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Quotes & Notes on:
Luke 3:6
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Isaiah 40:3-5
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The universal nature of salvation is emphasized in the Gospel
readings for Year C. God's love and acceptance is generously
extended to all people for all time in Jesus Christ, and all people
are included in the invitation to Christian discipleship.
God wants everyone to be saved, as
Peter would later highlight at Pentecost in quoting the prophet
Joel, "I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh" (Acts
2:17), Paul in his letter "... God our Savior, Who will have all men
to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth" (1 Tim.
2:4), and Peter in his letter, "The Lord is not slack concerning his
promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to
us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should
come to repentance" (2 Pet. 3:9). Although the church is
unable to confirm a doctrine of universal salvation, certainly we
are able to give assurance of universal invitation, and that all
people are the beneficiaries of the divine Grace spoken of here by
John and offered as the free "gift of God" (Rom. 6:23). Who
among us is eternally able to thwart the eternal will of God?
- Br. Bill |
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John Wesley, Notes On the New Testament (1755):
The salvation of God-The Saviour, the
Messiah.
Reginald Fuller's
Preaching the Lectionary (1984): The
Baptist sums up in his own person the whole salvation history of the Old
Testament; he stands at the head of the Old Testament prophets and
points, as they did, to the coming Christ. The one difference is
that John is the last of the prophets and announces Jesus' impending
arrival. Luke operates with two periods of salvation history --
the Old Testament period, culminating with John, and the Jesus period,
which is divided into two parts: the earthly history of Jesus
(what he "began to do" [Acts 1:1]) and what he continues to do in the
Church. This scheme is preferable to Conzelmann's three periods:
the Old Testament, Jesus, and the Church.
John's baptism of repentance for the
forgiveness of sins is, as the ensuing quotation from Isa 40 shows,
essentially preparatory for the coming of the Messiah. Mark had
already cited Isa 40, but Luke lengthens the quotation to include "all
flesh shall see the salvation of God," which gives it a typically
universalistic accent. This, incidentally, also shows that John
foretells what is essentially a single period, for the universal mission
of the Church is included in the salvation event. That event
embraces the content of both Luke's Gospel and the Book of Acts.
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William Baird,
Interpreter's Commentary, 1971:
[Luke] lengthens Mark's quotation of Isa.
40:3 to include vss. 4-5. The result of this 2nd change is to
stress the universality of the coming salvation: all flesh shall
see the salvation of God.
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J. McNicol, The New Bible
Commentary, 1954:
(No comment on this verse).
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I.H. Marshall, The New
Bible Commentary, 1970:
(No comment on this verse).
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David Guzik,
Study Guide for Luke
The way of the Messiah must be made ready.
He is coming to all mankind. (NIV)
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Chuck Smith,
Study Guide
for Luke:
This was the promise that John was giving to
the people. As they were to prepare themselves, they would see God's
salvation. And, of course, that was fulfilled through Jesus Christ.
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Catechism of the Catholic
Church:
(No comment on this verse).
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J. Norval Geldenhuys,
Bible Expositor, 1960:
(No comment on this verse).
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Abingdon Bible Commentary
(1929):
Luke puts the ministry of Jesus in its
world-setting, and continues the quotation from Isa. 40 until he gets
the universalistic note (v.6).
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D.D. Whedon, Commentary
on Luke, 1866:
(No comment on this verse).
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Joseph Parker, People's
Bible, 1901:
(No comment on this verse).
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The Fourfold Gospel:
And all flesh shall see the salvation of
God. This last clause of the prophecy is added by Luke alone. He loves
to dwell upon the universality of Christ's gospel.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge:
Lu 2:10,11,30-32; Ps 98:2,3; Isa 40:5; 49:6; 52:10; Mr 16:15; Ro
10:12 Ro 10:18
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Robertson's Word Pictures:
All
flesh (pāsa sarx). Used in the N.T. of the human race alone, though in
the LXX brutes are included. The salvation of God (to sotźrion tou theou).
The saving act of God. This phrase aptly describes Luke's Gospel which
has in mind the message of Christ for all men. It is the universal
Gospel.
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William Burkitt's Notes:
(No comment on this verse).
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Family Bible Notes:
(No comment on this verse).
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1599 Geneva Bible Notes:
(No comment on this verse).
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People's New Testament Commentary:
(No comment on this verse).
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Albert Barnes' Commentary:
(No comment on this verse).
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Jamieson-Faussett Brown:
all flesh, &c.--(quoted literally from the Septuagint of Isa 40:5). The
idea is that every obstruction shall be so removed as to reveal to the
whole world the Salvation of God in Him whose name is the "Saviour"
(compare Ps 98:3; Isa 11:10; 49:6; 52:10; Lu 2:31,32; Ac 13:47).
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Spurgeon Devotional
Commentary:
(No comment on this verse).
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Adam Clarke's Commentary: (No comment on this verse).
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary: (No comment on this verse).
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Hymns
- O Little Town of Bethlehem (230 UMH)
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (211 UMH)
- Amazing Grace (378 UMH)
- Hail to the Lord's Anointed (203 UMH)
- Prepare the Way of the Lord (207 UMH)
- What Child Is This (219 UMH)
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