Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 11:4
Go and tell John the things that ye hear and see — Which are a stronger proof of my being the Messiah, than any bare assertion can be.
Go and tell John the things that ye hear and see — Which are a stronger proof of my being the Messiah, than any bare assertion can be.
Verse Matthew 11:4. _GO AND SHOW JOHN THE THINGS - YE DO HEAR AND SEE_] Christ would have men to judge only of him and of others by their works. This is the only safe way of judging. A man is not to b...
GO AND SHOW JOHN AGAIN ... - Jesus referred them for an answer to these miracles. They were proof that he was the Messiah. Prophets had indeed performed miracles, but no prophet had performed so many,...
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...
II. CHRIST'S MESSAGE. 4. JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID. Luke states that at that same hour he cured many of their infirmities. After permitting the messengers to see his work, he pointed to it as his answ...
And when Jesus had completed his instructions to the twelve disciples, he left there to go on teaching and to go on making his proclamation in their towns. When John had heard in prison about the thin...
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...
JESUS. And Jesus. App-98. ANSWERED AND SAID.. Hebraism. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41. SHEW. report. AGAIN. Not in the Greek. in Matthew 11:7....
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...
Ver 2. Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, 3. And said unto him, "Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?" 4. Jesus answered and s...
_A MAN CALLED JOHN MATTHEW 11:1-6:_ John the Baptist was a great servant of God. But, even great servants can doubt and need reassurance. He asked, "Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?...
ΑΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part. от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать; _см._ Matthew 3:15. ΠΟΡΕΥΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part. от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти. _Сопутств. part._ может быть переведено с пом...
DISCOURSE: 1347 CHRIST’S ANSWER TO JOHN’S DISCIPLES Matthew 11:4. _Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: the blind receive their sight, and t...
GO, AND SHEW JOHN, &C.— This answer is a clear reference to a signal prophesy of Isaiah concerning the Messiah; and therefore it is manifest that Jesus referred the inquirers for conviction at once to...
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....
23 The mood of the verb is most important here. The Lord is not telling what would but what may occur. His apostles were frail mortals, easily discouraged, so He does no more than hint at a possible f...
DEPUTATION FROM THE BAPTIST (Luke 7:18). John, knowing that his end was near, and that many of his disciples were jealous of the success of the new teacher, and disbelieved His claims, sent certain of...
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...
GO AND SHEW JOHN AGAIN. — There is no Greek adverb answering to the last word. St. Luke (Luke 7:21) adds that “in that same hour Jesus cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits,...
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'...
_Message from the Baptist_ (Luke 7:18-23)....
ἀπαγγείλατε Ι.: go back and report to _John_ for _his_ satisfaction. ἃ ἀκ. καὶ βλέπετε, what you are hearing and seeing, not so much at the moment, though Luke gives it that turn (Matthew 7:21), but h...
_Answer of Jesus_....
HOW DOUBTS MAY BE SOLVED Matthew 11:1 The Baptist was languishing in a gloomy dungeon in the castle of Machaerus, on the farther shores of the Dead Sea-like a wild creature of the desert, suddenly en...
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...
Go and relate, &c. St. Luke here relates that Christ wrought more miracles when the disciple of St. John came than usual, by which he proved in a much stronger manner than he could have done by words,...
DID JOHN THE BAPTIST OR HIS DISCIPLES DOUBT THE CHRISTHOOD OF JESUS? Matthew 11:2-6; Luke 7:18-23. We answer the above question unhesitatingly in the negative. Neither John nor his disciples had any d...
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...
_CHRISTIANITY AND HUMAN SORROW_ ‘Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see.’ Matthew 11:4 What answer did our Lord send back to the Baptist? It...
4._Go and relate to John _As John had assumed for the time a new character, so Christ enjoins them to carry to him that message, which more properly ought to have been addressed to his disciples. He g...
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...
JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM,.... Not by an express declaration, that he was the Messiah that was to come, and they were not to look for any other; but he bids them GO, AND SHOW JOHN AGAIN, THOS...
Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: Ver. 4. _Jesus answered and said, &c._] Our Saviour rated them not, chased them not away from his pres...
_Now when John had heard in the prison_ (into which he had been cast by Herod Antipas, a little after he began his public ministry, chap. Matthew 4:12, and Matthew 14:3, &c.) _of the works of Christ_...
The reply of Jesus:...
JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, GO AND SHOW JOHN AGAIN THOSE THING'S WHICH YE DO HEAR AND SEE:...
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...
2-6 Some think that John sent this inquiry for his own satisfaction. Where there is true faith, yet there may be a mixture of unbelief. The remaining unbelief of good men may sometimes, in an hour of...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 11:6"....
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI But in the one case for the purpose of being warmed; and in the other, we are compelled to be Christians in order to be excellent and good. For the kingdom belo...
Matthew 11:4 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5679) and G2532 said G2036 (G5627) them G846 Go G4198 ...
‘And Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see,” ' Jesus responds to their request by telling them to take a message from Him to John. They were to spell ou...
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...
JESUS ASSURES JOHN THAT HE, JESUS, IS THE EXPECTED COMING ONE FOR WHOM JOHN WAS PREPARING THE WAY (11:2-6). John, languishing in a dungeon in the Fortress of Machaerus, east of Jordan, (compare Matthe...
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...
Matthew 11:4. GO AND TELL JOHN, ETC. Our Lord sends a message to John, but does not instruct his disciples....
THE THINGS WHICH YE DO HEAR AND SEE (α ακουετε κα βλεπετε). This symbolical message was for John to interpret, not for them....
Matthew 11:1 Jesus and His Doubters. I. The doubt. It is not at all clear who doubted, whether John or his disciples, or indeed whether they all did. The stoutest faith has often failed before now; o...
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...
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 preach in their cities. Now when John had heard in the prison the work...
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...
GO BACK AND TELL JOHN. Luke adds: _"At that very time Jesus healed many people._ "Jesus points to his work as the answer. There may be a gentle rebuke in this, in response to John's weakening faith....
Art Thou He that should come? JOHN’S INQUIRY I. The inquiry made by the baptist. It was suggested by the incredulous state of his disciples. (1) Because if Jesus was Messiah He had not exerted His...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 11:3 ARE YOU THE ONE WHO IS TO COME? John is probably concerned because his current imprisonment does not match his understanding of the Coming One’s arrival. He thought the Me...
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_ The general heading of the chapter may be given as: JESUS JUDGING HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND HIMSELF (_A. B. Bruce, D.D_.). Hitherto almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in...
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...
Observe here, 1. The way and means which our Saviour takes for the conviction and satisfaction of John's disciples, that he was the true Messias; he appeals to the miracles wrought by himself, and sub...