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He answered them, "He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise."
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Repentance Requires Action
Commentators unanimously agree that John the Baptist's instruction is a powerful lesson: true repentance is not merely an internal feeling or a religious ceremony. It must be proven by tangible actions. Sharing food and clothing with the needy is presented as the essential evidence, or "fruit," of a genuinely changed heart.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He that has two coats, and so on. Or, in other words, aid the poor according to your ability; be benevolent, and you will thus show that y…
Coats (χιτωνας). The inner and less necessary undergarment. The outer indispensable ιματιον is not mentioned. Note the specific an…
19th Century
Anglican
He that hath two coats.—The remedy, in this case, was simple and practical. Selfishness was the root of evil. It was to b…
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Baptist
John was wonderfully practical in his advocacy of a holy charity and benevolence. His words cut against all greed, all hoarding, all hardening of t…
John’s prophetic word of judgment elicits a response, first from the crowd in general, then from the unpopular and greedy tax collectors (v.12), an…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He answers and says to them By telling them what they should do; and he does not put them upon ceremonial observance…
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The scope and design of John's ministry were to bring the people from their sins and to their Savior. He came preaching, not a sect or party, but a…
