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MATTHEW 11:17 evqrhnh,samen {B}
After repeated discussion the Committee decided that copyists were
more likely to insert u`mi/n for the sake of parallelism with the
preceding strophe than to delete i...
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Verse Matthew 11:17. _WE HAVE PIPED UNTO YOU, AND YE HAVE NOT DANCED_]
We have begun the music, which should have been followed by the dance,
but ye have not attended to it.
_WE HAVE MOURNED - AND Y...
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BUT WHEREUNTO SHALL I LIKEN ... - Christ proceeds to reprove the
inconsistency and fickleness of that age of people. He says they were
like children - nothing pleased them. He refers here to the
“play...
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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 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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"To what will I compare this generation? It is like children in the
market-place, calling to their companions, and saying, 'We piped to
you and you did not dance; we wailed and you did not mourn.' For...
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HAVE NOT. did not. danced... lamented. Figure of speech _Paronomasia_
(App-6) in the Greek _orchesasthe... ekopsasthe_. but Figure of speech
_Parechesis,_ also in Ararnaic. _rakkedton... arkkedton._ I...
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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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Ver 16. "But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto
children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 17.
And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; w...
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_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...
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BUT WHEREUNTO SHALL I LIKEN, &C.— For the better understanding of
our Saviour in this place, see Luke 7:29. To shew the Pharisees more
plainly the perverseness of their disposition, our Saviour told t...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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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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_Judgment of Jesus on His religious contemporaries_ (Luke 7:31-35). It
is advisable not to assume as a matter of course that these words were
spoken at the same time as those going before. The discour...
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THE LAST OF THE PROPHETS
Matthew 11:11
The least in a higher dispensation has great advantages over the
greatest in a lower one. A child on a hill can see farther than a
giant in the valley. Many hav...
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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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We have piped. Christ, says, St. Jerome on this place, was represented
by the children that piped, or played on pipes, and St. John by those
that mourned; because Christ refused not upon occasions, to...
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SANCTIFICATION DOUBLY METAPHORIZED
“But to whom shall I liken this generation? It is like unto little
children, sitting in the forums, and calling to their comrades, and
saying, We have piped unto yo...
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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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_THE PORTRAIT OF AN AGE_
‘Whereunto shall I liken this generation?… Wisdom is justified of
her children?’
Matthew 11:16
The portrait of an age—that and nothing less is what is essayed in
these sent...
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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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AND SAYING, WE HAVE PIPED UNTO YOU, AND YE HAVE NOT DANCED,.... The
allusion is to Jewish children, who having seen their parents and
friends at their festivals and weddings, some play upon the pipe,...
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And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have
mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
Ver. 17. _We have piped unto you, &c._] It is probable that children
in those days were...
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_Whereunto shall I liken this generation_ That is, the men of this
age? They are like those froward children, of whom their fellows
complain that they will be pleased no way. _Saying, We have piped un...
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PIPED UNTO YOU; played a lively tune, as at a wedding-feast.
MOURNED UNTO YOU; played a mournful tune, as at a funeral.
LAMENTED; imitated the lamentations at funerals that accompanied the
playing o...
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An earnest censure for the Jews:...
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AND SAYING, WE HAVE PIPED UNTO YOU, AND YE HAVE NOT DANCED; WE HAVE
MOURNED UNTO YOU, AND YE HAVE NOT LAMENTED.
With whom shall I compare this race, especially the Pharisees and
those people that foll...
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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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16-24 Christ reflects on the scribes and Pharisees, who had a proud
conceit of themselves. He likens their behaviour to children's play,
who being out of temper without reason, quarrel with all the a...
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Ver. 16,17. Luke, telling to us the same history, LUKE 7:31, prefaces
it thus, LUKE 7:29,30, And all the people that heard him, and the
publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of Joh...
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Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X
And up to this point I think that the movements of the people of the
Jews, which seem to be according to the law, were nothing else than
the movements of the daugh...
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Matthew 11:17 and G2532 saying G3004 (G5723) flute G832 (G5656) you
G5213 And G2532 not G3756 dance...
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JESUS CHARGES THE PEOPLE OF HIS GENERATION WITH NOT TAKING JOHN'S OR
HIS MESSAGE SERIOUSLY, BUT BEHAVING LIKE CHILDREN AT PLAY (11:16-19).
The sudden change of subject here is very vivid. He has been...
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Matthew 11:17. One set of children is represented as having invited
another set to play, first in a mock wedding and then in a mock
funeral, but the latter would not join them. Explanations: (1) The
c...
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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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CHILDREN SITTING IN THE MARKET PLACES
(παιδιοις καθημενοις εν ταις αγοραις).
This parable of the children playing in the market place is given also
in Luke 7:31. Had Jesus as a child in Nazareth not...
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Matthew 11:16
The Baptist and Christ.
I. When John appeared to Israel, and made his voice heard from the
wilderness, the stern reality of such a life struck all imaginations;
the hope he held out of...
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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 to
preach in their cities. Now when John had heard in the prison the...
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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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WE PLAYED WEDDING MUSIC. A mock wedding, then a mock funeral, but the
children were not happy with either, and would neither dance nor cry.
Nothing could please them....
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 11:17 WE PLAYED THE FLUTE... AND YOU DID NOT
DANCE. The people reject the gospel because John and Jesus do not meet
their expectations....
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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_
Matthew 11:19. WISDOM.—God regarded as the All-Wise.
JUSTIFIED.—Acquitted of folly. CHILDREN.—The Divinely wise. The
spiritual recognise the wisdom of God both in the austerity of Jo...
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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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1 Corinthians 9:19; 1 Kings 1:40; Isaiah 28:9; Isaiah 30:29;...
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Mourn [ε κ ο ψ α σ θ ε]. Lit., beat or strike (the beast), as
in oriental funeral lamentations....