Wesley's Notes/ Commentary on St. Luke 3:7-22
Wesley's Notes. John Wesley (1703-1791)
8. Say not within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father - That is, trust not
in your being members of the visible Church, or in any external privileges
whatsoever: for God now requires a change of heart; and that without delay.
10. He answereth - It is not properly John, but the Holy Ghost, who teaches us
in the following answers, how to come ourselves, and how to instruct other
penitent sinners to come to Christ, that he may give them rest. The sum of all
this is, Cease to do evil, learn to do well. These are the fruits worthy of
repentance.
20. He shut up John - This circumstance, though it happened after, is here
mentioned before our Lord's baptism, that his history (that of John being
concluded) may then follow without any interruption.
21. Jesus praying, the heaven was opened - It is observable, that the three
voices from heaven, see chap. ix, 29, 35; John xii, 28; by which the Father bore
witness to Christ, were pronounced either while he was praying, or quickly after
it. Matt. iii, 13; Mark i, 9.
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