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But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 3:7 — KJV
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Matthew 3:7
King James Version (KJV)
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Matthew 3:7
Verse 7 of 17
Commentary
Commentary on Matthew 3:7
Theological / DevotionalPharisees. For a sketch of the Pharisees and Sadducees see pp. 51, 52.
Generation of vipers. Or, “offspring of vipers,” or “brood of vipers.” Christ Himself later used almost identical language in addressing the Pharisees and Sadducees (chs. 12:34; 23:33). They prided themselves on being children of Abraham (see on ch. 3:9), but they failed to “do the works of Abraham” (John 8:39), and were therefore children of their “father the devil” (v. 44).
Warned you to flee. They were not sincerely seeking the repentance to which John called men and women as the only consistent preparation for the kingdom of Messiah, and this being the case, why had they come?
Wrath. It is possible that, by inspiration, John was here looking forward to those indescribable scenes of woe that accompanied the fall of Jerusalem to the Roman armies in A.D. 70 — the days for which Jesus told the women of Jerusalem to weep (Luke 23:27-29), and because of which He counseled His disciples to flee from the city (Matt. 24:15-21; Luke 21:20–24). Of course, beyond is the great day of God’s “wrath,” the last great day of judgment (Rom. 1:18; 2:5, 8; 3:5; 5:9; Rev. 6:17; etc.).
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