And in those days cometh John the Baptist (εν δε ταις ημεραις παραγινετα Ιωανης ο Βαπτιστης). Here the synoptic narrative begins w…

MATTHEW CHAPTER 3

In those days. The days referred to here cannot be those mentioned in the preceding chapter, for John was only si…

John the Baptist—For the birth and early life of the forerunner of the Christ, see the notes on Luke 1. The way he is mentioned he…

While Jesus still remained at Nazareth, His relative, the Baptist, made his appearance. The morning star is seen before the sun. John did not come …

Pseudo-Chrysostom: The sun, as it approaches the horizon and before it is yet visible, sends out its rays and makes the…

“John” had been a popular name among the Jews from the time of John Hyrcanus (died 106 B. C.). The John of this verse was soon designated “the Bapt…

Now in those days. And in the fifteenth year. It could not be determined from Matthew and Mark at what age John began to preach, …

In those days came John the Baptist
The Evangelist having given an account of the genealogy and birth of Christ; of …

After Malachi, there was no prophet until John the Baptist came. He appeared first in the wilderne of Judea. This was not an uninhabited desert, bu…

The Evangelist wrote about Christ’s entrance into the world; now, however, he writes about the course of His life, which is, in fact, considered ac…