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Mat_3:8. Οὖν ] Deduction from what precedes. In your impenitent condition you cannot escape from the wrath; proceed then to exhibit that morality of conduct which is appropriate to the change of mind as its result. Instead of your unrepentant condition, I require of you a practical repentance, the hindrance and opposition to which arises from your overweening conceit as children of Abraham (Mat_3:9). What John here requires applied, indeed, to the people in general, but was especially appropriate to their scholastic leaders.
τῆς μετανοίας is governed by ἄξιον (Act_26:20); on καρπὸν ποιεῖν , like òÂùÒåÉú ôÀøÄé (occurring likewise in Greek writers), borrowed from fruit-trees, comp. Mat_7:17 f. al.; καρποποιός , Eur. Rhes. 964; καρπ . is collective, Gal_5:22; Eph_5:9; Php_1:11.