Mat 3:7 | HCSB | STEP | When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to the place of his baptism , he said to them , “Brood of vipers ! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath ?

c Mt 16:1; 22:23; 23:15; Ac 4:1; 5:17; 23:6

Matthew 3:7

7 When he saw many of the ^{▼▼Pharisee(s): In Judaism a religious sect that followed the whole written and oral law}Pharisees and ^{▼▼Sadducee(s): In Judaism a religious sect that followed primarily the first 5 books of the OT (Torah or Pentateuch)}Sadducees ^c coming to the place of his baptism, ^{▼▼Lit to his baptism} he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? ^e