What did you expect to see? John the Baptist preached in the desert, and the people came to him. Jesus emphasized the dignity of John, as if John's being in prison, and his doubts, might cause them to devalue what he had done. John did not bend with every breath of wind that blew.
Verse Matthew 11:7. _WHAT WENT YE OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS TO SEE?_] The purport of our Lord's design, in this and the following verses, is to convince the scribes and Pharisees of the inconsistency o...
AND AS THEY DEPARTED ... - Jesus took occasion, from the inquiries made by John’s disciples, to instruct the people respecting the true character of John. Multitudes had gone out to hear him when he p...
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...
III. GREATER THAN. PROPHET. 7. WHAT WENT YE OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS TO SEE? An allusion to John's ministry in the wilderness, which had been attended by most of Christ's disciples. A REED SHAKEN WI...
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...
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...
DEPARTED. were going forward. See note on Matthew 11:1. CONCERNING. Greek. _peri_. App-104. WHAT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_, and _Anaphora._ See verses: Matthew 8:9. TO SEE. to gaze on. Greek...
_A reed shaken with the wind_ If the first suggestion (Matthew 11:3) be adopted, the words have a corroborative force. It was no waverer that ye went out to see his message was clear, his faith was st...
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...
Some editors place the interrogative after ἔρημον, but the correction seems harsh and unnecessary. ΚΆΛΑΜΟΝ ὙΠῸ�. If the first suggestion (Matthew 11:3) be adopted, the words have a corroborative forc...
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...
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...
ΠΟΡΕΥΟΜΈΝΩΝ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти. Temp. _part. Gen. abs._ "Когда они ушли..." ΉΡΞΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΆΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G757) начинать, ΈΞΉΛΘΑΤΕ _aor. ind. act. от_ Έ...
WHAT WENT YE OUT, &C.— These, and the following questions, are in the style of the Hebrews; and according to the idiom of their language, imply a strong negation. The reader by recurring to the book o...
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...
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...
AS THEY DEPARTED. — There was an obvious risk that those who heard the question of the Baptist, and our Lord’s answer, might be led to think with undue harshness, perhaps even with contempt, of one wh...
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'...
τούτων δὲ πορευομένων : while John's messengers were in the act of going, Jesus began at once, without any delay, to make a statement which He deemed necessary to prevent injurious inferences from the...
_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....
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...
(2) 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? (2) The similarity and the difference betwe...
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...
_THE BAPTIST’S CHARACTER_ ‘What went ye out into the wilderness for to see?’ Matthew 11:7 ‘What went ye out for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? A man clothed in soft raiment? A prophet?’ Three...
Matthew 11:7._And while they were departing _Christ praises John before the people, in order that they may state from recollection what they have heard from him, and may give credit to his testimony....
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 AS THEY DEPARTED,.... That is, the messengers of John, Luke 7:24 when they returned to their master, to give an account to him of what they had heard and seen, JESUS BEGAN TO SAY UNTO THE MULTITU...
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? Ver. 7. _And as they departed_] Due praise is t...
_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...
A REED SHAKEN; an inconstant, unstable person....
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?...
CHRIST'S TESTIMONY CONCERNING JOHN....
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...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 11:9"....
Five Books in Reply to Marcion 145 August in life, and marked with praise sublime,[74]...
Matthew 11:7 G1161 As G5130 departed G4198 (G5740) Jesus G2424 began G756 (G5662) say G3004 ...
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...
‘And as these went their way, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?” ' Jesus begins to impress on the crowds t...
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 11:7. AND AS THEY DEPARTED. In Luke 7:24-35, we find an almost exact parallel to Matthew 11:7-19. The comment follows at once, to uphold the character of John, which might have been undervalue...
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...
AS THESE WENT THEIR WAY (τουτων πορευομενων). Present participle genitive absolute. The eulogy of Jesus was spoken as the two disciples of John were going away. Is it a matter of regret that they d...
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...
_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...
2 Corinthians 1:17; 2 Corinthians 1:18; Ephesians 4:14; Genesis 49:4;...
As they departed [τ ο υ τ ω ν δ ε π ο ρ ε υ ο μ ε ν ω ν]. Rev., more literal and better, as these went their way; or while they, John's disciples, were departing : thus giving the simultaneousness of...
As they departed, he said concerning John — Of whom probably he would not have said so much when they were present. A reed shaken by the wind? — No; nothing could ever shake John in the testimony he g...
Our Saviour having given satisfaction to John's disciples, next enters upon. large commendation of John himself. Where observe, 1. The persons whom he commended him before; not John's own disciples, f...