He will throughly purge . . .—The better manuscripts give, throughly to purge, and to gather.

Origen of Alexandria: It was fitting that more deference should be paid to John than to other men, for he lived as no other m…

The question naturally arose whether such a radical prophet as John might be the Messiah (cf. Jn 1:19-25). John responds in several ways. The Messi…

Whose fan is in his hand
(See Gill on Matthew 3:12)

John the Baptist disowned being the Christ himself but confirmed the people in their expectations of the long-promised Messiah. He could only exhor…