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Text -- Matthew 3:8-17 (NET)
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3:8 Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance ,
3:9 and don’t think you can say to yourselves , ‘We have Abraham as our father .’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones !
3:10 Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees , and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire .
3:11 “I baptize you with water , for repentance , but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am – I am not worthy to carry his sandals . He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire .
3:12 His winnowing fork is in his hand , and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse , but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire .”
The Baptism of Jesus
3:13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River .
3:14 But John tried to prevent him , saying , “I need to be baptized by you , and yet you come to me ?”
3:15 So Jesus replied to him , “Let it happen now , for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness .” Then John yielded to him .
3:16 After Jesus was baptized , just as he was coming up out of the water , the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming on him .
3:17 And a voice from heaven said , “This is my one dear Son ; in him I take great delight .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
JOHN THE BAPTIST |
Repentance |
JESUS CHRIST, 4A |
Jesus, The Christ |
John |
Baptism |
Reproof |
Minister |
Fire |
MATTHEW, THE GOSPEL OF |
BAPTISM (LUTHERAN DOCTRINE) |
Holy Spirit |
Pharisees |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, VI-X |
Chaff |
Garner |
Fan |
Heredity |
Symbols and Similitudes |
HOLY SPIRIT, 2 |
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NET Notes: Mat 3:11 With the Holy Spirit and fire. There are differing interpretations for this phrase regarding the number of baptisms and their nature. (1) Some see one...
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NET Notes: Mat 3:12 The image of fire that cannot be extinguished is from the OT: Job 20:26; Isa 34:8-10; 66:24.
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NET Notes: Mat 3:16 The phrase like a dove is a descriptive comparison. The Spirit is not a dove, but descended like one in some sort of bodily representation.
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