Matthew 11:1
JESUS. App-98. PREACH. proclaim. App-121. Continuing His mission (Matthew 4:17).... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS. App-98. PREACH. proclaim. App-121. Continuing His mission (Matthew 4:17).... [ Continue Reading ]
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 same mission as that in Luke 7. (1) In this (the former) no number of those sent is given (see note... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT SHOULD COME. He Who cometh, or the corning One: i.e. He Who was expected to come. Compare Matthew 3:11; Matthew 21:9; Matthew 23:39; John 3:31.Psalms 118:26; Genesis 49:10; Isaiah 35:4.Ezekiel 21:27; Zechariah 9:9 [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS. And Jesus. App-98. ANSWERED AND SAID.. Hebraism. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41. SHEW. report. AGAIN. Not in the Greek. in Matthew 11:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 (_qua,_ miracles) would have sufficed as His credentials. THE DEAD. dead (persons). No Art. See App-1... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED. happy. See note on Matthew 5:3. NOT BE OFFENDED. find nothing to stumble at. ME: i.e. in My Person, My teachings, My grace, &c.; as many did. Compare Luke 4:22 with Luke 4:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. _theaomai._ App-133. WITH. by. Greek. _hupo._ App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR TO SEE. to see. Greek. _eidon._ App-133. SOFT RAIMENT. soft, or effeminate [raiment]. Mantles are meant, made of silk or linen, as worn by the _effendis_ or gentry, in the East, to-day. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
PROPHET. See App-49. MORE THAN. far more than.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. concerning. Greek. _peri_, as in Matthew 11:7. IT IS WRITTEN. it standeth written. I SEND, &C. Quoted from Malachi 3:1. See App-107 and App-117. Compare Mark 1:2.Luke 1:17; Luke 1:76; Luke 7:27. MESSENGER. angel. Greek. _angelos._... [ Continue Reading ]
VERILY. See note on Matthew 5:18. AMONG. Greek. _en_ with plural BORN OF WOMEN. brought forth by women (see note on Matthew 1:2; Matthew 1:16; Matthew 1:18).. Hebraism (_yelud 'ishshah)_. See Job 14:1; Job 15:14; Job 25:4. LEAST. less: i.e. younger, meaning Himself. THE KINGDOM. John was only pro... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. But. SUFFERETH VIOLENCE. forceth itself upon men's attention. Greek. _biazomai._ Occurs only here and Luke 16:16. Supposed to be only passive (as rendered here), but this agrees neither with the facts nor with the context. Deissmann (_Bib. Stud.,_ p. 258) tells of the discovery of an inscripti... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE PROPHETS. See Acts 3:21. THE LAW. See note on Matthew 5:17. UNTIL JOHN. And all would have been fulfilled then had the nation repented.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF, &C. Assuming it as. fact. See App-118., as in verses: Matthew 11:21; Matthew 11:23. WILL. are willing. Greek. _thelo._ RECEIVE. to receive. Compare Acts 2:41. THIS IS. he represents. Had the nation repented, John would have been reckoned as Elijah. IS. represents. Figure of speech _Metaphor.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE THAT HATH EARS TO HEAR.. Hebraism. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ App-6. Used only by the Lord, and marking. dispensational crisis (as this was) on fourteen different occasions. See App-142.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS GENERATION?. significant expression, occurring sixteen times (Matthew 11:16; Matthew 12:41; Matthew 12:42; Matthew 23:36; Matthew 24:34.Mark 8:12; Mark 8:12; Mark 13:30; Luke 7:31;... [ Continue Reading ]
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._ In Eng. "ye did not leap... did not weep"; or "stept not... wept not".. common custom to this day; su... [ Continue Reading ]
CAME. In the Greek this is the Figure of speech _Hyperbaton_ (put out of its place by commencing the verse), causing the Figure of speech _Anaphora_ (App-6). EATING NOR DRINKING. Supply the _Ellipsis_, eating nor drinking [with others]. DEVIL. demon.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SON OF MAN. See App-98. WINEBIBBER. drinking to excess. PUBLICANS AND SINNERS. See notes on Matthew 5:46; Matthew 9:10. BUT. And: i.e. And [for all that] Wisdom was [in each case] vindicated by her children; so with Messiah (the Wisdom of God. 1 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Corinthians 1:30. Compare M... [ Continue Reading ]
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_, as in Matthew 11:1. MIGHTY WORKS. Greek plural of _dunamis_ (App-172.) See note on John 2:18. WERE... [ Continue Reading ]
WOE, &C. Figure of speech _Maledictio._ App-6. A testimony as to His rejection. CHORAZIN. Not named elsewhere, and no miracles recorded as performed there, or at Bethsaida. See App-169. BEEN DONE. taken place. TYRE AND SIDON. No mention of the Lord's having been there. TYRE. Now _es Sur._ SIDON... [ Continue Reading ]
AT. in, as in Matthew 11:1. THE DAY, &C. Now drawing near. See note on Matthew 16:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAPERNAUM. See note on Matthew 4:13, and App-169. ART. wast. HEAVEN. the heaven. Sing, because in contrast with the earth. See note on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10. HELL. Gr _. Hades._ See App-131.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT TIME. Of His rejection. Figure of speech _Chronographia_ (App-6), emphasizing the lesson. TIME. season. ANSWERED AND SAID. prayed and said.. Hebraism. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41. I THANK THEE. I openly confess to Thee. FATHER. See App-98. EARTH. the earth. App-129. HAST HID. didst hide.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEMED GOOD. became well-pleasing. Occurs with _ginomai,_ only here and Luke 10:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE DELIVERED. were [at some definite time] delivered. OF. by. Greek. _hupo._ NO MAN. no one. Greek. _odes,_ or compound of. App-105. KNOWETH. fully knoweth. WILL REVEAL. intendeth (Greek. _boulomai)_ to reveal. REVEAL. unveil. Greek. _apokalupto._... [ Continue Reading ]
COME, &C. Here Christ refers, not to sins, but to service; not to guilt, but to labour; not to the conscience, but to the heart; not to repentance, but to learning; not to finding forgiveness, but to finding rest. ALL. Here limited to those seeking "rest". LABOUR. toil. HEAVY LADEN. burdened. GI... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUR SOULS. your own selves (emph.)... [ Continue Reading ]