Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Luke 3:17 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Luke 3:17 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Luke chapter 3 verse 17 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.”
Luke 3:17 (KJV)
Commentary on Luke 3:17
The agricultural metaphor—'Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor'—describes Christ's separating work in judgment. The 'fan' (winnowing fork) tosses grain allowing wind to separate wheat from chaff. That the fan is 'in his hand' indicates Christ's active, present work of separation. 'Throughly purge' emphasizes complete, exhaustive separation—Christ's judgment is thorough, not partial. The result: 'gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable'—eternal separation of saved (wheat) and lost (chaff). This teaches Christ's dual role: g...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Luke 3:17
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“and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers”
“I have destroyed my people; they didn't return from their ways.”
“neither do they understand his counsel; for he has gathered them like the sheaves to the threshing floor.”
“but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.”
“and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn”
“which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.”
“Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath”
“cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed”