New American Standard Bible 1995
Matthew 3:7
7But when he saw many of the 1Pharisees and 2Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You 3brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from 4the wrath to come?
Matthew 3:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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?
- New International Version (NIV)But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
- English Standard Version (ESV)But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- New King James Version (NKJV)But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Context of Matthew 3:7
5Then Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan; 6and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8Therefore bear fruit in keeping with repentance; 9and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.
Read all of Matthew 3Matthew 3:7 word by word
Ἰδὼν δὲ πολλοὺς τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων ἐρχομένους ἐπὶ τὸ βάπτισμα αὐτοῦ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν, τίς ὑπέδειξεν ὑμῖν φυγεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς μελλούσης ὀργῆς;Read the interlinear
- But when he sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
- PhariseesΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330
- SadduceesΣαδδουκαῖοςSaddoukaios · SadduceeG4523
- comingἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- for baptismβάπτισμαbaptisma · baptismG908
- he saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- broodγέννημαgennēma · offspringG1081
- of vipersἔχιδναechidna · snakeG2191
- whoτίςtis · which?G5101
- warnedὑποδείκνυμιhupodeiknumi · to showG5263
- you to fleeφεύγωpheugō · to fleeG5343
- the wrathὀργήorgē · wrathG3709
- to comeμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195
Cross-references for Matthew 3:7
- Matthew 5:20“For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 12:24But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.”
- Matthew 15:12Then the disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?”
- Matthew 16:6And Jesus said to them, “Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.
- Matthew 23:13“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
- Mark 7:3(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thus observing the traditions of the elders;
- Mark 8:15And He was giving orders to them, saying, “Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
- Mark 12:13Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Him in order to trap Him in a statement.
- Luke 7:30But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.
- Luke 11:39But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness.
- Luke 16:14Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him.
- Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
- John 1:24Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
- John 7:45The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?”
- John 9:40Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, “We are not blind too, are we?”
Commentaries on Matthew 3:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Pharisees - A very numerous sect among the Jews, who, in their origin, were, very probably, a pure and holy people. It is likely that they got the name of Pharisees, i.e. Separatists, (from פרש pharash, to separate), from their separating themselves from the pollution of the Jewish national worship; and hence, the word in the Anglo-saxon version is, holy persons who stand apart, or by themselves: but, in process of time, like all religious sects and…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Pharisees and Sadducees - The Jews were divided into three great sects - the Pharisees, the Sadducees, and the Essenes. In addition to these, some smaller sects are mentioned in the New Testament and by Josephus: the Herodians, probably political friends of Herod; the Galileans, a branch of the Pharisees; and the Therapeutae, a branch of the Essenes, but converts from the Greeks. The three principal sects are supposed to have originated about 150 years…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 To make application to the souls of the hearers, is the life of preaching; so it was of John's preaching. The Pharisees laid their chief stress on outward observances, neglecting the weightier matters of the moral law, and the spiritual meaning of their legal ceremonies. Others of them were detestable hypocrites, making their pretences to holiness a cloak for iniquity. The Sadducees ran into the opposite extreme, denying the existence of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The Pahrisees' name comes from the Hebrew word perushim, which means separated ones or exact interpreters. The Sadducees, a group of priests, probably got their name from Zadok the priest (2 Samuel 15:24–29; Ezekiel 44:10–16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them--astonished at such a spectacle. O generation of vipers--"Viper brood," expressing the deadly influence of both sects alike upon the community. Mutually and entirely antagonistic as were their religious principles and spirit, the stern prophet charges both alike with being the poisoners of the nation's religious principles. In Mt 12:34; 23:33, this strong…Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Matthew 3:7 Matt 16:1ff; 23:13, 15 ↩
- 2. Matthew 3:7 Matt 22:23; Acts 4:1; 5:17; 23:6ff ↩
- 3. Matthew 3:7 Matt 12:34; 23:33 ↩
- 4. Matthew 3:7 1 Thess 1:10 ↩
Commentaries on Matthew 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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