Matthew 11:6
BLESSED In prison, the King rejected, John's faith wavers; the Lord exhorts and encourages His servant. Compare (John 15:20); (Isaiah 42:3).... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED In prison, the King rejected, John's faith wavers; the Lord exhorts and encourages His servant. Compare (John 15:20); (Isaiah 42:3).... [ Continue Reading ]
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 rejected, and John was martyred, and the King presently crucified. The least in the kingdom when it... [ Continue Reading ]
SUFFERETH VIOLENCE It has been much disputed whether the "violence" here is external, as against the kingdom in the persons of John the Baptist and Jesus; or that, considering the opposition of the scribes and Pharisees, only the violently resolute would press into it. Both things are true. The Kin... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS ELIAS (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 17:10). _ Also (Matthew 17:12); (Malachi 4:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
DEVIL demon. (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 7:22). _... [ Continue Reading ]
SON OF MAN (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 8:20). _ SINNERS SIN (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:23). _... [ Continue Reading ]
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 testing of the nation, Chorazin, Bethsaida, etc. having rejected both John and Jesus, the rejected King n... [ Continue Reading ]
HELL (_ See Scofield) - (Luke 16:23). _... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THINGS Kingdom. (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 12:3). _... [ Continue Reading ]
COME The new message of Jesus. The rejected King now turns from the rejecting nation and offers, not the kingdom, but rest and service to such in the nation as are conscious of the need. It is a pivotal point in the ministry of Jesus.... [ Continue Reading ]