Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
Matthew 3:9
Think not to say . . . We have Abraham to [our] father. They
believed that Abraham;s race was to be saved, if all else were
destroyed. John destroys the refuge of sin.
Of these stones. Pointing, perhaps, to the stones of the Jordan.
In thus sinking the higher claims of Judaism, John points to the
Gentiles, who were to become Abraham's children by faith (Galatians 3:29).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 3:9
Luke 3:3
Luke 16:24
Acts 13:24-25
Romans 9:8
Philippians 3:4
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