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. AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN JESUS HAD MADE AN END OF COMMANDING HIS (RATHER, 'THE') TWELVE DISCIPLES, HE DEPARTED THENCE TO TEACH AND TO PREACH IN THEIR CITIES. This was scarcely a fourth circuit-if we may judge from the less formal way in which it is expressed-but, perhaps, a set of visits paid to certain places, either not reached at all, or too rapidly passed through before, in order to fill up the time until the return of the Twelve. As to their labours, nothing is said of them by our Evangelist. But Luke (Luke 9:6) says, "They departed, and went through the towns" [ koomas (G2968)], or 'villages,' "preaching the Gospel, and healing ev...

Matthew 11:1._And it happened that when Jesus had made an end _In this passage Matthew means nothing more than that Christ did not desist from the exercise of his office, while the Apostles were laboring in another direction. As soon, therefore, as he sent them away, with the necessary instructions, to perambulate Judea, he performed the duties of a teacher in Galilee. The word _commanding, _which Matthew employs, is emphatic; for he means that they did not receive a commission to do what they pleased, but were restricted and enjoined as to the statements which they should make, and the manner in which they should conduct themselves....

1 Our Divine Redeemer never was weary of his labour of love; and we should not be weary of well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not....

CHAPTER XI. _Christ, having finished his instructions to his disciples,_ _departs to preach in different cities_, 1. _John sends two of his disciples to him to inquire whether he_ _were the Christ_, 2-6. _Christ's testimony concerning John_, 7-15. _He upbraids the Jews with their capriciousness_, 16-19. _The condemnation of Chorazin, and Bethsaida, and Capernaum, for_ _their unbelief and impenitence_, 20-24. _Praises the Divine wisdom for revealing the Gospel to the_ _simple-hearted_, 25, 26....

AND IT CAME TO PASS ... - The directions to the apostles were given in the vicinity of Capernaum. The Saviour went from thence to preach in their cities; that is, in the cities in the vicinity of Capernaum, or in Galilee. He did not yet go into Judea....

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; Matthew 19:1; Matthew 26:1. In all five cases it marks the end of important speeches. (1) The sermon on the mount (Mt 5-7:27); (2) the charge to the disciples (Matthew 10:5); (3) the parables ...

AND IT CAME TO PASS,.... In the course of things, and as before determined and resolved on, that WHEN JESUS HAD MADE AN END OF COMMANDING HIS TWELVE DISCIPLES; when he had given them a commission to preach the Gospel, had finished all his instructions he thought fit to give them, and orders he enjoined them, relating to that work; as where they should go, what they should say, how they should behave, and what treatment they should meet with; and had given them all proper advice and encouragement, HE DEPARTED THENCE, from the place where he then was: he did not desist either from the ministry of the word, or from working of miracles, but went out into other parts of the country, TO TEACH AND TO PREACH IN THEIR CITIES: meaning either in the cities of the Jews, or in the cities of his disciples; and these, either the cities they belonged to, from whence they came, namely, the cities of G...

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 preach in their cities. Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples. And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them._ These were Christ's seals and proofs: he needed not to seek others. These were the very works of which prophecy had said they would be the marks of the Messiah. If then, these marks were found in him, he left John and his disciples to draw the inference that he was, indeed, the One that was to come. Christ i

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 Announces Judgment. (Matthew 11:20 .) 4. The Greater Invitation. (Matthew 11:25 .)_ The first verse of this chapter belongs to the sending forth of the twelve, and should be put to the previous chapter. “And it came to pass when Jesus had finished commanding His twelve disciples, He departed thence to teach and preach in their cities.” He took the work upon Himself once more, and with the disciples He had

MATTHEW 11:1 (contrast Mark 6:12; Luke 9:6) is, like Matthew 7:28, a formula rounding off the collection of sayings....