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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. These were the products of their country, such as they would give to princes. Such treasures must have been of great use to Mary and Joseph to help them take...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: The old Reformers used to say, “Here is a bone that sticks in the throat of the Romanists, and they can neither get it up nor down, for it does not say, They saw Mary and the young child, the young child is put first, they came...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. I remember a long disquisition, by a learned man, to show that we may sometimes break our promise, if, upon further consideration, we find we did wrong in making it, saying that these wise men, though they had promised to go...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. Which was true first of Israel, the nation, as God’s ion, and now again true of Jesus, the great Son of God. It is true also of all sons of God; we have to be called out of Egypt. By the blood...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. That was the light he put upon it: “that he was mocked of the wise...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, slaying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. It must have been a very sorrowful day in Bethlehem; you can imagine the grief that filled the hearts of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But when Herod was dead behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life. And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when he heard that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: He did not follow his own judgment. This man, thoroughly a servant of God, waits for orders; he has his fears, but he will not even act upon them, but he waits till he is warned of God in a dream, and then he turns aside into the parts of Galilee.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: Galilee was despised, but Nazareth was thought to be the worst part of Galilee. Netzar is a word in the Hebrew signifying a sprout or branch, and Nazareth apparently comes from the same root. Mat_2:23. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene. This...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. And the same John had his raiment of camel’s...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. His was a preparatory ministry; his work was to prepare men’s minds for Christ; and never is the heart of man so ready to receive Christ as when it is in a state of repentance. When it is weary of sin, then is it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. There is no entering the kingdom of heaven without leaving the kingdom of darkness. We must repent of sin, or we cannot receive the blessings of salvation. Of every man, whoever he may be, whether outwardly moral...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his path straight. And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. Everything about him was impressive, and everything...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts end wild honey. His raiment and his food were like his doctrine, rough and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, There seems to have been, about that time, a widespread anticipation of the coming of the Messiah; so, no sooner did the news come that a prophet was preaching in the desert, than great multitudes went out to hear him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, and were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins That was his baptism, — a baptism of repentance, and of confession, preparatory to the coming of the Master. See what power there was in John because God was with him. I do not know that he had any...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and at Judaea, and out the region round about Jordan, and were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. 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 These were the influential people of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. 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? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: Did he not speak after the style of the prophet Elijah? Yet those bold...