Repent (μετανοειτε). Broadus used to say that this is the worst translation in the New Testament. The trouble is that the English …

Repent ye. Repentance implies sorrow for past offenses (2 Corinthians 7:10), a deep sense of the evil of sin as committed agai…

Repent — Etymologically, the English word “repent,” with its root meaning of pain, does not fully capture the meaning of the Greek…

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…

Repent, you. Matthew differs from the other two Evangelists in this respect: he relates the substance of John’s doctrine as uttered by Joh…

And saying, repent you
The doctrine which John preached was the doctrine of repentance; which may be understood eith…

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…