Luca 3:10

10 E le turbe lo interrogavano, dicendo: E allora, che dobbiam fare?

Luca 3:10 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 3:10

And the people asked him
Not the same as in ( Luke 3:7 ) the Sadducees and Pharisees, for they seemed not to be at all affected with, and wrought upon, by the ministry of John; but rather were displeased with him, and turned their backs on him, and rejected him and his baptism; but the common people, that stood by; who hearing John speak of wrath to come, and of repentance, and fruits worthy of it, were filled with concern about these things, and inquire,

saying, what shall we do?
either to escape the wrath and vengeance coming on the nation, and also eternal ruin and destruction; and Beza says, that in two of his copies, and one of them his most ancient one it is added, "to be saved", and so in two of Stephens's; which confirms the above sense, and makes their inquiry to be the same with the jailor's, ( Acts 16:30 ) or else their meaning is, what are the things we are to do, or the fruits we are to bring forth, the duties we are to perform, in order to testify the truth and genuineness of our repentance? which latter seems most agreeable.

Luca 3:10 In-Context

8 Fate dunque dei frutti degni del ravvedimento, e non vi mettete a dire in voi stessi: Noi abbiamo Abramo per padre! Perché vi dico che Iddio può da queste pietre far sorgere dei figliuoli ad Abramo.

9 E ormai è anche posta la scure alla radice degli alberi; ogni albero dunque che non fa buon frutto, vien tagliato e gittato nel fuoco.

10 E le turbe lo interrogavano, dicendo: E allora, che dobbiam fare?

11 Ed egli rispondeva loro: Chi ha due tuniche, ne faccia parte a chi non ne ha; e chi ha da mangiare, faccia altrettanto.

12 Or vennero anche dei pubblicani per esser battezzati, e gli dissero: Maestro, che dobbiam fare?