Matthew 3:7
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?
अध्ययन टिप्पणी
Study Note
John the Baptist's challenge to the Pharisees and Sadducees arriving for baptism — 'O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?' — is a dramatic prophetic confrontation that refuses to grant social prestige automatic religious standing. The 'viper' imagery (echidnon) evokes the serpent of Eden and the poisonous snakes of the wilderness (Numbers 21:6), suggesting that religious leadership that corrupts rather than guides has aligned itself with the adversary's work. The demand for 'fruits meet for repentance' (verse 8) challenges the assumption that Abrahamic descent guarantees covenant standing — a radical redefinition of what it means to belong to Israel. Matthew 23:33's repetition of 'generation of vipers' on Jesus' lips shows that John's prophetic confrontation becomes the model for Jesus' own critique of institutional religion without integrity.
अन्य अनुवाद
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?
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?
But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?
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