Mǎtaìfúyīn 21:32

32 Yīnwei Yuēhàn zūn zhe yì lù dào nǐmen zhèlǐ lái , nǐmen què bú xìn tā . shuìlì hé chāngjì dào xìn tā . nǐmen kànjian le , hòulái háishì bú àohuǐ qù xìn tā .

Mǎtaìfúyīn 21:32 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 21:32

For John came unto you in a way of righteousness
He had a commission from God; he was no impostor; the doctrine he taught was true, and which he faithfully delivered; his life and conversation were unblamable; there was nothing in his credentials, ministry, and conduct, that could justly be found fault with:

and ye believed him not;
to be the forerunner of the Messiah, or the Elias that was to come; nor attended to the doctrine of repentance preached by him, nor were subject to the ordinance of baptism he administered; nor gave any assent, or credit, to the Messiah he so manifestly pointed out:

but the publicans and harlots believed him;
what he said concerning the wrath to come, and the miserable state and danger they were in; and they repented of their sins, and confessed them, and were baptized of him in Jordan; believing the testimony he gave of Jesus of Nazareth being the Messiah, and Son of God:

and ye, when ye had seen it;
the repentance and faith of these persons, and what a wonderful reformation was wrought in them,

repented not afterwards;
of their disobedience, impenitence, and unbelief, after they had seen the effects of John's ministry on these very profligate sinners, and after, the death of John; who, by his constancy, zeal, and faithfulness, had shown himself to be a true, and upright minister of the word; and afterwards under the ministry of Christ, and his apostles, by, whom the same doctrines were preached, and the same ordinances administered,

that ye might believe him;
the testimony he has left behind him concerning the Messiah.

Mǎtaìfúyīn 21:32 In-Context

30 Yòu lái duì xiǎoér zǐ yĕ shì zhèyàng shuō , tā huídá shuō , fù a , wǒ qù . tā què bú qù .

31 Nǐmen xiǎng zhè liǎng ge érzi , shì nà yī ge zūnxíng fù méng ne . tāmen shuō , dà érzi . Yēsū shuō , wǒ shízaì gàosu nǐmen , shuìlì hé chāngjì , dào bǐ nǐmen xiān jìn shén de guó .

32 Yīnwei Yuēhàn zūn zhe yì lù dào nǐmen zhèlǐ lái , nǐmen què bú xìn tā . shuìlì hé chāngjì dào xìn tā . nǐmen kànjian le , hòulái háishì bú àohuǐ qù xìn tā .

33 Nǐmen zaì tīng yī ge bǐyù . yǒu ge jiā zhǔ , zāi le yī ge pútaóyuán , zhōuwéi juān shang líba , lǐmiàn wā le yī ge yējiǔchí , gĕ le yī zuò lóu , zū gĕi yuán hù , jiù wǎng waìguó qù le .

34 Shōu guǒzi de shíhou jìn le , jiù dǎfa púrén , dào yuán hù nàli qù shōu guǒzi .