rwp - Matthew:3:12

rwp@Matthew:3:12 @{Will burn up with unquenchable fire} (\katakausei puri asbesti\). Note perfective use of \kata\. The threshing floor, the fan, the wheat, the garner, the chaff (\achuron\, chaff, straw, stubble), the fire furnish a life-like picture. The "fire" here is probably judgment by and at the coming of the Messiah just as in verse 11|. The Messiah "will thoroughly cleanse" (\diakathariei\, Attic future of \-iz\ and note \dia-\). He will sweep from side to side to make it clean.