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Darby's French Translation
Matthieu 3:12
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Il a son van en sa main, et il nettoiera entirement son aire, et il assemblera son froment au grenier; mais il brlera la paille au feu qui ne s'teint point.
Il a son van dans ses mains, et il nettoiera parfaitement son aire, et amassera son froment dans le grenier; mais il brlera la paille au feu qui ne s'teint point.
Il a son van la main; il nettoiera son aire, et il amassera son bl dans le grenier, mais il brlera la paille dans un feu qui ne s'teint point.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
fan: Isaiah 30:24, Isaiah 41:16, Jeremiah 4:11, Jeremiah 15:7, Jeremiah 51:2, Luke 3:17
he will thoroughly: Matthew 13:41, Matthew 13:49, Matthew 13:50, Malachi 3:2, Malachi 3:3, Malachi 4:1, John 15:2
and gather: Matthew 13:30, Matthew 13:43, Amos 9:9
but: Job 21:18, Psalms 1:4, Psalms 35:5, Isaiah 5:24, Isaiah 17:13, Hosea 13:3, Malachi 4:1, Luke 3:17
with: Isaiah 1:31, Isaiah 66:24, Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 17:27, Ezekiel 20:47, Ezekiel 20:48, Mark 9:43-48
Reciprocal: Exodus 15:7 - consumed Leviticus 13:57 - shalt burn Job 20:26 - a fire Job 27:19 - gathered Psalms 21:9 - the fire Psalms 50:3 - a fire Psalms 83:13 - as the Psalms 119:119 - puttest away Psalms 139:3 - compassest Isaiah 1:25 - purge Isaiah 4:4 - by the spirit Isaiah 10:17 - for a flame Isaiah 21:10 - my threshing Isaiah 27:4 - who would Isaiah 28:28 - Bread Isaiah 30:28 - to sift Ezekiel 15:4 - the fire Ezekiel 20:38 - I will purge Ezekiel 21:32 - for fuel Ezekiel 22:15 - consume Ezekiel 24:11 - that the filthiness Joel 2:5 - like the noise of a Malachi 2:4 - that my Matthew 13:42 - cast Matthew 13:48 - and gathered Matthew 21:41 - He will Matthew 22:11 - when Matthew 25:32 - he shall separate Matthew 25:41 - everlasting Mark 9:44 - the fire Luke 23:31 - General John 1:20 - General John 3:28 - but John 10:41 - but Acts 19:4 - John 1 Thessalonians 2:16 - for Titus 2:14 - purify Hebrews 10:27 - fiery
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Whose fan is in his hand,.... The Jews had their hand fans, and which were like a man's hand; their names were מגוב
מעבר מורה; which, as Maimonides says n, were three sorts of instruments used in the floor, in form of a man's hand; with which they cleansed the wheat and barley from the straw; and their names differ according to their form: some have many teeth, and with them they cleanse the wheat at the end of the work; and there are others that have few teeth, no more than three, and with these they purge the wheat at first, from the thick straw. By the "fan", here is meant, either the Gospel which Christ was just ready to publish; by which he would effectually call his chosen people among the Jews, and so distinguish and separate them from others, as well as purify and cleanse them, or rather the awful judgment of God, which Christ was ready to execute, and in a short time would execute on the unbelieving and impenitent Jews: hence it is said to be "in his hand"; being put there by his Father, who "hath committed all judgment to the Son". That this is the meaning of the "Baptist", seems evident, since "fanning" is always, when figuratively taken, used for judgments,
Isaiah 41:16. By "his floor", is meant the land of Israel, where he was born, brought up, and lived; of which the Lord says, "O my threshing, and the corn of my floor!" Isaiah 21:10. This, he says, "he will thoroughly purge" of all his refuse and chaff, that is, by fanning: so fanning and cleansing, or purging, are joined together, Jeremiah 4:11 so ברר is used for purging by fanning, in the Misnic writings o. By "his wheat", are meant his elect among the Jews, the chosen of God and precious; so called because of their excellency, purity, usefulness, solidity, and constancy: these he "will gather into his garner"; meaning either some place of protection, where he would direct his people to for safety from that wrath, ruin, and destruction; which should fall upon the Jewish nation; or else the kingdom of heaven, into which he would bring them, by taking them out of the world from the evil to come. By "the chaff", are meant wicked and ungodly persons, such as are destitute of the grace of God, whether professors, or profane; being empty, barren, and unfruitful; and so good for nothing but the fire, which therefore "he will burn with unquenchable fire", of divine wrath and vengeance: an allusion to a custom among the Jews, who, when they purified the increase of their unclean fields, gathered it together in an "area" or floor, in the midst of them, and then sifted it with sieves; one sort with two sieves, another with three, that they might thoroughly purge it, and burnt the chaff and stalks p; see Isaiah 5:24.
n In Misn. Celim. c. 13. sect. 7. Vid. Jarchi & Bartenora in ib. & in Misn. Tibbul. Yom. c. 4. sect. 6. o Misn. Sabbat. c. 7. sect. 2. & Gittin, c. 5. sect. 9. p Misn. Oholot. c. 18. sect. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
His fan - The word used here and rendered “fan” means a winnowing shovel instead. It was used for throwing the grain, after it was threshed, into the air, so that the chaff might be driven away by the wind. This mode of separating the grain from the chaff is still practiced in the East. It is not probable that the fan, as the term is now used, was known to the Orientals as an instrument for cleaning grain. See the notes at Isaiah 30:24.
His floor - The threshing-floor was an open space, or area, in the field, usually on an elevated part of the land, Genesis 50:10. It had no covering or walls. It was a space of ground 30 or 40 paces in diameter, and made smooth by rolling it or treading it hard. A high place was selected for the purpose of keeping it dry, and for the convenience of winnowing the grain by the wind. The grain was usually trodden out by oxen. Sometimes it was beaten with flails, as with us; and sometimes with a sharp threshing instrument, made to roll over the grain and to cut the straw at the same time. See the notes at Isaiah 41:15.
Shall purge - Shall cleanse or purify. Shall remove the chaff, etc.
The garner - The granary, or place to deposit the wheat.
Unquenchable fire - Fire that shall not be extinguished, that will utterly consume it. By the floor, here, is represented the Jewish people. By the wheat, the righteous, or the people of God. By the chaff, the wicked. They are often represented as being driven away like chaff before the wind, Job 21:18; Psalms 1:4; Isaiah 17:13; Hosea 13:13. They are also represented as chaff which the fire consumes, Isaiah 5:24. This image is often used to express judgments, Isaiah 41:15; “Thou shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.” By the unquenchable fire is meant the eternal suffering of the wicked in hell, 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9; Mark 9:48; Matthew 25:41.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 3:12. Whose fan is in his hand] The Romans are here termed God's fan, as, in Matthew 3:10, they were called his axe, and, in Matthew 22:7, they are termed his troops or armies.
The winnowing fan of the Hindoos is square, made of split bamboo; and the corn is winnowed by waving the fan backwards with both hands-"Whose fan is in his hand."
His floor — Does not this mean the land of Judea, which had been long, as it were, the threshing-floor of the Lord? God says, he will now, by the winnowing fan (viz. the Romans) throughly cleanse this floor - the wheat, those who believe in the Lord Jesus, he will gather into his garner, either take to heaven from the evil to come, or put in a place of safety, as he did the Christians, by sending them to Pella, in Coelosyria, previously to the destruction of Jerusalem. But he will burn up the chaff - the disobedient and rebellions Jews, who would not come unto Christ, that they might have life.
Unquenchable fire. — That cannot be extinguished by man.
