Coats (χιτωνας). The inner and less necessary undergarment. The outer indispensable ιματιον is not mentioned. Note the specific an…

He that has two coats, and so on. Or, in other words, aid the poor according to your ability; be benevolent, and you will thus show that y…

He that hath two coats.—The remedy, in this case, was simple and practical. Selfishness was the root of evil. It was to b…

John was wonderfully practical in his advocacy of a holy charity and benevolence. His words cut against all greed, all hoarding, all hardening of t…

St. Gregory the Great: In John's preceding words, it is clear that the hearts of his hearers were troubled and that they sought…

John’s prophetic word of judgment elicits a response, first from the crowd in general, then from the unpopular and greedy tax collectors (v.12), an…

He answers and says to them
By telling them what they should do; and he does not put them upon ceremonial observance…

The scope and design of John's ministry were to bring the people from their sins and to their Savior. He came preaching, not a sect or party, but a…