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Matthew 3:1-12; John the Baptist Prepares the Way (Cultural Commentary)
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Mike Nappa
It is significant that John the Baptist called the Pharisees and Sadducees a “brood of vipers,” which basically meant he viewed them as poisonous children of snakes. In the ancient world this was an especially contemptuous insult because of a common belief regarding the circumstances of viper births. Many thought that some breeds of viper…
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