Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Matthew 11:2-19
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
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
MATTHEW 11:2 dia. tw/n maqhtw/n {B} Instead of “through (dia,) his disciples,” a reading that is widely supported by ancient witnesses of different types of text (a B C* D P W Z D Q S...
Verse Matthew 11:2. _JOHN HAD HEARD IN THE PRISON_] John was cast into prison by order of _Herod Antipas_, Matthew 14:3, c., (where see the notes,) a little after our Lord began his public ministry,...
The account contained in this chapter of Matthew, to the Matthew 11:19, is found, with no material variation, in Luke 7:18. John was in prison. Herod had thrown him into confinement on account of his...
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...
CHRIST'S WITNESS TO JOHN. -- Matthew 11:2-15. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ He was. burning and. shining light._ -- John 5:35. TIME. --A. D. 27. In the second year of Christ's ministry. PLACE. --Jesus in Galilee;...
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...
HEARD IN THE PRISON. John's arrest had been mentioned in Matthew 4:12. CHRIST. the Messiah. See App-98. HE SENT. Greek. _pempo._ Sent as envoys. See notes on Luke 7:3 and Luke 7:6. This is not the sa...
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 2. _in the prison_ At Machærus. See note,...
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?...
ΆΚΟΥΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать. Временное или причинное значение, ΔΕΣΜΩΤΗΡΊΩ (G1201) _dat. sing._ тюрьма, окончание обозначает место (МН, 342f.). Согласно Иосифу Флавию, Иоанн был...
NOW WHEN JOHN HAD HEARD, &C.— Beausobre and Lenfant, with some others, think, that John was so discouraged by his own long imprisonment, that he began himself to doubt whether Jesus was himself the Me...
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...
Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, NOW WHEN JOHN HAD HEARD IN THE PRISON. For the account of this imprisonment, see the notes at Mark 6:17. T...
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...
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...
SENT TWO OF HIS DISCIPLES] RV 'sent by his disciples' Only St. Luke gives the number....
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...
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...
WHEN JOHN HAD HEARD IN THE PRISON. — The position of the Baptist was so far that of a prisoner treated with respect. Herod himself observed him, and heard him gladly. Herodias had not yet found an occ...
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)....
δεσμωτηρίῳ (from δεσμόω, δεσμός, a bond), in prison in the fortress of Machærus by the Dead Sea (Joseph., Antiq., 18, 5, 2), a fact already alluded to in Matthew 4:12. By this time he has been a priso...
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...
The order of time is not here observed by the evangelist. St. John's deputation to Jesus Christ took place some time before; and the text of the 7th chap. of St. Luke, gives it soon after the cure of...
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...
_THE BAPTIST’S DOUBT_ ‘Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto Him, Art Thou He that should come, or do we look for another?’ Matthew 1...
2._Now when John had heard. _The Evangelists do not mean that John was excited by the miracles to acknowledge Christ at that time as Mediator; but, perceiving that Christ had acquired great reputation...
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...
NOW WHEN JOHN HAD HEARD IN THE PRISON,.... The person here spoken of is John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, who was now in the prison of Machaerus; being put there by Herod, for his reproving...
Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, Ver. 2. _Now when John had heard in the prison_] "Put this fellow in prison," said Ahab of Micaiah, 1 Kings 22...
_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_...
IN PRISON; LUKE 3:19-20....
NOW WHEN JOHN HAD HEARD IN THE PRISON THE WORKS OF CHRIST, HE SENT TWO OF HIS DISCIPLES,...
John's second attempt to lead his disciples to Christ:...
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 11:3"....
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X But since we learned, in the first place, that when the Saviour after the temptation heard that John was given up, He retreated into Galilee, and in the second pla...
Matthew 11:2 And G1161 John G2491 heard G191 (G5660) in G1722 prison G1201 works G2041 Christ G5547 sent...
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...
‘Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent by his disciples, and said to him, “Are you he who is coming, or should we look for another?” ' In his prison John heard of ‘the kin...
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 11:2. N OW WHEN JOHN HEARD IN THE PRISON (according to Josephus, the fortress of Machaerus, situated on the border of Perea near the desert; next to Jerusalem the strongest fortress of the Jew...
Matthew 11:1. This verse probably belongs to this section, since it is entirely disconnected from Matthew 11:2. HE DEPARTED THENCE. He continued His own labors as before, the Apostles being merely he...
JOHN HEARD IN THE PRISON (ο δε Ιωανης ακουσας εν τω δεσμωτηριω). Probably (Luke 7:18) the raising of the son of the widow of Nain. The word for prison here is the place where one was kept bound (Act...
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 preach in their cities. Now when John had heard in the prison the work...
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...
WHEN JOHN THE BAPTIST HEARD. John had been in prison about a year now. Herod Antipas, the tetrarch of Galilee had put him there because he had objected to Herod's adulterous marriage with his brother...
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 11:2 JOHN 1:1 was put IN PRISON by Herod Antipas (see...
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...
Acts 19:1; John 3:24; John 3:25; John 4:1; Luke 3:19;...
Two of his disciples [δ υ ο]. But the correct reading is dia, by. He sent by his disciples. So Rev....
He sent two of his disciples — Not because he doubted himself; but to confirm their faith. Luke 7:18....
It was not for John's information that he sent his disciples to Jesus, but for their satisfaction; that he was the true and promised Messiah; John was assured of it himself by. sign from heaven at our...