(Professor Isaac H. Hieron. Their bodies and their souls are given to sin. Indeed, the axe is already laid down at the root of the trees. In the fifteenth … Luke saith nothing of what we have Matthew 2:13-15,19-23, of Joseph going into Egypt upon the admonition of the angel, nor his coming back; but both Matthew and Luke agree in their dwelling at Nazareth, which he calleth . We learn that sins of omission are certainly damning as well as sins of commission. There is a great deal of crookedness and corruption must be pared from us; we must pass under the workman’s tool before we can be an habitation of God by His Spirit. What is the meaning of the old and the new wineskins in Luke 5:33-39? And so, in the other particulars, it doth even enrage men’s hearts that the Word of God cloth so meet with them, as it were, at every turn; and it causeth many to come to hear it no more than they needs must, because, though they set a face upon it, and would make themselves and others believe that it is not so; yet this same sharp axe of the Word, when the edge thereof is turned towards them, doth strike some wound or other into them almost at every sermon. Every judgment is an axe: pestilence is God’s axe; famine God’s axe; adversity God’s axe. Too long Israel had been barren, as far as any fruits of righteousness were concerned; and her day of grace at the time John spoke was growing short. If so, the axe will cut you down also. Hall. 1. Writing in the prophetic present typically emphasizes either the certainty and inevitability of something happening in the future, or the fact that the event will occur very soon. The present tense verb being used for an event that is future is also referred to as the futuristic present (Wallace, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics, p. 535-36). ”), We may learn from it, in the first place--, I. Episode 2 The second in a five-part series on the Gospel of Luke. The Jews did not repent. Luke 9:2. On the other comes their response as their consciences are awakened. [For more on annihilation in the Lake of Fire, see Appendix 5, “Annihilation in the Lake of Fire”]. The axe has not to be prepared; it has been prepared, and sharpened. Indeed, the axe is already laid down at the root of the trees. Learn, 1. By the axe may in general be meant God’s wrath; however it is, or may be executed, or upon whom, wrath will sooner or later cut down all the ungodly, both false Churches and tyrannical powers of the earth, and all who continue in unbelief and in rebellion against God. That it is not unsuitable for gospel preachers to press repentance and holiness of life upon their hearers, from arguments of terror. Take nothing for your Journey. Every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.” Now Jesus has empowered the disciples. If you had had a servant in your family who had cared as little for you as you have cared for God, would you have continued him in your house as long as God has continued you? Secondly: In order to enable you to bring forth this good fruit, God has supplied you with the gospel of His Son. Luke 3:7-9 New International Version (NIV). It is not merely because the tree cumbers the ground in a physical sense; to even shade-trees-trees of any sort--are greatly to be desired throughout the Holy Land. Yet even the Son of God, in His human manifestation, came not to destroy, but to save. 4. (St. Cyril, lib. II. And the gospel contains also the promise of that Divine influence by which fruitfulness is infallibly secured! The axe has not to be brought to you from a distance; it has been brought, and is now lying at your root. In our text it is called “good fruit”; and, in the eighth verse, “fruits meet for repentance.” With what propriety, my brethren, are fruits like these denominated “good.” They are the result of a good principle, even of that “godly sorrow” which worketh repentance to salvation, not to be repented of; they proceed from a good source, for they are the fruits which the Holy Spirit Himself produces in the heart and life which He controls; and they accord with the Divine revelation and with the Divine will, “for He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”. “Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.” The nature of this condition is indescribably terrible. 9 The ax is … 2. Read any recent work on the political condition of Egypt, and see how much every palm must pay. So did Hanani, when he said plainly to the king that he had done foolishly not to rest upon the Lord. xl.). The tax on fruit-trees, too, is a heavy one. Its searing heat destroys until nothing is left. That which bears up the branches, and on which the trees and branches stand and grow. The prophetic present idiom is closely related to the prophetic perfect idiom (see commentary on Eph. Make the tree good, and then the fruit will be good; “an evil tree cannot bring forth good fruit,” &c. All works of regenerate persons--yea, their religious duties--are but dead works, not good fruits; nor can they bring forth good fruits unless they are planted by faith into Jesus Christ. But the fruit-trees are all taxed; and if unfruitful, they are a heavy incumbrance. By the root may also be intended the foundation of all the Jews’ hopes, confidence, and outward privileges. 2. KJ21. Luke 23:8+ Now Herod was very glad when he saw Jesus; for he had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had been hearing about Him and was hoping to see some sign performed by Him. “He is hewn down.” And the language intimates at once his own unwillingness to die, and the determined and penal manner in which his death is inflicted. God expects people to have faith in Him, obey Him and do good works, and those who do not are in danger of being thrown into Gehenna, the Lake of Fire, which is the “second death” and is everlasting death (Rev. Luke 3:9 "And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire." The neglects of duty are as dangerous and damnable as the acts of sin. This is the idiom some scholars refer to as the “prophetic present,” and it takes an event that is future but certain to happen and coming soon, and treats it as if it is present. Some of these unfruitful persons are professors of the gospel. The fact is, in Western Asia trees, as trees, are but little valued. Every tree therefore that does not bring forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.”. 2:6, “prophetic perfect”). Nor are such fruits required from them. You would have cut down the tree, and you would have dismissed the servant. 7 John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Indeed the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; so every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Commentary on Luke 16:19-31 (Read Luke 16:19-31) 8 Bear fruits f in keeping with repentance. 3. for “He giveth His Holy Spirit to them that ask Him.” Thirdly: God has visited you with various dispensations of providence, and with various convictions of conscience, all of which have been intended to direct your attention to the gospel, that thereby you might bring forth fruits meet for repentance. 2. Commentary on Luke 3:23-38 (Read Luke 3:23-38 ) Matthew's list of the forefathers of Jesus showed that Christ was the son of Abraham, in whom all the families of the earth are blessed, and heir to the throne of David; but Luke shows that Jesus was the Seed of the woman that should break the serpent's head, and traces the line up to Adam, beginning with Eli, or Heli, the father, … Luke 9:3. II. Luke 5:31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need… Some four years ago, when the taxes were heavy and the olive product light, multitudes of olive-trees were cut down on the spurs of Lebanon. V. THE AWFUL CONDITION TO WHICH SUCH UNFRUITFUL PERSONS ARE DOOMED. That those whose hearts are not pierced with the sword of God's word, shall certainly be cut down and destroyed by the axe of his judgments. поÑÑнение к ÐÑ. He had probably heard this message of John and demonstrates that He had approved of it. The axe which is lying at your root has sometimes admonished you of its being there. Assuredly this is the only part of His office which we are called to discharge. It is easy travelling if you have no burden. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is … Yet some of God’s judgments are both in one--an axe to the ungodly, a pruning-knife to the saint. There is a great difference between the axe and the pruning-knife. Alternately the term for ‘axe’ may indicate a wedge put in place at the base of the tree ready to be driven in so as to bring the tree crashing down. Nay, I must tell you that gospel-holiness will not save us; it must be the righteousness of God by faith. Luke 24:39, ESV: "See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself.Touch me, and see. And if he relies on this power, he will succeed where others must needs fail. Has the cold iron never sent its chilling influence through your frame? There is an awful peculiarity even in the death of a fruitless sinner. 31:2-9), but that is not the case in this context, because nations are judged by God by what happens in and to them, but only people are judged in the future Judgment. It cutteth the Sabbath-breaker to hear his profaneness still cried out upon; it cutteth the adulterer to hear his viciousness continually found fault with; it cutteth the drunkard to hear his excess so often threatened; it cutteth the rioter and voluptuous liver, that his course should ever and anon be so eagerly reproved. You may destroy the eye by which you behold the surrounding universe; you may destroy the link that binds your spirit to your mortal flesh: but your responsibility to God, and your immortality of existence, you cannot destroy, you cannot touch. The gospel contains also the motives to fruitfulness; and these motives are the most powerful that can be presented to the mind. Formatting issue in the NIV '84 edition has been resolved. “But there is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty hath given him understanding.” He has endowed us with reason and with affections. A tree is not capable of producing the fruits of instinct and sagacity, because it is destitute of animal life. Luke 16:9 they whom you have favored may receive and welcome you into the everlasting habitations (dwellings). Some of these unfruitful persons are sensual and profane. i Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.” You have seen others fall under its influence; but have you never felt it yourself? The certainty that this condition will be incurred by the finally impenitent is another sentiment which our text conveys--a certainty so sure and perfect, that the event is spoken of as having actually taken place. 2. (A. W. Hare, in “Guesses at Truth. Fire is a favourite description of judgment throughout Scripture. ), “The axe is laid unto the root of the trees” in the East with a significance which we can hardly understand in the West. When he preached it was about A.D. -32 Luke 3:9 Luke 3:9, REV Bible and Commentary. 4:10, 22; Zech. This whole picture is in Jesus’ mind there. It seems to me a total mistake to apply the words of the Baptist, “And now also the axe,” &c. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees, every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire; See Gill on, And even now the axe also lieth at the root of the trees. The fruit-trees are preserved and nourished with great care; but nearly all other trees are cut down for fuel, mineral fuel being exceedingly scarce. Luke 24:39 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Luke 24:39, NIV: "Look at my hands and my feet.It is I myself! Luke 3:9 . Within forty years of that time would the fatal axe, now lying at the root of the tree, be lifted. Luke 9 /. Do you build on your own righteousness, like the Jews and hypocritical Pharisees? Space could be spared in the ground for a tree whose only use was ornament; wild trees are still allowed for that purpose; but a fruit-tree which bore a tax is quite a different matter, and probably was so then. And he said unto them, take nothing for your journey. 3. “trees” is the figure of speech hypocatastasis (E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech Used in the Bible), and in this context “trees” are people, and in fact the word “trees” is often used for the powerful people in the society (Judges 9:8-15; Song of Solomon 2:3; 7:8; Isa. 3. So that as Scripture hath avouched it, so common use will not suffer it to be untrue, that the ministry of the Word is a sharp axe, which hath a biting edge, and cutteth and pierceth where it goeth. Luke 2:39-40. Luke 5:30 The scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? So did John the Baptist, when he spake directly to the Pharisees, and called them a viperous generation, and when he told Herod to his face he might not have his brother’s wife. Men and women, but chiefly the seed of the stock of Abraham, according to the flesh, of whom the national church of the Jews was made up, and did consist; as also, all wicked and unbelieving persons whatsoever, who embrace not the offers of grace in the gospel, or believe not in Jesus Christ. Answer: In Luke 5:33-39, Jesus is talking about the Kingdom of God, and its specific realization in the church. “will be cut down.” The Greek is the present perfect form of the verb ekkopto (#1581 ἐκκόπτω), and “is cut down” is a very literal translation in this context, which involves “trees.” This verse can be confusing because the present tense of the verb “is cut down,” makes it seem like the cutting is being done now, when in fact the cutting is actually future, at God’s Judgment. The axe which is lying at your root reminds you of the critical circumstances in which you are placed. And the beasts of the field are not capable of producing the fruits of reason and of conscience, because they are destitute of intellectual and moral life. In the immediate present, all that the proprietor could see was cruelty, oppression, and taxes. And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. They were on His business, sent by Him, and He assumed their care, and forbade them to trust themselves, or any other but Him. (H. Bonar, D. D.). 9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Luke 3 is the third chapter of the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.It contains an account of the preaching of John the Baptist as well as a genealogy of Jesus.The Expositor's Greek Testament states that in this chapter "the ministry of the new era opens". Translators recognize the confusion that the “is” can cause, and thus some versions actually transpose the present tense to a future tense in their translations, using “will be cut down” (HCSB; NIV; NJB; Moffatt; REV). 1. III. Luke 9:3. Luke 7:39 - Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, 'If this man were a prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, that she is a sinner.' The axe is laid unto the root of the trees. It is noteworthy that this picture of judgment is central in the chiasmus which covers Luke 3:1-20 (see above). This was a prophetic vision of the destruction of the Holy City which would ensue as a result of the rejection of Christ by Israel. Luke 3:9, NIV: "The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.'". THE TREES. To get what Luke 3:9 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these … TCR 105, 106. These are permitted to grow to their full height for the sake of the long beams they supply. this example is meant that anger of God, which the Jews raised against themselves by their impiety towards their Messias. Future starvation was not a heavier burden than present hunger, with debt as a load above it. Radical and seminal reform. The axe is laid to the root of the tree, for the branches are already lopt off; but the tree was not rooted up, for a remnant of Israel shall be saved. Up until this time, Jesus was doing this just Himself. It is probable that this is just the same sort of cumbering the ground which was the troublesome one in old times. In uttering this stern prophetic saying, we believe John was gazing at the storm gathering round Jerusalem, which in A.D. swept away city and temple, and destroyed the existence of Israel as a nation. 3. now also the axe is laid = already even the axe lies; or, and even the axe lies. Another thing in the axe is, that as it cuts, so it frameth and fashioneth the hearers to a place in the spiritual building in God’s Church. 8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. They are like “trees” that will be cut down. Although the present tense verb is used, the cutting will be done in the future. So did Zachariah, when he told Joash he should not prosper if he forsook the Lord. Follow Desiring God on Twitter. = meaning those people that you demonstrated love, mercy and compassion to by caring for their physical needs with your material wealth, so that they could see and know that you are truly a disciple of Christ, and filled with God’s love, thereby winning them … # 3:9 trees Meaning the people who don’t obey God. In the first place, God has endowed you with a capacity to produce this kind of fruit. The fruit-trees paid a religious tithe; and the secular government could scarcely have been less exacting. Therefore, every tree that does not bring forth good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the … By it the Lord cloth lop off the superfluity of our corruption; thereby He doth smooth us and make us plain and compact, and join us in, as it were, by certain mortices and joints with the rest of that holy frame, that being once fast coupled unto it, He may preserve us ever unto Himself. Luke 9:3. God never requires from His creatures any actions which they are naturally incapable of performing. The use of it, in a word, is to justify and to maintain to the faces of all gainsayers that that very Word which they hear daily, and which they would fain make themselves and others believe is but an idle word, is indeed and in truth the very Word of God. Referring to national privileges. An exception is made in favour of poplars. (Biblical Things, &c.), This is judgment--destruction. No, my brethren, you would not. IV. By fire is here meant infernal fire, which is nothing else than hatred, revenge and cruelty, or, what is the same thing, the love of self; by good fruit is meant charity, of which, whoever deprives himself cuts himself down, … There are many covetous sticklers for the forms of godliness, who are the bitterest enemies to its power, and try to set others against the truth. If a tree bears no fruit, it brings its proprietor in debt, and that to the most merciless of creditors, a tax-farmer. (J. Alexander, D. D.), The remarkably broad statement implied in this bold figure of speech must strike a European as somewhat extraordinary; and yet there is more of literal truth in it than one would at first thought be disposed to imagine. The Baptism of Jesus: Luke 3-9. ", To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees,.... Not only to Jesse's family, which as a root in a dry ground, and to Jerusalem, the metropolis of the nation; but to the root of the vain boasting of every Jew; their descent from Abraham, the covenant made with him, their ecclesiastical state and civil polity, all which would quickly be at an end: the Romans were now among them, the axe in God's hand; by means of whom, utter ruin and destruction would be brought upon their nation, city, and temple: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire; See Gill on Matthew 3:10. on StudyLight.org ), When we lay the axe to the root of the tree--when we hew off men’s very members, when we snatch them like brands out of the fire, when we make them to see their own faces in the law of liberty, the face of a guilty, and therefore cursed, conscience--there will be need of much boldness. It was cutting off the owners’ means of support in the future; but that was still in the future, and uncertain. It is God’s axe, not man’s; its edge is sharp; it is heavy; it will do its work well. Remember that, though you have not yet been hewn down, the axe is actually lying at your root. THE ROOT. I. Now is the axe laid to the root of the tree. But he warned them, that what they contended for as the law, was a wresting of its meaning: this our Lord showed in a case respecting divorce. Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, while Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, a. Luke 22:39-43 New International Version (NIV) Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives. Posted by DJL on Jan 4, 2013 in Christmas Devotions | 0 comments. Luke alone of the first three evangelists who related in detail this most important reply of Jesus when the disciples of John and the Pharisees came to question him, adds this curious simile. Biblical Commentary (Bible study) Luke 3:1-6 EXEGESIS: LUKE 3:1-2. And now also the ax is laid unto the root of the trees. Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.'" ÑекиÑа пÑи коÑне См. Travelling without any burden. The evil in ourselves, indeed, we are to pluck up, branch and root; but in our dealings with others, unless we have a special office committed to us by the laws of family or national life, our task will mainly be to contend against evil by sowing the seeds of good, not by radical reforms, but by seminal. 9 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. St. John having preached the doctrine of repentance in the foregoing verses, he backs it with a powerful argument in this verse, drawn from the certainty and severity of that judgment which should come upon them, if they continued their sins: Now is the axe laid to the root of the tree. “And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees.” This “axe” may therefore be considered as emblematical of death, at which period the character and condition of the fruitless, as well as of others, will be decided and fixed for ever. Luke 3:9, ESV: "Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. 9 The ax is now ready to cut down the trees. So did Christ, when He preached woe to the Scribes and Pharisees, “Woe to Chorazin and Bethsaida.” So did Peter, when he told the Jews, “You, I say, have crucified and slain the Lord of life.” So did Paul, when he called them “foolish Galatians.” It is to no purpose, as it were, to stand hacking at the branches, and to strike here and there upon the outward rind; but a man must go to the root, and knock at the door of every man’s conscience, that every soul may tremble, and men at the least may be convinced against the day of reckoning. 3:10. The meaning of the parable-pictures of the new patch being sewn on an old garment, and of new wine being poured into worn-out, decaying wine-skins, was very plain. 11:16-24). (Bishop Reynolds.). The axe is laid unto the root of the trees, It seems to me a total mistake to apply the words of the Baptist, “And now also the axe,” &c.
And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. 1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch (Greek: tetraarchountos—tetrarch) of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2 in … The metaphor is that of a farmer who chops down an unfruitful tree and burns it. By root, in a more remote sense, may be meant the state and standing of every ungodly, unbelieving, and impenitent person. A stone is not capable of producing the fruits of a tree, because it is destitute of vegetable life. The reason that the writers especially bring out this side of his ministry is because they are seeking to bring home the fact of the emergency of the hour. “He is hewn down, and cast into the fire.” If you die unfruitful, your destruction is as certain as your death. Such trees as stand in God's orchard, the church, and bring forth no good fruit, are marked out as fuel for the devil's fire. Luke 9:1 "Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases." Nathan the prophet laid the axe to the root when he told David, “Thou art the man.” So did Elias, when he said to Ahab, “It is thou and thy father’s house that have troubled Israel.” So did Amos, when he preached at Bethel, the king’s own chapel, the destruction of the king’s own house. THE MEANS WHICH GOD EMPLOYS TO RENDER US PRODUCTIVE OF THIS KIND OF FRUIT, AND WHICH SHOW HOW REASONABLE IT IS THAT HE SHOULD EXPECT IT FROM US. 4:3-14; 11:1-3; Rom. The axe is not for planting, or pruning, or dressing, or propping, or protecting, but for cutting down. At the end of Luke 3:9, he tells them what will happen if they don’t. The root, then, was the covenant God made with Abraham and his natural seed or offspring, which covenant did, in a mystical sense, as clearly bear up the national church of Israel and all the trees (i.e., members or branches thereof)
(S. They will be cut off and thrown into the fire. There are times when a tree is used for a nation (Ezek. The satirist, the rhetorician, the moralist, will indeed try the former, and will therefore fail. their own city, for there Joseph dwelt, Luke 2:4. Luke 13:31+ Just at that time some Pharisees approached, saying to Him, “Go away, leave here, for Herod wants to kill You.” Observe farther, that forasmuch as the sin here specified is a sin of omission, every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit, as well as that which bringeth forth evil fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the fire. You retain the ability, but you have lost the disposition, to exercise the mind aright. This is clear even from the first part of the verse which notes that the cutting has not begun, but the axe has been placed down near the root of the trees in preparation for the cutting.
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