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Acts 20:21
21 r testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of s repentance toward God and of t faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew 3:7-8
7 But when he saw many of s the Pharisees and t Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, u “You brood of v vipers! Who warned you to flee from w the wrath to come? 8 Bear fruit x in keeping with repentance.
Luke 13:3
3 No, I tell you; but unless you r repent, you will all likewise perish.
Luke 13:5
5 No, I tell you; but unless you r repent, you will all likewise perish.”
Acts 16:30-31
30 Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, v what must I do to be w saved?” 31 And they said, x “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you y and your household.”
John 3:16
For God So Loved the World
16 “For h God so loved i the world, [1] j that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not k perish but have eternal life.
John 3:18
18 n Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not o believed in the name of the only Son of God.
Translation Notes
- [1] 3:16 Or For this is how God loved the world
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Matt. 3:1–17 John the Baptist Prepares for the Appearance of the Messianic Kingdom. John now appears, preaching in the Judean desert. It is more than 25 years since Joseph and his family moved back to Nazareth. The focus of Matthew's Gospel now shifts to Jesus' public ministry.
Matt. 3:7 Pharisees. A laymen's fellowship, popular with the common people and connected to local synagogues, chiefly characterized by adherence to extensive extrabiblical traditions, which they rigorously obeyed as a means of applying the law to daily life. Sadducees. A small group who derived their authority from the activities of the temple. They were removed from the common people by aristocratic and priestly influence as well as by their cooperation with Rome's rule. (See Jewish Groups at the Time of the New Testament.) brood of vipers. Vipers were well known for their subtle movements and lethal strikes. the wrath to come. The coming Messiah will bring punishment for those who do not repent.
