Malachi 3:3 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | RSV

he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, till they present right offerings to the LORD.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

And He shall sit—as a King and Judge on His throne, with authority, yet also to try accurately the cause of each, separating seeming virtues…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

REBUKE OF INFIDELITY. THE ADVENT OF THE LORD FORETOLD (Malachi 2:17 to Malachi 3:18).

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century

Baptist

19th Century

And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver:

Christ comes suddenly, but he comes to stay: He shall sit. If he com…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

The Prophet says that Christ would sit to purify the sons of Levi; for though they were the flower, as it were, and the purity of the Chur…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And he shall sit [as] a refiner, and purifier of silver
Kimchi interprets this, as he does the latter part of the pr…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

The first words of this chapter seem to be an answer to the scoffers of those days. Here is a prophecy of the appearing of John the Baptist. He is …

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