Justified God (εδικαιωσαν τον θεον). They considered God just or righteous in making these demands of them. Even the publicans did…

The people. The common people.

That heard him. That heard John.

The publicans. The tax-gatherers, the worst kind of…

And all the people that heard him . . .—Here the reports begin to vary, Saint Luke omitting what we find in Saint Matthew regardin…

And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. But the Pharisees and lawyers rej…

St. John Chrysostom: Having declared the praises of John, he next exposes the great fault of the Pharisees and lawyers, who re…

Attention now turns to the contrast between the response of the people (cf. comment on 1:17) and of their hostile leaders to John and Jesus. The ta…

And all the people hearing. This part is left out by Matthew, though it throws no small light on the connection of the words; for it was t…

And all the people that heard him
Either Christ saying these things in commendation of John, and gave their assent t…

To His miracles in the kingdom of nature, Christ adds this one in the kingdom of grace: To the poor the gospel is preached. This clearly p…