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Verse Matthew 11:5. _THE BLIND RECEIVE THEIR SIGHT,_ c.]
αναβλεπωσι, _look_ _upwards_, contemplating the heavens
which their Lord hath made.
_THE LAME WALK_] περιπατωσι, _they walk about_ to give th...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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THE BLIND RECEIVE THEIR SIGHT.
As the article is wanting in each of these clauses, the sense would be
better perceived by the English reader thus, though scarcely tuneful
enough: "Blind persons are se...
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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...
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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...
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THE BLIND. Blind (no Art. in this verse, because only some of each
kind are meant. Not all the blind, &c.) These were the miracles
foretold of Him (Isaiah 35:5; Isaiah 35:6; Isaiah 61:1). No others
(_...
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Comp. Isaiah 35:5; Isaiah 61:1. The first passage describes the work
of God, who "_will come_and save you."
_the poor have the gospel preached to them_ In earthly kingdoms envoys
are sent to the rich...
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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...
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Comp. Isaiah 35:5; Isaiah 61:1. The first passage describes the work
of God, who ‘_will come_ and save you.’
ΠΤΩΧΟῚ ΕΥ̓ΑΓΓΕΛΊΖΟΝΤΑΙ. In earthly kingdoms
envoys are sent to the rich and great. Compare...
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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...
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_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?...
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ΆΝΑΒΛΈΠΟΥΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ AΝ ΒΛΈΠΩ (G308)
видеть снова; прист. от ΆΝ имеет
значение "снова" (МН, 295).
ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΟΎΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΈΩ
(G4043) ходить вокруг,
ΚΑΘΑΡΊΖΟΝΤΑΙ _prae...
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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...
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THE BLIND RECEIVE THEIR SIGHT— Nothing can be more apposite,
natural, and convincing, than such an answer as this; which took its
rise from what Christ was then doing, and rested on the most apparent...
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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...
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_AND SAID UNTO HIM, ART THOU HE THAT SHOULD COME, OR DO WE LOOK FOR
ANOTHER?_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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...
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See Isaiah 61:1 and Isaiah 35:5. THE DEAD ARE RAISED UP] This implies
a larger number of such miracles than the three mentioned in the
Gospels. St. Luke appropriately places the deputation immediately...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE BLIND RECEIVE THEIR SIGHT. — Apparently no facts were stated
which might not have already come to the ears of the Baptist. At least
one instance of each class of miracle has already been recorded...
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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'...
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_Message from the Baptist_ (Luke 7:18-23)....
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_Answer of Jesus_....
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ἀναβλέπουσιν : used also in classics to express recovery
of sight. κωφοὶ, here taken to mean _deaf_, though in Matthew
9:32-33, it means _dumb_, showing that the prophecy, Isaiah 35:5, is
in the speak...
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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...
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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...
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The blind see, &c.[2] Christ shews them who he was by the miracles,
which were foretold concerning the Messias. --- The poor have the
gospel preached to them. This is the sense held forth by the proph...
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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...
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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...
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5._The poor receive the message of the Gospel _By _the poor _are
undoubtedly meant those whose condition is wretched and despicable,
and who are held in no estimation. However mean any person may be,...
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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...
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THE BLIND RECEIVE THEIR SIGHT,.... Our Lord here, has reference to
several prophecies concerning the Messiah, in Isaiah 35:6 and which
having their accomplishment in him, John and his disciples might...
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The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have
the gospel preached to them.
Ver. 5. _The blind receive their s...
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Mat. 11:5. "The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk; the
lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up, and
the poor have the gospel preached unto them." Τυφλοι
αναβλεπουσι,...
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_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_...
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The reply of Jesus:...
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THE BLIND RECEIVE THEIR SIGHT, AND THE LAME WALK, THE LEPERS ARE
CLEANSED, AND THE DEAF HEAR, THE DEAD ARE RAISED UP, AND THE POOR HAVE
THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM....
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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...
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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...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 11:6"....
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Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VIII
Nor were the former shamed by the rod which was turned into a living
serpent, nor by the hand which was made white with leprosy, nor by the
river Nile tur...
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Matthew 11:5 blind G5185 see G308 (G5719) and G2532 lame G5560 walk
G4043 (G5719) lepers G3015 cleansed...
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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...
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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...
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“The blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are
cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor
have good tidings preached to them.”
We have already noted how all...
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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...
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Matthew 11:5. THE BLIND RECEIVE THEIR SIGHT, or ‘see again.' The
word means this when applied to the blind. In other cases, ‘to look
up.'
THE DEAD ARE RAISED UP. The raising of the daughter of Jairu...
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AND THE DEAD ARE RAISED UP
(κα νεκρο εγειροντα). Like that of the son of the
widow of Nain. Did he raise the dead also on this occasion? "Tell John
your story over again and remind him of these prop...
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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...
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Matthew 11:5
I. We may always find Holy Scripture, in its endeavours to make men
good, using such arguments and taking such methods as are within the
understanding of the poorest and most unlearned, i...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_And the poor have the gospel preached to them._
THE RIGHT OF THE POOR
I. Let us state the sentiment of the text. We understand it to intend
the poor in condition, and not the poor in spirit.
1. Th...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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,...
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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...
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_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...
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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;...
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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...
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2 Kings 5:14; 2 Kings 5:7; Acts 14:8; Acts 2:22; Acts 3:2;...
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The lame walk. Tynd., The halt go....
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The poor have the Gospel preached to them — The greatest mercy of
all. Isaiah 29:18; Isaiah 35:5....