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Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? <a href="/nlt/matthew/3.htm">New Living Translation</a> But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize, he denounced them. “You brood of snakes!” he exclaimed. “Who warned you to flee the coming wrath? <a href="/esv/matthew/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? <a href="/bsb/matthew/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? <a href="/blb/matthew/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? <a href="/kjv/matthew/3.htm">King James Bible</a> 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? <a href="/nkjv/matthew/3.htm">New King James Version</a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? <a href="/nasb_/matthew/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? <a href="/nasb/matthew/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, &#8220You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? <a href="/nasb77/matthew/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? <a href="/lsb/matthew/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? <a href="/amp/matthew/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the [divine] wrath and judgment to come? <a href="/csb/matthew/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? <a href="/hcsb/matthew/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to the place of his baptism, he said to them, &#8220Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? <a href="/asv/matthew/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? <a href="/cev/matthew/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Many Pharisees and Sadducees also came to be baptized. But John said to them: You bunch of snakes! Who warned you to run from the coming judgment? <a href="/erv/matthew/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? <a href="/gwt/matthew/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to be baptized, he said to them, "You poisonous snakes! Who showed you how to flee from God's coming anger? <a href="/gnt/matthew/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> When John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to him to be baptized, he said to them, "You snakes--who told you that you could escape from the punishment God is about to send? <a href="/isv/matthew/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> But when John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he told them, "You children of serpents! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? <a href="/msb/matthew/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, ?You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? <a href="/net/matthew/3.htm">NET Bible</a> But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? <a href="/nheb/matthew/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism he said to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? <a href="/wbt/matthew/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? <a href="/wey/matthew/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he exclaimed, "O vipers' brood, who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath? <a href="/web/matthew/3.htm">World English Bible</a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/matthew/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his immersion, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who showed you to flee from the coming wrath? <a href="/blb/matthew/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> But having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? <a href="/ylt/matthew/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, 'Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath? <a href="/slt/matthew/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who has indicated to you to flee from the wrath about to come?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/matthew/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them: Ye brood of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come? <a href="/cpdv/matthew/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then, seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees arriving for his baptism, he said to them: “Progeny of vipers, who warned to you to flee from the approaching wrath? <a href="/nabre/matthew/3.htm">New American Bible</a> When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? <a href="/nrsvce/matthew/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/matthew/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But when he saw a great many of the Pharisees and Sadducees who were coming to be baptized, he said to them, O offspring of scorpions, who has warned you to escape from the anger which is to come? <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/matthew/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and the Sadducees who came to be baptized, he said to them, “Offspring of vipers, who has instructed you to flee from the wrath that is coming?”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/matthew/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them: Generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the coining wrath? <a href="/godbey/matthew/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them; O generations of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? <a href="/haweis/matthew/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, O ye broods of vipers! who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? <a href="/mace/matthew/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a> but when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadduces come to his baptism, he said to them, "Ye brood of vipers, who has warned you to fly from the wrath to come? <a href="/wey/matthew/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he exclaimed, "O vipers' brood, who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath? <a href="/worrell/matthew/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> But, seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, "Broods of vipers! who warned you to flee from the coming wrath! <a href="/worsley/matthew/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> But when he saw many of the pharisees and sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? <a href="/parallel/matthew/3-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hriiyJYqzvc?start=498" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/matthew/3.htm">The Mission of John the Baptist</a> …6Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. 7<a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc.">But when</a> <a href="/greek/3708.htm" title="3708: Idōn (V-APA-NMS) -- Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.">John saw</a> <a href="/greek/4183.htm" title="4183: pollous (Adj-AMP) -- Much, many; often. ">many</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/5330.htm" title="5330: Pharisaiōn (N-GMP) -- Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.">Pharisees</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/4523.htm" title="4523: Saddoukaiōn (N-GMP) -- Probably from Sadok; a Sadducaean, or follower of a certain heretical Israelite.">Sadducees</a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: erchomenous (V-PPM/P-AMP) -- To come, go. ">coming</a> <a href="/greek/1909.htm" title="1909: epi (Prep) -- On, to, against, on the basis of, at. ">to</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autou (PPro-GM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">his place of</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: to (Art-ANS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/908.htm" title="908: baptisma (N-ANS) -- The rite or ceremony of baptism. From baptizo; baptism.">baptism,</a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.">he said</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autois (PPro-DM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">to them,</a> <a href="/greek/1081.htm" title="1081: Gennēmata (N-VNP) -- Offspring, child, fruit. From gennao; offspring; by analogy, produce.">“You brood</a> <a href="/greek/2191.htm" title="2191: echidnōn (N-GFP) -- A serpent, snake, viper. Of uncertain origin; an adder or other poisonous snake.">of vipers,</a> <a href="/greek/5101.htm" title="5101: tis (IPro-NMS) -- Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.">who</a> <a href="/greek/5263.htm" title="5263: hypedeixen (V-AIA-3S) -- To indicate, intimate, suggest, show, prove. From hupo and deiknuo; to exhibit under the eyes, i.e. to exemplify.">warned</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">you</a> <a href="/greek/5343.htm" title="5343: phygein (V-ANA) -- To flee, escape, shun. Apparently a primary verb; to run away; by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish.">to flee</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: apo (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3195.htm" title="3195: mellousēs (V-PPA-GFS) -- A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something.">coming</a> <a href="/greek/3709.htm" title="3709: orgēs (N-GFS) -- From oregomai; properly, desire, i.e., violent passion (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment.">wrath?</a> 8Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/luke/3-7.htm">Luke 3:7</a> Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? <a href="/john/8-44.htm">John 8:44</a> You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies. <a href="/acts/13-10.htm">Acts 13:10</a> and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord? <a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a> But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. <a href="/romans/9-27.htm">Romans 9:27-29</a> Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved. / For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.” / It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.” <a href="/romans/11-25.htm">Romans 11:25-27</a> I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. / And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob. / And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.” <a href="/galatians/3-7.htm">Galatians 3:7-9</a> Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham. / The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” / So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. <a href="/philippians/3-2.htm">Philippians 3:2</a> Watch out for those dogs, those workers of evil, those mutilators of the flesh! <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-15.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:15-16</a> who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men, / hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them. <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-11</a> Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ... <a href="/hebrews/12-25.htm">Hebrews 12:25</a> See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven? <a href="/1_john/3-10.htm">1 John 3:10</a> By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother. <a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Genesis 3:15</a> And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” <a href="/exodus/32-9.htm">Exodus 32:9-10</a> The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people. / Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.” <a href="/deuteronomy/9-6.htm">Deuteronomy 9:6</a> Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?the Pharisees.<a href="/matthew/5-20.htm">Matthew 5:20</a> For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.<a href="/matthew/12-24.htm">Matthew 12:24</a> But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.<a href="/matthew/15-12.htm">Matthew 15:12</a> Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?O generation.<a href="/matthew/12-34.htm">Matthew 12:34</a> O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.<a href="/matthew/23-33.htm">Matthew 23:33</a> Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?<a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Genesis 3:15</a> And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.who.<a href="/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Jeremiah 6:10</a> To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.<a href="/jeremiah/51-6.htm">Jeremiah 51:6</a> Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.<a href="/ezekiel/3-18.htm">Ezekiel 3:18-21</a> When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand… flee.<a href="/romans/5-9.htm">Romans 5:9</a> Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.<a href="/1_thessalonians/1-10.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:10</a> And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.<a href="/2_thessalonians/1-9.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:9,10</a> Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 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The Pharisees and Sadducees were two influential Jewish sects. The Pharisees were known for their strict adherence to the Law and oral traditions, while the Sadducees, often associated with the priestly class, denied the resurrection and held only to the written Law. Their presence at John's baptism suggests a curiosity or concern about his growing influence. This encounter highlights the tension between John’s call for repentance and the established religious authorities.he said to them, “You brood of vipers John's harsh rebuke, "brood of vipers," implies deceit and danger, likening them to snakes, which in Jewish tradition are often associated with evil and Satan (<a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3:1</a>). This metaphor suggests that the religious leaders were leading people astray and were themselves in need of repentance. It reflects John's prophetic role, similar to Old Testament prophets who confronted Israel's leaders.who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? The "coming wrath" refers to God's impending judgment, a common theme in prophetic literature (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9</a>, <a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Zephaniah 1:14-15</a>). John’s question challenges the sincerity of the Pharisees and Sadducees, questioning whether their presence was genuine repentance or mere self-preservation. This phrase underscores the urgency of repentance and the reality of divine judgment, themes central to John's message and later echoed by Jesus (<a href="/matthew/23-33.htm">Matthew 23:33</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/john_the_baptist.htm">John the Baptist</a> A prophetic figure who preached repentance and baptized people in the Jordan River. He is known for preparing the way for Jesus Christ. 2. <a href="/topical/p/pharisees.htm">Pharisees</a> A religious group in Judaism known for strict adherence to the Law and traditions. They often clashed with Jesus over interpretations of the Law. 3. <a href="/topical/s/sadducees.htm">Sadducees</a> Another Jewish sect, often associated with the priestly and aristocratic classes. They differed from the Pharisees in their denial of the resurrection and certain oral traditions. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jordan_river.htm">Jordan River</a> The site where John the Baptist conducted his baptisms, symbolizing repentance and the washing away of sins. 5. <a href="/topical/b/brood_of_vipers.htm">Brood of Vipers</a> A metaphor used by John to describe the Pharisees and Sadducees, indicating their deceitful and dangerous nature.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/c/call_to_genuine_repentance.htm">Call to Genuine Repentance</a> John the Baptist's message underscores the importance of true repentance, not just outward religious observance. Believers are called to examine their hearts and turn away from sin. <a href="/topical/b/beware_of_hypocrisy.htm">Beware of Hypocrisy</a> The Pharisees and Sadducees are warned because of their hypocritical nature. Christians should strive for authenticity in their faith and actions. <a href="/topical/u/urgency_of_the_gospel.htm">Urgency of the Gospel</a> The mention of "the coming wrath" serves as a reminder of the urgency of the Gospel message. Believers should be motivated to share the message of salvation with others. <a href="/topical/d/discernment_in_leadership.htm">Discernment in Leadership</a> John’s boldness in confronting religious leaders teaches the importance of discernment and courage in addressing false teachings and practices within the church.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_matthew_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Matthew 3</a> <a href="/q/why_are_you_a_brood_of_vipers.htm">Why are you a brood of vipers?</a> <a href="/q/who_was_john_the_baptist's_role.htm">Who was John the Baptist and what was his role?</a> <a href="/q/why_is_john_the_baptist_greatest.htm">Why is John the Baptist considered the greatest?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_jesus_and_paul_differ_on_divorce.htm">Why does Jesus say divorce is only allowed for sexual immorality (Matthew 19:9), while Paul later allows for abandonment (1 Corinthians 7:15)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/matthew/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) Pharisees and Sadducees.--It is desirable to give, once for all, a sufficient account of these two sects to explain their relation to each other and to the teaching of our Lord. (1.) THE PHARISEES. Singularly enough, the name appears for the first time in the Gospel history. Josephus, who tells us most about them, being presumably later, if not than the Gospels in their present form, yet, at all events, than the materials from which they are derived. We cannot say, therefore, when the name came first into use. They are first mentioned by the Jewish historian as opposing the government of the priest-ruler of the Asmonaean house, John Hyrcanus (Ant. xiii. 5). The meaning of the name is clear enough. The Pharisees were the "separated" ones, and the meaning may help us to trace the history. The attempt of Antiochus Epiphanes (as related in the two Books of Maccabees) to blot out the distinctness of Jewish life by introducing Greek worship and Greek customs, was met with an heroic resistance by priests and people. The "mingling" or "not mingling" with the heathen in marriage or in social life became a test of religious character (<a href="//apocrypha.org/2_maccabees/14-3.htm" title="Now one Alcimus, who had been high priest, and had defiled himself wilfully in the times of their mingling with the Gentiles, seeing that by no means he could save himself, nor have any more access to the holy altar,">2 Maccabees 14:3</a>; <a href="//apocrypha.org/2_maccabees/14-38.htm" title="For in the former times, when they mingled not themselves with the Gentiles, he had been accused of Judaism, and did boldly jeopard his body and life with all vehemency for the religion of the Jews.">2 Maccabees 14:38</a>). The faithful became known as Assideans, i.e., Chasidim or saints (<a href="//apocrypha.org/1_maccabees/2-42.htm" title="Then came there unto him a company of Assideans who were mighty men of Israel, even all such as were voluntarily devoted unto the law.">1 Maccabees 2:42</a>; <a href="//apocrypha.org/1_maccabees/7-13.htm" title="Now the Assideans were the first among the children of Israel that sought peace of them:">1 Maccabees 7:13</a>; <a href="//apocrypha.org/1_maccabees/7-17.htm" title="The flesh of thy saints have they cast out, and their blood have they shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.">1 Maccabees 7:17</a>; <a href="//apocrypha.org/2_maccabees/14-6.htm" title="Those of the Jews that he called Assideans, whose captain is Judas Maccabeus, nourish war and are seditious, and will not let the rest be in peace.">2 Maccabees 14:6</a>), and looked to Judas Maccabeus as their leader. Later on, as the holding aloof from the heathen became more and more characteristic of them, they took the name of Pharisees, and under John Hyrcanus became a powerful and organised body; forming a kind of guild or fraternity as well as a party, uniting some features of the Puritan with some of the Society of the Jesuits. Like most sects and parties, they had their bright and their dark sides. They maintained the ethical side of the Law as against the sacrificial. They insisted on alms, and fasting, and prayer, as the three great elements of the religious life; on the Sabbath, as its great safe-guard. They did much to promote education and synagogue-building. In gathering the traditions of older Rabbis, they held themselves to be "setting a fence round the Law" to maintain its sacredness. They were eager in the mission-work of Judaism, and "compassed sea and land to make one proselyte" (<a href="/matthew/23-15.htm" title="Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.">Matthew 23:15</a>). They maintained or revived the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, and of the rewards and punishments that were to follow. On the other side, their "separation" developed almost into the exclusiveness of a caste. Their casuistry inverted the right relation of moral and ceremonial duties. They despised the mass of their own countrymen as the "brute people of the earth." Within the sect there were two schools, represented at this time by the followers of Shammai and of Hillel, the former more after the pattern of the Puritan, rigid in its Sabbatarianism, hard and bitter in its spirit; the latter more after the type of the Jesuit, with wider culture, gentler temper, an easier casuistry, moral precepts of a wider kind. Of both schools it must be remembered that they were emphatically lay-religionists, unconnected with the priesthood, and often in opposition to it. (2.) THE SADDUCEES. Etymologically, the name, though connected with the Hebrew word for "righteous," must be derived from the proper name "Zadok," found in the Old Testament as belonging to the high priest in the time of Solomon. A tradition, of uncertain authority and date, states that the founder of the sect was a certain Zadok, the disciple of Antigonus, who, in his turn, had sat at the feet of Simon the Just. Antigonus taught, it was said, that "men should not be servants who do their Master's will for a reward," and the scholar developed the doctrine into a denial of the resurrection, which formed the reward. Whether this is a true account or not, the features of the Sadducees in the New Testament stand out with sufficient clearness. They are for the most part of the higher priestly order, as contrasted with the lay-scribes of the Pharisees. They admit the authority of the written Law, not of traditions. They deny the existence of angels and spirits, as well as the resurrection and the immortality of the soul. They made up for the absence of the fears of the future, by greater rigour in punishments on earth. They courted the favour of their Roman rulers, and to some extent even of the Herods. It is not easy to enter into the motives which led either of the sects to come to the baptism of John. It may be that they were carried away for a time by the enthusiasm of the people, or sought to guide the movement by controlling it, or to enlist the new teacher on this side or that. Anyhow, there was no repentance, and no confession, and so the Baptist met them with a stern reproof. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/matthew/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 7-12. - The faithful warning. (Parallel passage: <a href="/luke/3-7.htm">Luke 3:7-9, 16, 17</a>.) Observe that this is before the baptism of our Lord, while the witness in <a href="/john/1-19.htm">John 1:19-27</a> is after. Verse 7. - But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees. The typical Jews, considered as one class (τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων), in contrast to the multitudes. Pharisees. Their characteristic is shown in their name, "Separatists;" i.e. from anything that would hinder exact obedience to the Mosaic Law. Hence they are the strict adherents of tradition. They ultimately gained the ascendancy, and, in consequence, the standard Jewish books represent the result of their teaching, They belonged almost entirely to the middle classes. Sadducees. They were chiefly of the noblest, especially the high-priestly, families. Hence their first thought was political quiet, and with this they not unnaturally combined the love of Greek culture. They set the plain meaning of the Law far above all tradition, even that of the Prophets and the Hagiographa. Come (Obtains, Revised Version) to his baptism; ἐρχομένους ἐπὶ τὸ βάπτισμα (omit αὐτοῦ). They were apparently not merely coming to see what took place, but with the purpose of receiving his baptism (cf. Thayer, ἐπί c. 1:2, g. γ aa.); cf. <a href="/matthew/26-50.htm">Matthew 26:50</a> (ἐφ δ); <a href="/luke/23-48.htm">Luke 23:48</a>. The marginal reading, however, proposed by the American Revisers "for baptism," does not do justice to the article. The Gospel according to the Hebrews (Resch, 'Agrapha.' p. 343) says that they were in fact baptized, but we can hardly suppose this to have been the case after John's words to them. Observe that the Pharisees, with their self-conscious sanctity, were hardly likely to come to confess their sins, or the Sadducees to even listen to so ascetic a teacher. He said unto them; i.e. to the Pharisees and Sadducees; Luke, less exactly, "to the multitudes that went out to be baptized of him." There is, indeed, nothing, save the opening sentence, which refers solely to the Pharisees and Sadducees; but this fact does not show (Bleek) that the words were really spoken to all, and that Matthew's expression is wrong. John doubtless addressed the Pharisees and Sadducees primarily; but as, after all, they only formed the apex of ordinary Jewish thought, what he said to them fitted also the majority of his listeners. O generation (ye offspring, Revised Version) of vipers! The simile not only expresses the thought that, behind their smooth exterior, the outward legal strictness of the Pharisees, and the worldly decorum of the Sadducees, lay hidden malice and venom, but also that this is due to their very nature. It may have directly implied that they belonged in a true sense to the seed of the serpent (<a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">Genesis 3:15</a>); cf. our Lord's words (<a href="/matthew/12-34.htm">Matthew 12:34</a>; <a href="/matthew/23-33.htm">Matthew 23:33</a>). Who hath (omitted by the Revised Version) warned you? The verb (ὑπέδειξεν) has elsewhere in the New Testament (St. Luke's writings only) no thought of warning, nor of secrecy, but of teaching, of placing the matter under the eyes of others (cf. especially <a href="/acts/9-16.htm">Acts 9:16</a>; <a href="/acts/20-35.htm">Acts 20:35</a>; <a href="/luke/6-47.htm">Luke 6:47</a>). John is making no inquiry for information, but only utters surprise at seeing them (cf. <a href="/matthew/23-33.htm">Matthew 23:33</a>, πῶς φύγητε). Whoever can have told you of your danger? He might have saved himself the trouble, you being what you are! Yet the very violence of his expression was such as to call their attention to the depth of their sinfulness, and after all to lead them perhaps to repentance. For this reason he adds, "Bring forth therefore." To flee; aorist, not exactly indicating "the activity as momentary, setting forth the point of time when the wrath breaks forth, in which the flight also is realized" (Meyer), but the flight as one single action, without any reference to the time of the breaking forth of the wrath. From. The wrath is pictured as coming on them from without. In <a href="/1_thessalonians/1-10.htm">1 Thessalonians 1:10</a> St. Paul says that Jesus delivers out of (ἐκ) it, implying that he himself and all men are naturally in and under it (but see <a href="/matthew/6-13.htm">Matthew 6:13</a>, note). The wrath to come. Perhaps connected in John's mind with the wrath of the Messianic age (<a href="/isaiah/63-3.htm">Isaiah 63:3-6</a>). If so, it would find its primary fulfilment in the destruction of Jerusalem, but its complete fulfilment only in the manifestation of the wrath at the last judgment - (<a href="/acts/24-25.htm">Acts 24:25</a>; cf. <a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a>; <a href="/romans/5-9.htm">Romans 5:9</a>; <a href="/revelation/6-16.htm">Revelation 6:16, 17</a>; <a href="/revelation/11-18.htm">Revelation 11:18</a>). Wrath. Not merely punishment. The thought is of the feeling of anger against sin in him who punishes it (cf. <a href="/matthew/18-34.htm">Matthew 18:34</a>; <a href="/matthew/22-7.htm">Matthew 22:7</a>; <a href="/mark/3-5.htm">Mark 3:5</a>). <a href="/commentaries/matthew/3-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>But when δὲ (de) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1161.htm">Strong's 1161: </a> A primary particle; but, and, etc. [John] saw Ἰδὼν (Idōn) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3708.htm">Strong's 3708: </a> Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear. many πολλοὺς (pollous) Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4183.htm">Strong's 4183: </a> Much, many; often. of the τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Pharisees Φαρισαίων (Pharisaiōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_5330.htm">Strong's 5330: </a> Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. Sadducees Σαδδουκαίων (Saddoukaiōn) Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4523.htm">Strong's 4523: </a> Probably from Sadok; a Sadducaean, or follower of a certain heretical Israelite. coming ἐρχομένους (erchomenous) Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> To come, go. to ἐπὶ (epi) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1909.htm">Strong's 1909: </a> On, to, against, on the basis of, at. his [place of] αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. baptism, βάπτισμα (baptisma) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_908.htm">Strong's 908: </a> The rite or ceremony of baptism. From baptizo; baptism. he said εἶπεν (eipen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2036.htm">Strong's 2036: </a> Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. to them, αὐτοῖς (autois) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. “[You] brood Γεννήματα (Gennēmata) Noun - Vocative Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1081.htm">Strong's 1081: </a> Offspring, child, fruit. From gennao; offspring; by analogy, produce. of vipers, ἐχιδνῶν (echidnōn) Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2191.htm">Strong's 2191: </a> A serpent, snake, viper. Of uncertain origin; an adder or other poisonous snake. who τίς (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5101.htm">Strong's 5101: </a> Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what. warned ὑπέδειξεν (hypedeixen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5263.htm">Strong's 5263: </a> To indicate, intimate, suggest, show, prove. From hupo and deiknuo; to exhibit under the eyes, i.e. to exemplify. you ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. to flee φυγεῖν (phygein) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_5343.htm">Strong's 5343: </a> To flee, escape, shun. Apparently a primary verb; to run away; by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. coming μελλούσης (mellousēs) Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3195.htm">Strong's 3195: </a> A strengthened form of melo; to intend, i.e. Be about to be, do, or suffer something. wrath? ὀργῆς (orgēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> From oregomai; properly, desire, i.e., violent passion (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/matthew/3-7.htm">Matthew 3:7 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/matthew/3-7.htm">Matthew 3:7 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/matthew/3-7.htm">Matthew 3:7 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/matthew/3-7.htm">Matthew 3:7 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/matthew/3-7.htm">Matthew 3:7 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/matthew/3-7.htm">Matthew 3:7 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/matthew/3-7.htm">Matthew 3:7 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/matthew/3-7.htm">Matthew 3:7 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/matthew/3-7.htm">Matthew 3:7 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/matthew/3-7.htm">Matthew 3:7 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/matthew/3-7.htm">NT Gospels: Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many (Matt. 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