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Matthew 3:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

THE HERALD. His public appearance and proclamation (, ), as foretold by Scripture (). His Elijah-like dress (). He is listened to by multitudes (, ).

His faithful warning to typical Jews, and his pointing not to himself, but to the Coming One (). The date at which he appeared is stated, in , to have been "in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar; i.

e. between August, a.d. 28, and August, a.d. 29".

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