๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐, ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง.
๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ ๐:๐๐ [๐๐๐]
๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ ๐:๐๐ [๐๐๐]
We cannot miss the obvious contrast here. The content of this verse is simple, but its meaning is profound. Tax collectors as well as โall the people,โ an expression referring to a crowd, came to understand an important truth. The people's hatred of the tax collectors was so
strong that they were ostracized by the people, so Luke mentions them separately. Also, they are mobilizing expressions that imply that the fact that they were baptized by John the Baptist was very surprising. These ordinary people and the tax collectors who were evil and sought
personal gain heard the words of Jesus and recognized God as righteous. Certainly, John had done an excellent job of his mission. These people were prepared in advance through John and were ready to receive Jesus. They listened to John's preaching of the Word (3:7-18) and were
baptized by him.
โAnd all the people that heard him, and the publicans,โ; According to Jesus' evaluation of John, all the people and tax collectors baptized by John are recognized as having made the right choice. But the Pharisees and scribes, who had not been baptized by John,
โAnd all the people that heard him, and the publicans,โ; According to Jesus' evaluation of John, all the people and tax collectors baptized by John are recognized as having made the right choice. But the Pharisees and scribes, who had not been baptized by John,
rejected Jesus' assessment, which Luke describes as a rejection of God's will. Those who showed respect to John were only the common people. In the eyes of those of the upper classes, these lower-class people seemed to John more of a disgrace than an honor (v. 29). The people
were indeed common, and it was said of them, "But these people who knoweth not the law are cursed" (John 7:49). Publicans were generally regarded as ill-behaved or immoral, and therefore had a bad reputation. In the world all the people, of course, the tax collectors should be
included. However, tax collectors are introduced separately because they were hated and ostracized by their fellow Jews to the extent that they were treated as a separate family as a kind of social class at that time (3:12,13;5: 27-30). They were hated and ostracized because
they served as pawns of the Roman Empire. Tax collectors levied excessive taxes on the people. In addition, they reported the collected taxes to the government office and appropriated the remaining tax as their share. In Rabbinic literature, these tax collectors appear in the
same category as robbers, and in the Synoptic Gospels, they are all referred to as 'sinners' (5:30; 7:34; Matthew 9:10; 11:19; Mark 2:15). Thus, the Jews of that day regarded tax collectors as renegades seeking to get rich at the expense of their people by flattering the Roman
oppressors.
โBeing baptized with the baptism of John.โ; see 3:12. Luke's expression of 'John's baptism' is a common expression at the time (20:4; Acts 18:25; 19:3). John's baptism has two meanings. โ This is the aspect of messianic or eschatological preparatory education. John
โBeing baptized with the baptism of John.โ; see 3:12. Luke's expression of 'John's baptism' is a common expression at the time (20:4; Acts 18:25; 19:3). John's baptism has two meanings. โ This is the aspect of messianic or eschatological preparatory education. John
the Baptist was well aware that his mission was to introduce the Messiah to the people, and he administered water baptism as a preliminary step to the baptism of the Holy Spirit that would be administered through the Messiah (Matthew 3:11). โ This is the aspect of the life
change of the person being baptized. Most Jews at that time prided themselves simply on being descended from Abraham by blood. However, John the Baptist saw that true repentance and concrete reformation of life were necessary for them to reach salvation through the Messiah, and
therefore baptized them as a sign of such repentance (Matthew 3:7-9). These people were baptized by John and became his disciples. Although they became glorious monuments by God's grace, they did not make John a great figure in the eyes of the people of the world. But through
repentance and conversion, they acknowledged God as righteous. They justified God's actions and wisdom in appointing someone like John the Baptist as the messenger of the Messiah. They have thereby shown that it is the best way.
Whatever it may be to others, it is not to them in vain.
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