Lucas 3:16

16 João respondeu a todos: “Eu os batizo com^[a] água. Mas virá alguém mais poderoso do que eu, tanto que não sou digno nem de desamarrar as correias das suas sandálias. Ele os batizará com o Espírito Santo e com fogo.

Lucas 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)

Lucas 3:16 In-Context

14 Então alguns soldados lhe perguntaram: “E nós, o que devemos fazer?”Ele respondeu: “Não pratiquem extorsão nem acusem ninguém falsamente; contentem-se com o seu salário”.

15 O povo estava em grande expectativa, questionando em seu coração se acaso João não seria o Cristo.

16 João respondeu a todos: “Eu os batizo com água. Mas virá alguém mais poderoso do que eu, tanto que não sou digno nem de desamarrar as correias das suas sandálias. Ele os batizará com o Espírito Santo e com fogo.

17 Ele traz a pá em sua mão, a fim de limpar sua eira e juntar o trigo em seu celeiro; mas queimará a palha com fogo que nunca se apaga”.

18 E com muitas outras palavras João exortava o povo e lhe pregava as boas-novas.

Footnotes

• [a] Ou "em"