Lùjiāfúyīn 3:16

16 Yuēhàn shuō , wǒ shì yòng shuǐ gĕi nǐmen shīxǐ , dàn yǒu yī wèi nénglì bǐ wǒ gèng dà de yào lái , wǒ jiù shì gĕi tā jiĕ xiédaì yĕ bú peì . tā yào yòng Shènglíng yǔ huǒ gĕi nǐmen shīxǐ .

Lùjiāfúyīn 3:16 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 3:16

John answered, saying unto them all
For some of them might not only so think in their hearts, but express with their mouths the apprehension they had of him; and might put the question to him, as the priests and Levites from Jerusalem afterwards did; or he might know the secret thoughts of their hearts by divine revelation; or be apprized by his disciples of the private sentiments of the people concerning him: and therefore, to put them out of doubt, and that he might not have an honour conferred on him, which did not belong to him, he addressed himself, in a very public manner, to the whole multitude, in the hearing of them all: though the word "all" is left out in the Syriac and Persic versions, but rightly retained in others, being in all copies, and having a considerable emphasis on it: and said the following words.

I indeed baptize you with water;
Matthew adds "unto repentance"; upon the profession of repentance:

but one mightier than I cometh;
that is, after me;
as Matthew records it:

the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose;
neither to bear his shoes after him, as Matthew says, nor to untie his shoe string, or unbuckle his shoe, both which were menial actions with the Jews: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire; as he did some of their nation, his own disciples, on the day of pentecost; (See Gill on Matthew 3:11)

Lùjiāfúyīn 3:16 In-Context

14 Yòu yǒu bīng dīng wèn tā shuō , wǒmen dāng zuò shénme ne . Yuēhàn shuō , búyào yǐ qiángbào daì rén , yĕ búyào ézhà rén , zìjǐ yǒu qiánliáng jiù dāng zhīzú .

15 Bǎixìng zhǐwang Jīdū lái de shíhou , rén dōu xīn cāiyí , huòzhĕ Yuēhàn shì Jīdū .

16 Yuēhàn shuō , wǒ shì yòng shuǐ gĕi nǐmen shīxǐ , dàn yǒu yī wèi nénglì bǐ wǒ gèng dà de yào lái , wǒ jiù shì gĕi tā jiĕ xiédaì yĕ bú peì . tā yào yòng Shènglíng yǔ huǒ gĕi nǐmen shīxǐ .

17 Tā shǒu lǐ ná zhe bòji , yào yáng jìng tāde cháng , bǎ maìzi shōu zaì cāng lǐ , bǎ kāng yòng bú miè de huǒshào jìn le .

18 Yuēhàn yòu yòng xǔduō biéde huà quàn bǎixìng , xiàng tāmen chuán fúyin .