He that is least] Jesus means that the meanest and least endowed Christian is greater in privilege than the greatest men of the Old Dispensation. The Baptist, though so near the kingdom, was not within it.
12, 13. St. Luke introduces these vv. in a quite different connexion: see Luke 16:16 (a rebuke to the Pharisees).
Verse Matthew 11:11. _A GREATER THAN JOHN THE BAPTIST_] A _sixth excellency_ of the Baptist-he was greater than any prophet from the beginning of the world till that time: - lst. Because he was proph...
AMONG THEM THAT ARE BORN OF WOMEN - This is an emphatic way of saying that there “had never” been a greater “man” than John. See Job 14:1. HE THAT IS LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS GREATER THAN HE...
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...
AMONG THEM THAT ARE BORN OF WOMEN. Among mankind in general. Christ was "born of. woman" (Galatians 4:4), but this differs from the phrase here used, as "Son of man" does from men.--_ Schaff._ The wor...
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...
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...
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;...
_he that is least in the kingdom of heaven_ Literally, HE THAT IS LESS, either (1) than John or (2) than others. Those who are in the kingdom, who are brought nearer to God and have clearer spiritual...
Ὁ ΔῈ ΜΙΚΡΌΤΕΡΟΣ. He that is less, either (1) than John or (2) than others. Those who are in the kingdom, who are brought nearer to God and have clearer spiritual knowledge of God, have higher privileg...
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...
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...
VER 11. "VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, AMONG THEM THAT ARE BORN OF WOMEN THERE HATH NOT RISEN A GREATER THAN JOHN THE BAPTIST: NOTWITHSTANDING HE THAT IS LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS GREATER THAN HE....
_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...
ΈΓΉΓΕΡΤΑΙPERF. _ind. pass. от_ ΈΓΕΊΡΩ (G1453) подниматься, появляться на исторической сцене (McNeile). ΓΕΝΝΗΤΟΊΣ (G1084) _dat. pl._ рожденный. Об _adj._ с таким окончанием _см._ МН, 370. ΜΕΊΖΩΝ (G31...
DISCOURSE: 1348 CHRIST’S COMMENDATION OF JOHN Matthew 11:11. _Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is...
AMONG THEM THAT ARE BORN OF WOMEN— "As he is, with regard to his moral and religious character, one of the best men, so he has some peculiar honours superior to any prophet of former generations: Neve...
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...
11:11 one (c-28) Or 'the least.' It is the comparative degree; whoever else is taken, the 'one' is less; the idiomatic force is more preserved by 'a little one.'...
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...
THERE HATH NOT RISEN A GREATER. — The greatness of men is measured by a divine not a human standard. The prophet, who was more than a prophet, the herald or the forerunner of the kingdom, was greater...
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'...
_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....
ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν. First Christ expresses His personal conviction in solemn terms. What follows refers to John's intrinsic worth, not to his historic position as the forerunner. The latter rests on the p...
This is the further justification of the περισσ. desiderated....
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...
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...
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the (c) kingdom of heaven is greater than he. (c) In...
He that is the lesser, &c. Many understand this of Christ, who is less in as much as he is more humble, younger in age, and according to the erroneous opinion of men, of less sanctity than John. Maldo...
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...
_WHAT IS TRUE GREATNESS?_ ‘Among them that are born of women there hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptist.’ Matthew 11:11 There is no subject more generally discussed amongst us than as to...
11._Verily I say to you _These words not only maintain the authority of John, but elevate his doctrine above the ancient prophets, that the people may keep in view the right end of his ministry; for t...
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...
VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU,.... What Christ had before said, he proved from a testimony of Scripture; what he was about to say depending on his word, he asseverates in the most solemn manner: AMONG THEM T...
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. Ver. 11. _...
_Among them that are born of women_ That is, among the whole race of mankind in all former ages, _there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist_ As John, with regard to his religious and moral...
GREATER; in dignity; more honorable in condition and employment. LEAST, as a prophet or teacher under the gospel dispensation. IS GREATER; his work would be one of higher dignity and privilege than J...
The application of these truths: Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist; notwithstanding, he that is least in the kingdom of heav...
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...
Ver. 10,11. St. Luke hath the same, LUKE 7:27,28, only he saith, _there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist._ It was written, ZECHARIAH 3:1, Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall p...
Clement of Alexandria Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved? Similarly also He says that "the least in the kingdom of heaven" that is His own disciple "is greater than John, the greatest among thos...
Matthew 11:11 Assuredly G281 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213 among G1722 born G1084 women G1135 has G1453 not...
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...
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...
“Truly I say to you, Among those who are born of women there has not arisen a greater than John the Baptist. Yet he who is least in the Kingly Rule of heaven is greater than he.” And then Jesus makes...
Matthew 11:11. VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU. Only _One_ could thus speak concerning the greatest ‘born of women.' THERE HATH NOT RISEN; been raised into prominence by God. BORA OF WOMEN. Among mankind in...
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...
HE THAT IS BUT LITTLE (ο μικροτερος). The Authorized Version here has it better, "he that is least." The article with the comparative is a growing idiom in the vernacular _Koine_ for the superlative...
GREATER Positionally greater, not morally. John the Baptist was as great morally, as any man "born of woman," but as to the kingdom he but announced it at hand. The kingdom did not then come, but was...
Matthew 11:11 I. The first thing which demands our notice in John the Baptist seems to be his singleness in carrying out the work which God appointed him. Consider the time when he appeared. It was no...
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...
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...
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...
REMEMBER THIS! A paradox. John is greater than kings, statesmen, even the prophets of old. Herod would have been forgotten, had he not put John in prison. All this is true yet Jesus says: BUT HE WHO I...
_There hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptist._ THE LEAST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN Is it contrary to any true theory of John’s prophetical mission that he should be for once seized with a s...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 11:11 Jesus contrasts human birth (THOSE BORN OF WOMEN) with the new birth into the kingdom of heaven. GREATER THAN HE. Those IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN have the gr
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...
1 Corinthians 15:9; 1 Corinthians 6:4; 1 Peter 1:10; 1 Samuel 2:30;...
But he that is least in the kingdom of heaven, is greater than he — Which an ancient author explains thus: — "One perfect in the law, as John was, is inferior to one who is baptized into the death of...
Our Saviour having highly commended John in the foregoing verses, here sets bounds to the honours of his ministry, adding, That though John was greater than all the prophets that went before him, seei...