Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 3:7
When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees. The two principal
religious sects. (1) The first originated in the time of the Maccabees,
and were a kind of Jewish Puritans, but had in the Savior's time
degenerated into a set of formalists, who paid far more attention to
outward forms than to inner life. They were scrupulous in observing
ceremonies, very orthodox, but were filled with spiritual pride. From
an early period of Christ's ministry they opposed him. (2) The other
principal sect of the Jews, the Sadducees, derived their name from
Sadduc, the founder of the sect; were irreligious, sensual and
skeptical. They were materialists, and denied "angel, spirit, or the
resurrection of the dead" (Acts 23:8). Annas and Caiaphas, the high
priests, were Sadducees.
Generation of vipers. The guilty corrupted race had become a
generation of vipers; not only poisonous, hateful to God, hating one
another. The viper is hateful, full of hate, and dangerous.
Who hath warned you? Malachi (Malachi 3:2 4:5) had predicted the
wrath to come. John's question expresses doubt of their sincerity.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 3:7
Matthew 5:20
Matthew 23:33
Luke 3:3
Luke 3:7
Luke 18:10
John 16:8
Acts 4:1
Acts 13:24-25
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