Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 11:12
And from the days of John — That is, from the time that John had fulfilled his ministry, men rush into my kingdom with a violence like that of those who are taking a city by storm.
And from the days of John — That is, from the time that John had fulfilled his ministry, men rush into my kingdom with a violence like that of those who are taking a city by storm.
Verse Matthew 11:12. _THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN SUFFERETH VIOLENCE_] The tax-gatherers and heathens, whom the scribes and Pharisees think have no right to the kingdom of the Messiah, filled with holy zea...
AND FROM THE DAYS OF JOHN ... - That is, from the days when John began to preach. It is not known how long this was, but it was not probably more than a year. Our Saviour here simply states a fact. He...
8. THE FORERUNNER IN PRISON. THE KINGDOM PREACHING REJECTED. CHAPTER 11 1. John Imprisoned Sends his Disciples. (Matthew 11:1 .) 2. The King's Testimony Concerning John. (Matthew 11:7 .) 3. The King...
JOHN THE BAPTIST (Luke 7:18). In place of Mk.'s narrative of John, deferred to ch. 14, Mt. gives material from Q. MATTHEW 11:2. JOHN'S PERPLEXITY. It is a question whether doubt was supervening upon...
FROM THE DAYS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST UNTIL NOW THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN SUFFERETH VIOLENCE. The idea is that from the time when John began preaching, men of violence were trying to force their way into the...
THE SIX ACCENTS IN THE VOICE OF JESUS (Matthew 11:1-30) Matthew 11:1-30 is a chapter in which Jesus is speaking all the time; and, as he speaks to different people and about different things, we hear...
"From the days of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of Heaven is taken by storm, and the violent take it by force. For up to John all the prophets and the Law spoke with the voice of prophecy; a...
AND. But. SUFFERETH VIOLENCE. forceth itself upon men's attention. Greek. _biazomai._ Occurs only here and Luke 16:16. Supposed to be only passive (as rendered here), but this agrees neither with the...
_And from_ Translate BUT FROM: another point shewing the greatness of John, and also the beginning of the Kingdom: it was from the time of John's preaching that men began to press into the kingdom, an...
The position of John as a prophet. The message of the Baptist must have made a deep and a mournful impression on the bystanders. It may have caused some of them to lose their faith in Christ or in Joh...
CONCERNING JOHN THE BAPTIST His message to Jesus 2–6. His position as a Prophet 7–14. His relation to Jesus and to his contemporaries 15–19. St Luke 7:18-35...
ἈΠῸ ΔῈ ΤΩ͂Ν ἩΜΕΡΩ͂Ν Κ.Τ.Λ. Another point shewing the greatness of John, and also the beginning of the Kingdom: it was from the time of John’s preaching that men began to press into the kingdom, and th...
VER 12. "AND FROM THE DAYS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST UNTIL NOW THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN SUFFERETH VIOLENCE, AND THE VIOLENT TAKE IT BY FORCE. 13. FOR ALL THE PROPHETS AND THE LAW PROPHESIED UNTIL JOHN. 14. AND...
_A MOST UNUSUAL MAN MATTHEW 11:7-19:_ John was one of God's greatest servants. Jesus used this occasion to say some things concerning his character and ministry. He gave His approval to the good work...
ΒΙΆΖΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. med._ или _pass. от_ ΒΙΆΖΩ (G971). Med. означает "применить силу" "ворваться силой". Форма _pass._ означает "подвергаться жестокому отношению" "быть угнетенным" "страдать от проя...
DISCOURSE: 1348 CHRIST’S COMMENDATION OF JOHN Matthew 11:11. _Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is...
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN SUFFERETH VIOLENCE— _Is violently invaded._ Dr. Heylin reads it, _The kingdom of heaven is entered by force, and they who strive with all their might take it, as by violence._ Th...
SECTION 24 JESUS RECEIVES A QUESTION FROM JOHN AND PREACHES A SERMON ON JOHN (Parallel: Luke 7:18-35) TEXT: 11:2-19 2. Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent by his di...
_AND SAID UNTO HIM, ART THOU HE THAT SHOULD COME, OR DO WE LOOK FOR ANOTHER?_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
7 Compare Luk_7:24-30. 7 The Lord might well have spoken disparagingly of John at this juncture. Instead, He gives him a eulogy which places him on the highest pinnacle of human fame. He gives him a...
11:12 violence, (d-19) As 'forces his way,' Luke 16:16 ....
FROM THE DAYS OF JOHN] Jesus gives John the credit for the multitudes of repentant sinners who are now crowding into the kingdom, and in their eagerness to enter may be compared to soldiers attempting...
THE PRAISE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST (Luke 7:24). Lest the purpose of the question of John, 'Art thou he that should come?' should be misunderstood, Jesus hastens to assure the people that JOHN IS NO REED S...
THE DISCIPLES OF THE BAPTIST 1. Tours of Jesus after dismissing His apostles. The apostles started on their mission about five weeks before the second Passover of the ministry (28 a.d.) and were away...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 11 JOHN THE *BAPTIST ASKED A QUESTION 11:1-6 V1 Jesus finished giving instructions to his 12 *disciples. Then he went on from there...
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN SUFFERETH VIOLENCE. — The Greek verb may be either in the middle voice, “forces its way violently,” or passive, as in the English version, but there is little doubt that the latt...
Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1; Matthew 12:1 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1 HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our Evangelist's record of the Saviour'...
The statement just commented on had to be made in the interests of truth and the Kingdom of God, but having made it Jesus reverts with pleasure to a tone of eulogy. This verse has created much diversi...
This is the further justification of the περισσ. desiderated....
_Judgment of Jesus concerning the Baptist_ (Luke 7:24-30). Characteristically magnanimous, while letting it be seen that He is aware of John's limits and defects....
THE LAST OF THE PROPHETS Matthew 11:11 The least in a higher dispensation has great advantages over the greatest in a lower one. A child on a hill can see farther than a giant in the valley. Many hav...
This picture of John is very full of pathos-from the high triumph of inspired preaching to the solitude and loneliness of a prison. John made as direct application to Jesus as his circumstances permit...
Suffereth violence, &c. It is not to be obtained but by main force, by using violence upon ourselves, by mortification and penance, and resisting our perverse inclinations. (Challoner) --- Certainly i...
CHAPTER 22. JOHN THE BAPTIST THE GREATEST PROPHET Matthew 11:7-15, & Luke 7:24-30. _“And the messengers of John having gone away, He began to speak to the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out...
THE GREATEST REVIVAL OF THE AGES Matthew 11:12. _“From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force;” i.e._, strong, vigorous...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_HEAVEN TAKEN BY STORM_ ‘The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.’ Matthew 11:12 The preaching of John the Baptist was the point in which that change took place i...
12._Since the days of John _I have no doubt that Christ speaks honorably of the majesty of the Gospel on this ground, that many sought after it with warm affection; for as God had raised up John to be...
From that hour we find the definitive judgment of the nation, not indeed as yet openly declared (that is in chapter 12), nor by the cessation of Christ's ministry, which wrought, notwithstanding the o...
AND FROM THE DAYS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST UNTIL NOW,.... From the time that he began to preach, to the then present time, THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, the Gospel, and the ministry of it, first by John, then by...
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. Ver. 12. _And from the days of John, &c._] The Baptist is further commended...
_And from the days of John the Baptist_ That is, from the time he had borne his public testimony to the approach of the Messiah, or from the time when he had fulfilled his ministry, _the kingdom of he...
FROM THE DAYS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST; from the days of his public appearance, when the kingdom of heaven, which before that had been something future, first began to come as something present. VIOLENCE-...
AND FROM THE DAYS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST UNTIL NOW THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN SUFFERETH VIOLENCE, AND THE VIOLENT TAKE IT BY FORCE....
The conclusion:...
Throughout Israel now the Lord carries on an intensive teaching and preaching in their cities. John the Baptist hears of this in the prison, but he is deeply puzzled, for he sends two of his disciples...
SUFFERETH VIOLENCE: Or, is gotten by force, and they that thrust men...
7-15 What Christ said concerning John, was not only for his praise, but for the people's profit. Those who attend on the word will be called to give an account of their improvements. Do we think when...
As John Baptist was a great man, so the Lord hath owned him as such, giving such a success to his ministry, that ever since he began the course of it, men have been carried on with a great ardour and...
Dialogue of Justin receive it, he is Elijah, who was to come. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.'[164] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV On this account, too, did the Lord assert that the kin...
Matthew 11:12 And G1161 from G575 days G2250 John G2491 Baptist G910 until G2193 now G737 kingdom G932 heaven...
“And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingly rule of heaven is forcefully advancing (or ‘suffers violence'), and men of violence are taking it by force.” A number of questions are immed...
JESUS EXPRESSES HIS FULL APPRECIATION OF JOHN BUT POINTS OUT THAT NOW SOMETHING EVEN GREATER HAS COME, THE COMING IN FORCE OF THE KINGLY RULE OF HEAVEN (11:7-15). Having sent His assurance to John Jes...
THE MESSIAH HAS COME, AND ONE WHO IS MORE THAN THE MESSIAH, OVERCOMING THE POWERS OF SATAN, AND WHILE REJECTED BY THE MANY HE IS REVEALING HIMSELF AND BEING ACCEPTED BY BABES AND BY THE MEEK AND LOWLY...
Matthew 11:12. AND FROM THE DAYS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST UNTIL NOW. A period of not much more than a year, it is supposed. THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN SUFFERETH VIOLENCE, or ‘is assaulted by storm' (in a good...
INTRODUCTORY NOTE. The sending out of the Twelve probably called into open manifestation the opposition of the Pharisees: hence Matthew groups the events indicating this hostility, without regard to c...
SUFFERETH VIOLENCE (βιαζετα). This verb occurs only here and in Luke 16:16 in the N.T. It seems to be middle in Luke and Deissmann (_Bible Studies_, p. 258) quotes an inscription "where βιαζομα is w...
SUFFERETH VIOLENCE It has been much disputed whether the "violence" here is external, as against the kingdom in the persons of John the Baptist and Jesus; or that, considering the opposition of the s...
Matthew 11:12 _(with Luke 16:16)_ The Virtue of Violence. We shall try to draw the character of the βιαστής, or man of violence, as Christ here introduces him, in two or three of his relations to t...
Matthew 11:1. _And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. Now when John had heard in the prison the...
Matthew 11:1. _And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities._ Whatever he commanded, he himself did. H...
CONTENTS: Answer to questions sent Jesus by John the Baptist. Judgment predicted as result of rejection of Christ. Rest for individuals who put their trust in Him. CHARACTERS: Jesus, John the Baptist...
Matthew 11:3. _Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another._ Brevity here is connected with obscurity. John could not doubt, after seeing the glory, and hearing the voice from heaven. The...
FROM THE TIME JOHN PREACHED HIS MESSAGE. Men of violence tried to force their way in as they would try to conquer a city. (Compare note on Mark 15:7.) They attempted to make Jesus A political King (Jo...
_The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence._ EARNESTNESS IN RELIGION 1. Earnestness is a distinguishing mark of race-elevation. 2. Earnestness is characteristic of great epochs. 3. Earnestness is a...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 11:12 SUFFERED VIOLENCE... THE VIOLENT TAKE IT BY FORCE. This probably indicates opposition from the religious leaders and people like Herod Antipas, though it may be picturing...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 11:1 Opposition to the Messiah Increases. There has been occasional resistance to Jesus’ ministry (e.g., Matthew 9:3). It now begins to increase sig
JESUS EASES JOHN'S DOUBT MATTHEW 11:2-19; LUKE 7:19-35; MATTHEW 11:2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,...
CHAPTER 11 _And it came to pass_, &c. _He passed from thence_ : That means, He separated Himself from His Apostles, whom He sent to preach the Gospel by themselves, both that they might prepare the wa...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 11:7. AND AS THEY DEPARTED, etc.—Dr. Plumptre holding that the Baptist himself was really in doubt, and sent his disciples to Christ for his own satisfaction, remarks on this...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 11:1 Matthew only. AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN JESUS HAD MADE AN END. The same formula recurs in Matthew 7:28; Matthew 13:53;...
Now it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of these commandments, he departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities (Matthew 11:1). So He sent them out in front of them, and then He...
Ephesians 6:11; John 6:27; Luke 13:24; Luke 16:16; Luke 7:29;...
Suffereth violence [β ι α ζ ε τ α ι]. Lit., is forced, overpowered, taken by storm. Christ thus graphically portrays the intense excitement which followed John's ministry; the eager waiting, striving,...
How can God’s sovereign and peaceful kingdom be entered by force? PROBLEM: Paul declared that the kingdom (rule) of God is “peace and joy in the Holy Spirit” (Romans 14:17). However, Matthew says “th...
Our Saviour goes on commending John's ministry from the great success of it: it had that powerful influence upon the consciences of men, that no soldiers were ever more violent and eager in the stormi...