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Judgment is Imminent and Final
Commentators emphasize that John's warning is not about a distant threat. The image of the "axe...at the root" signifies that judgment is imminent, radical, and final. This isn't just a light pruning; it's the complete removal of any life (or nation) that is spiritually unproductive, destined to be "cast into the fire."
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Luke
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Charles Spurgeon
On Luke 3:8–11
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Luke 3:9
The language is picturesque. Two images are presented. First, a tree that does not produce fruit should be chopped down and removed to make way for…
John Gill
On Luke 3:9
17th Century
Pastor
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees ,
&c.] Not only to Jesse's family, which as a root in a dry …
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Matthew Henry
On Luke 3:1–14
17th Century
Minister
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…