Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 11:9
More than a prophet — For the prophets only pointed me out afar off; but John was my immediate forerunner.
More than a prophet — For the prophets only pointed me out afar off; but John was my immediate forerunner.
MATTHEW 11:9 ivdei/n* profh,thn {B} The textual problem is complicated by the possibility of taking ti, as meaning either “what?” or “why?” The printed text of verses Matthew 11:7 and...
Verse Matthew 11:9. _A PROPHET? YEA - AND MORE THAN A PROPHET_] That is, one more excellent (περισσοτερον) than a prophet; one greatly beyond all who had come before him, being the immediate forerunn...
A PROPHET? - He next asks whether they went to see a prophet. They had regarded him as such, and Jesus tells them that in this their apprehensions of him were correct. MORE THAN A PROPHET - Sustaining...
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...
WHAT WENT YE OUT FOR TO SEE? The third question brings before them the real object of their pilgrimage in his holy office, and amplifies that office itself. So that the great forerunner is made to ri...
When they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John. "What did you go out to the desert to see?" he said. "Was it a reed shaken by the wind? If it was not that, what did you go ou...
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...
PROPHET. See App-49. MORE THAN. far more than....
_more than a prophet_ Other prophets foresaw the Messiah, the Baptist beheld Him, and ushered in His kingdom: he was the herald of the King. Further, John was himself the subject of prophecy....
ΠΕΡΙΣΣΌΤΕΡΟΝ ΠΡΟΦΉΤΟΥ. Other prophets foresaw the Messiah, the Baptist beheld Him, and ushered in His kingdom: he was the herald of the king. Further, John was himself the subject of prophecy. ΠΕΡΙΣΣ...
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...
Ver 7. And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, "What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 8. But what went ye out for to see? A ma...
_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...
ΠΕΡΙΣΣΌΤΕΡΟΝ (G4055) _сотр. от_ ΠΕΡΙΣΣΌΣ (G4053) превосходящий норму по количеству или размеру, необычный, замечательный, сравнительно больший (BAGD). ΠΡΟΦΉΤΟΥ (G4396) _gen. сотр._ Термин пророк в то...
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...
RV 'But wherefore went ye out? To see a prophet?' MORE THAN A PROPHET] John was more than a prophet, (1) because of his personal relation to Jesus as His Forerunner; (2) because he actually pointed ou...
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...
WHAT WENT YE OUT FOR TO SEE? A PROPHET? — The words again throw the hearers back upon the impressions made on them when they first saw and heard the Baptist. They then went out to see a prophet, and t...
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'...
_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....
ἀλλὰ τί ἐξ.: one more question, shorter, abrupt, needing to be supplemented by another (Weiss-Meyer) why then, seriously, went ye out? προφήτην ἰδεῖν; to see a _Prophet_ ? ναί, yea l right at last; a...
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...
_More than a prophet. John was a prophet, because he foretold the coming of Christ; and he was more than a prophet, because he saw him, which was a privilege that none of the ancient prophets enjoyed;...
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...
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...
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...
BUT WHAT WENT YE OUT FOR TO SEE?.... Since it was not any thing so mean as a shaking reed, or so grand as a man in gay clothing, pray what was it you went out to see? A PROPHET? This was the truth of...
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. Ver. 9. _And more than a prophet_] Because he pointed out Christ with the finger, whom they only saluted afar...
_And as they departed_ Or, as Luke has it, _when they were departed, Jesus began to say concerning John_ What he would not say concerning him in the hearing of these his disciples, lest he should seem...
MORE THAN A PROPHET; more distinguised and honorable than any of the Old Testament prophets, because he was the forerunner of Christ, and stood in a nearer relation to him than any of them....
CHRIST'S TESTIMONY CONCERNING JOHN....
BUT WHAT WENT YE OUT FOR TO SEE? A PROPHET? YEA, I SAY UNTO YOU, AND MORE THAN A PROPHET....
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...
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...
Ver. 7-9. Luke repeating the same story, LUKE 7:24, instead of _they that wear soft clothing, _ saith, _they that are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings courts._ Our Saviour here...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III For whom, then, did he prepare the people, and in the sight of what Lord was he made great? Truly of Him who said that John had something even "more than a prophet,...
Matthew 11:9 But G235 what G5101 out G1831 (G5627) see G1492 (G5629) prophet G4396 Yes G3483 say...
“But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet.” Why then did they go out into the wilderness? Was it to see a prophet? Yes, it was. And indeed it was to s...
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 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...
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 11:9. TO SEE A PROPHET. To this the crowd would answer ‘yes' (comp. ch. Matthew 21:26). But our Lord adds, Yea, most certainly, I SAY UNTO YOU, I who can speak with authority on the subject, A...
AND MUCH MORE THAN A PROPHET (κα περισσοτερον προφητου). Ablative of comparison after περισσοτερον itself comparative though meaning exceeding (surrounded by, overflowing). John had all the great qu...
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 to preach in their cities. Now when John had heard in the prison the...
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...
YOU SAW MUCH MORE THAN A PROPHET. John was a reformer one who called the people to renewal. Also, he was the "advance man" for Jesus which made him unique in all of history....
_What went ye out into the wilderness to see?_ THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST What is it in human character that exerts the most powerful influence over the hearts of men? 1. Is it what is g...
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...
Luke 1:15; Luke 1:76; Matthew 11:13; Matthew 11:14; Matthew 14:5;...