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Verse Matthew 11:20. _THEN BEGAN HE TO UPBRAID THE CITIES_] The more
God has done to draw men unto himself, the less excusable are they if
they continue in iniquity. If our blessed Lord had not done e...
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THEN BEGAN HE TO UPBRAID ... - That is, to reprove, to rebuke, to
denounce heavy judgment....
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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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WOE TO UNBELIEVING CITIES (Luke 10:13; in the address to the Seventy).
We should rather have expected to find this passage in Matthew 10.
Some scholars regard the denunciation as the product of a late...
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JUDGMENT AND MERCY. -- Matthew 11:20-30.
GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden,
and. will give you rest._ -- Matthew 11:28. TIME. --Same as the date
of the last lesson. P...
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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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Then he began to reproach the cities in which the most numerous of his
deeds of power had been done, because they did not repent. "Alas for
you Chorazin! Alas for you Bethsaida! For, if the deeds of p...
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THEN. Marking another stage of His rejection. Figure of speech
_Chronographia._
CITIES. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject) for their
inhabitants. App-6.
WHEREIN. in which. Greek. _en_,...
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The Cities that repented not
St Luke 10:13-15, where the words form part of the charge to the
seventy disciples. It is instructive to compare the connection
suggested by the two evangelists. In St Ma...
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THE CITIES THAT REPENTED NOT
St Luke 10:13-15, where the words form part of the charge to the
seventy disciples. It is instructive to compare the connection
suggested by the two evangelists. In St Ma...
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Ver 20. "Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his
mighty works were done, because they repented not: 21. Woe unto thee,
Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, whic...
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_A MESSAGE OF REPENTANCE MATTHEW 11:20-24:_ The Lord pronounced woes
upon the cities where most of His mighty works were done because they
did not repent. "Then He began to rebuke the cities in which...
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THEN BEGAN HE TO UPBRAID THE CITIES— After reproving the Pharisees,
Jesus pronounced heavy judgments against Chorazin, Bethsaida, and
Capernaum, cities which he had often blessed with his presence; fo...
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Section 25
JESUS CONDEMNS UNBELIEVING CITIES AND INVITES BABES TO COME TO HIM
TEXT: 11:20-30
I. HEARTBROKEN CONDEMNATION
20.
Then began he to unbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works
wer...
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Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works
were done, because they repented not:
THEN BEGAN HE TO UPBRAID THE CITIES WHEREIN MOST OF HIS MIGHTY WORKS
WERE DONE, BECAUSE T...
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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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11:20 place, (b-18) _ Ginomai_ , 'taken place,' or 'happened.' I do
not say 'had been wrought,' because the emphasis is on the place of
their happening rather than on the fact of their being wrought....
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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 WOES UPON CHORAZIN, BETHSAIDA, AND CAPERNAUM(Luke 10:12 cp.
Matthew 10:15). These were the cities in which 'most of His mighty
works were done,' and yet nothing is said in the Gospels of any
minis...
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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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THEN BEGAN HE TO UPBRAID. — The rebuke is inserted by St. Luke in
our Lord’s charge to the Seventy (Luke 10:13). As in the case of the
passages common to both Evangelists in Matthew 10 and Luke 10, we...
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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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τότε, _then_, cannot be pressed. Luke gives the following words in
instructions to the Seventy. The real historical occasion is unknown.
It may be a reminiscence from the preaching tour in the synagog...
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_Reflections by Jesus on the reception given to Him by the towns of
Galilee_ (Luke 10:13-15)....
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WOE OR WELCOME
Matthew 11:20
_ The voice of upbraiding,_ Matthew 11:20. The Judge weeps as he
pronounces the doom of those who reject Him. They would have crowned
Him king, but refused to repent. See...
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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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(5) Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty
works were done, because they repented not:
(5) The proud reject the gospel offered to them (to their great hurt
and pain) which lea...
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SOVEREIGN, DISCRIMINATING MERCY OF GOD
Matthew 11:20-30. “Then He began to upbraid the cities, in which
most of His mighty works were wrought, because they did not repent:
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe...
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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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Matthew 11:20._Then he began to upbraid. _Luke states the time when,
and the reason why, Christ uttered such invectives against those
cities. It was while he was sending the disciples away into variou...
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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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THEN BEGAN HE TO UPBRAID THE CITIES,.... When he had sent forth his
disciples to preach, and had been in these several cities hereafter
mentioned himself, and had taught and preached in them, and conf...
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Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works
were done, because they repented not:
Ver. 20. _Then began he to upbraid_] Haply, because these cities,
drawn by the authority of...
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_Then began he to upbraid the cities_ Which he had often blessed with
his presence, and in which he had preached many awakening sermons, and
performed many astonishing miracles. It is observable, he h...
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UPBRAID; rebuke and denounce judgments against them....
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THE WOE UPON THE GALILEAN CITIES. Then began He to upbraid the cities
wherein most of His mighty works were done, because they repented not.
The historical occasion upon which Jesus said these words i...
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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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Our Lord had hitherto spent most of his time in Galilee, and the
cities belonging to that province: there both John the Baptist and
himself had preached the gospel, there he had wrought many miracles,...
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Origen Against Celsus Book VI
And so great is this doctrine of humiliation, that it has no ordinary
individual as its teacher; but our great Saviour Himself says: "Learn
of Me, for I am meek and lowl...
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Matthew 11:20 Then G5119 began G756 (G5662) rebuke G3679 (G5721)
cities G4172 in G1722 which G3739 most...
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‘Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty
works were done, because they did not repent.'
Note here the difference between His approach to John and His approach
to these people....
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JESUS CASTIGATES HIS LOCAL TOWNS FOR THEIR FAILURE TO REPENT IN VIEW
OF THE FACT THAT THEY TOO HAVE SEEN THE MESSIANIC SIGNS, BUT WITHOUT
RESPONDING (11:20-24).
In this chapter Jesus has already been...
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Matthew 11:20. THEN BEGAN HE. Probably ‘pointing to a pause or
change of manner of our Lord.'
TO UPBRAID. Often used of men in a bad sense, here, implying moral
disapproval and righteous indignation...
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This section is a continuation of the preceding discourse. The
comparison between the children of ‘this generation' and ‘wisdom'
which is justified by her works, is, on the one hand, sharpened into a...
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MOST OF HIS MIGHTY WORKS
(α πλειστα δυναμεις αυτου). Literally, "His very
many mighty works" if elative as usual in the papyri (Moulton,
_Prolegomena_, p. 79; Robertson, _Grammar_, p. 670). But the...
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THEN
The kingdom of heaven announced as "at hand" by John the Baptist, by
the King Himself, and by the twelve, and attested by mighty works, has
been morally rejected. The places chosen for the testi...
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Matthew 11:20. _Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of
his mighty works were done, because they repented not:_
They listened; sometimes, they applauded; but they repented not; and
there...
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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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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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THEN JESUS BEGAN TO REPROACH. Compare Luke 10:12-15. The cities around
the Lake of Galilee had received most of his attention, therefore they
had the least excuse for not accepting him. It makes Jesus...
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_Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsatda!_
THE DAMNATION UNDER THE GOSPEL MORE INTOLERABLE THAN THAT OF SODOM
I. There shall be a day of judgment.
II. In the day of judgement some sinners...
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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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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 11:20 CHORAZIN was just northwest of
Capernaum. For BETHSAIDA and CAPERNAUM, see note on Luke 9:10....
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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 11:21. SACKCLOTH AND ASHES.—In the East, it was common for
mourners to put on a black garment which resembled a sack, with holes
for the arms, and to strew ashes upon the hea...
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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 Timothy 2:25; 2 Timothy 2:26; Acts 17:20; Isaiah 1:2; James 1:5;...
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Mighty works [δ υ ν α μ ε ι ς]. The supernatural works of
Christ and his apostles are denoted by six different words in the New
Testament, exhibiting these works under different aspects and from
diffe...
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Then began he to upbraid the cities — It is observable he had never
upbraided them before. Indeed at first they received him with all
gladness, Capernaum in particular....
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Our Saviour having gone through the cities of Galilee, preaching the
doctrine of repentance, and confirming his doctrine with miracles, and
finding multitudes, after all his endeavours, remain in thei...