Is the axe laid (η αξινη κειτα). This verb κειτα is used as the perfect passive of τιθημ. But the idea really is, "the axe lies at…

The axe is laid unto the root of the trees. Laying the axe at the root of a tree is intended to denote that the tree is to be cut down. It…

Now—Rather, already. This indicates the present reality of an act that is no longer in the future.

The ax is l…

And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up childre…

St. Gregory the Great: The words of teachers should be adapted to the character of their hearers, so that the teaching is consi…

The ax is “already” at the root of the trees (for the idiom, cf. Isaiah 10:33–34; Jeremiah 46:22). Just as the kingdom is da…

Matthew 3:10; Luke 3:9. And now also the axe. After stripping hypocrites of the covering of vain confidence,…

And now also the axe is laid
These words may be rendered, "for now also", and contain in them a reason why they migh…

Applying the me age to the souls of the hearers is the life of preaching; and so it was with John's preaching. The Pharisees placed their main emph…

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…