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When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they justified God, being baptized with John`s baptism.
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What 'Justifying God' Means
Commentators explain that to "justify God" means to publicly acknowledge His ways and commands as right and just. When the common people and tax collectors accepted John's baptism, they were openly declaring their agreement with God's call to repentance. As John Calvin notes, this act of faith is a profound form of worship, ascribing to God the glory He is due.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The people. The common people.
That heard him. That heard John.
The publicans. The tax-gatherers, the worst kind of…
Justified God (εδικαιωσαν τον θεον). They considered God just or righteous in making these demands of them. Even the publicans did…
19th Century
Anglican
And all the people that heard him . . .—Here the reports begin to vary, Saint Luke omitting what we find in Saint Matthew regardin…
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Baptist
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. But the Pharisees and lawyers rej…
Attention now turns to the contrast between the response of the people (cf. comment on 1:17) and of their hostile leaders to John and Jesus. The ta…
16th Century
Protestant
And all the people hearing. This part is left out by Matthew, though it throws no small light on the connection of the words; for it was t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And all the people that heard him Either Christ saying these things in commendation of John, and gave their assent t…
To His miracles in the kingdom of nature, Christ adds this one in the kingdom of grace: To the poor the gospel is preached. This clearly p…
