:23","href":"/jhn/1/#v23-westcott","text":"Matt. iii. 3","snippet":"In the Synoptists the quotation is applied to the Baptist : Matt. iii. 3 ; Mark i. 3 ; Luke iii. 4."}],"4":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.4.8.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 4:8","href":"/jhn/4/#v8-westcott","text":"Matt. iii. 4","snippet":"meat] i.e. food, as commonly (Matt. iii. 4, vi. 25, &c.), but here only in the New Testament in the plural."}],"5":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.3.22-24.2","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 3:22–24","href":"/jhn/3/#v22-chrysostom","text":"Matt. iii. 5","snippet":"( Matt. iii. 5."}],"6":[],"7":[{"id":"ryle.JHN.5.35.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 5:35","href":"/jhn/5/#v35-ryle","text":"Matt. iii. 7","snippet":"(Matt. iii. 7."}],"8":[],"9":[{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.29.6","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:29","href":"/jhn/1/#v29-westcott","text":"Matt. iii. 9","snippet":"The Synoptists have preserved a trace of this extension of the work of Messiah from the Jews to mankind in the teaching of the Baptist (Matt. iii. 9)."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.8.33.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 8:33","href":"/jhn/8/#v33-westcott","text":"Matt. iii. 9","snippet":"Comp. Matt. iii. 9 ; Luke iii. 8."}],"10":[],"11":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.4.13-14.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 4:13–14","href":"/jhn/4/#v13-chrysostom","text":"Matt. iii. 11","snippet":"Now the one John declares, speaking thus, “He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with Fire” ( Matt. iii. 11 ): the other, Christ, “Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.3.5.2","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 3:5","href":"/jhn/3/#v5-calvin","text":"Matthew 3:11","snippet":"We sometimes meet with the statement, that it is Christ who baptizeth with the Holy Ghost and with fire, (Matthew 3:11; Luke 3:16,) where fire means nothing different from the Spirit, but only shows what is his efficacy in us."},{"id":"henry.JHN.3.5.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 3:5","href":"/jhn/3/#v5-henry","text":"Matt. iii. 11","snippet":"To be born again is to be born of water and of the Spirit, that is, of the Spirit working like water, as (Matt. iii. 11) with the Holy Ghost and with fire means with the Holy Ghost as with fire. 1."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.15.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:15","href":"/jhn/1/#v15-westcott","text":"Matt. iii. 11","snippet":"The witness of the Baptist before Christ's Baptism was simply in general terms, \" He that cometh after me is mightier than I \" (Matt. iii. 11; Luke iii. 16); but St John gives his recognition of the actual present majesty of his successor."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.7.39.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 7:39","href":"/jhn/7/#v39-westcott","text":"iii. 11","snippet":"Compare i. 33, xx. 22; Matt. i. 18, 20, iii. 11, xii. 28; Luke i. 15, 35, 41, 67, ii. 25, iv. i."}],"12":[],"13":[],"14":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.1.33.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 1:33","href":"/jhn/1/#v33-calvin","text":"Matthew 3:14","snippet":"To a person whom he did not know he would not say, I ought rather to be baptized by thee, (Matthew 3:14."},{"id":"bengel.JHN.1.30-31.1","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 1:30–31","href":"/jhn/1/#v30-bengel","text":"Matt. iii. 14","snippet":"“There standeth one among you, whom ye know not;” at the time that I said, There cometh after me: see Matt. iii. 14, notes."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.1.33.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 1:33","href":"/jhn/1/#v33-ryle","text":"Matt. iii. 14","snippet":"(Matt. iii. 14,) showing plainly by these words that he knew He was before him."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.13.6.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 13:6","href":"/jhn/13/#v6-ryle","text":"Matt. iii. 14","snippet":"\" (Matt. iii. 14.)"}],"15":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.1.7.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 1:7","href":"/jhn/1/#v7-chrysostom","text":"Matt. iii. 15","snippet":"Though if any still continue bewildered and confused, He will say to such an one what He said to John, “Suffer it to be so now, for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness” ( Matt. iii. 15 ); and, if any be still further troubled, again He will say to him too what he said to the Jews, “But I receive not testimony from man."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.38.1","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:38","href":"/jhn/1/#v38-westcott","text":"Matt. iii. 15","snippet":"Suffer it to be so now; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness (Matt. iii. 15)."}],"16":[{"id":"chrysostom.JHN.5.37.1","author":"John Chrysostom","author_dates":"c. 347-407","tradition":"Patristic (Greek East)","era":"Early church","died":407,"ref":"John 5:37","href":"/jhn/5/#v37-chrysostom","text":"Matt. iii. 16","snippet":"In Jordan: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” ( Matt. iii. 16 ); hear Him."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.2.11.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 2:11","href":"/jhn/2/#v11-calvin","text":"Matthew 3:16","snippet":"… miracles; for when the angels announced to the shepherds that he was born in Bethlehem, (Luke 2:8,) when the star appeared to the Magi, (Matthew 2:2,) when the Holy Spirit descended on him in the shape of a dove, (Matthew 3:16; Mark 1:10; John 1:32,) though these were miracles, yet, strictly speaking, they were not performed by him; but the Evangelist now speaks of the miracles of which he was himself the Author."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.1.32.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 1:32","href":"/jhn/1/#v32-westcott","text":"Matt. iii. 16","snippet":"But Christ Himself, who \"saw\" this visible manifestation in its divine fulness (Matt. iii. 16; Mark i. 10), heard also the divine words as a definite message."}],"17":[{"id":"calvin.JHN.5.20.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 5:20","href":"/jhn/5/#v20-calvin","text":"Matthew 3:17","snippet":"What is more, we know that it is by this excellent title that he is distinguished both from angels and from men, This is my beloved Son, (Matthew 3:17."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.10.17.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 10:17","href":"/jhn/10/#v17-calvin","text":"Matthew 3:17","snippet":"This is my beloved Son, in whom the good-pleasure of God dwells, (Matthew 3:17; 17:5."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.15.9.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 15:9","href":"/jhn/15/#v9-calvin","text":"Matthew 3:17","snippet":"He is distinguished by this title, that he is the beloved Son, in whom the will of the Father is satisfied, (Matthew 3:17."},{"id":"calvin.JHN.17.23.1","author":"John Calvin","author_dates":"1509-1564","tradition":"Reformed","era":"Reformation","died":1564,"ref":"John 17:23","href":"/jhn/17/#v23-calvin","text":"Matthew 3:17","snippet":"… to point out the cause and origin of the love; for the particle as, means because, and the words, AS thou hast loved me, mean, Because thou hast loved me; for to Christ alone belongs the title of Well-beloved, (Matthew 3:17; 17:5."},{"id":"henry.JHN.5.37.1","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 5:37","href":"/jhn/5/#v37-henry","text":"Matt. iii. 17","snippet":"The prince is not accustomed to follow his ambassador himself, to confirm his commission viva voce—by speaking; but God was pleased to bear witness of his Son himself by a voice from heaven at his baptism (Matt. iii. 17): This is my ambassador, This is my beloved Son."},{"id":"henry.JHN.12.28.2","author":"Matthew Henry","author_dates":"1662-1714","tradition":"English Nonconformist (Presbyterian)","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1714,"ref":"John 12:28","href":"/jhn/12/#v28-henry","text":"Matt. iii. 17","snippet":"… daughter of a voice, as one of those divers manners by which God in time past spoke to the prophets; but we do not find any instance of his speaking thus to any but to our Lord Jesus; it was an honour reserved for him (Matt. iii. 17; xvii. 5), and here, probably, this audible voice was introduced by some visible appearance, either of light or darkness, for both have been used as vehicles of the divine glory. 2."},{"id":"bengel.JHN.1.14.3","author":"Johann Albrecht Bengel","author_dates":"1687-1752","tradition":"Lutheran Pietist","era":"Puritans and the 1700s","died":1752,"ref":"John 1:14","href":"/jhn/1/#v14-bengel","text":"Matt. iii. 17","snippet":"This grace and truth is by nature unknown to the sons of wrath, and to the untruthful: but it falls to us [is bestowed on us] in the well-beloved Son, in whom the Father is well pleased, Matt. iii. 17."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.3.35.2","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 3:35","href":"/jhn/3/#v35-ryle","text":"Matt. iii. 17","snippet":"(Matt. iii. 17."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.5.37.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 5:37","href":"/jhn/5/#v37-ryle","text":"Matt. iii. 17","snippet":"(Matt. iii. 17 ; xvii. 5."},{"id":"ryle.JHN.10.17.1","author":"J. C. Ryle","author_dates":"1816-1900","tradition":"Anglican (Evangelical)","era":"The 1800s","died":1900,"ref":"John 10:17","href":"/jhn/10/#v17-ryle","text":"Matt. iii. 17","snippet":"Paul's, \" Wherefore God hath highly exalted Him,\" (Matt. iii. 17; Phil. ii. 9;) and Isaiah's, \"I will divide Him a portion with the great, because He hath poured out His soul unto death."},{"id":"westcott.JHN.3.16.2","author":"B. F. Westcott","author_dates":"1825-1901","tradition":"Anglican","era":"The 1800s","died":1901,"ref":"John 3:16","href":"/jhn/3/#v16-westcott","text":"Matt iii. 17","snippet":"Comp. 1 John iv. 9 ; and Matt iii. 17, &c. ...."}]}}