Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many of the Perushim and Tzedukim coming to where he was using the Yarden as a mikveh mayim, Yochanan said to them, You banim (sons) of nachashim (snakes)! Who warned you to flee from the charon af + 3:7 Hashem habah (the coming burning wrath) [of Hashem]?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

In Context

6Making vidduy (confession of sin) + 3:6 to Hashem of their averos (sins), they were submitted to a tevilah (immersion) by him, using the Yarden River as a mikveh mayim (gathering of water).

8Produce pri tov l'teshuva (fruit worthy of repentance)!

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Cross References

Psalms 58:3No, in lev (heart) ye work wickedness; 1 ye weigh out the chamas (violence) of your hands in Ha'Aretz. 1

Isaiah 59:5They hatch the beytzim (eggs) of the tzifoni (viper, poisonous snake), 1 and weave the webs of the akavish (spider); 1 he that eateth of their beytzim (eggs) dieth, 1 and of that which is cracked open, an efeh (kind of poisonous snake) is hatched. 1

Jeremiah 51:6Flee out of the midst of Bavel, and deliver every ish his nefesh; 1 be not slain because of her avon; 1 for this is the time of Hashemʼs vengeance; 1 He will render unto her a full recompence. 1

Ezekiel 33:3If when he seeth the cherev come upon HaAretz, he blow the shofar, and warn HaAm;

Matthew 12:24But, having heard this, the Perushim said, This one does not cast out shedim except by Baal-zibbul, the Sar HaShedim (the Prince of Demons).

Matthew 15:12Then Moshiachʼs talmidim approached and say to him, Do you know that the Perushim took offense when they heard [this] dvar?

Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:2-7

The Preaching of John the Baptist. 1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all… Read the whole commentary →

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