Matthew 11:6
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What does Matthew 11:6 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me."
What does Matthew 11:6 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me."
Verse Matthew 11:6. _BLESSED IS_ HE _WHOSOEVER SHALL NOT BE OFFENDED IN ME._] Or, _Happy is he who will not be stumbled at me_; for the word σκανδαλιζεσθαι, in its root, signifies to _hit against_ or...
AND BLESSED IS HE ... - The word “offence” means a “stumbling-block.” See the notes at Matthew 5:29. This verse might be rendered, “Happy is he to whom I shall not prove a stumbling-block.” That is, h...
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 Ki...
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...
BLESSED IS HE WHOSOEVER SHALL NOT BE OFFENDED IN ME. Shall not find an occasion for stumbling in me. This is suggested by John's seeming to have stumbled, not fallen, because Christ had not publicly...
And when Jesus had completed his instructions to the twelve disciples, he left there to go on teaching and to go on making his proclamation in their towns. When John had heard in prison about the thi...
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....
_And blessed is he_ Blessed are all who see that these works of mine are truly the works of the Messiah. Some had thought only of an avenging and triumphant Christ. _blessed_ A term that denotes spir...
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 2. NOW WHEN JOHN HAD HEARD IN THE PRISON THE WORKS OF CHRIST, HE SENT TWO OF HIS DISCIPLES, 3. AND SAID UNTO HIM, "ART THOU HE THAT SHOULD COME, OR DO WE LOOK FOR ANOTHER?" 4. JESUS ANSWERED AND S...
_A MAN CALLED JOHN MATTHEW 11:1-6:_ John the Baptist was a great servant of God. But, even great servants can doubt and need reassurance. He asked, "Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?...
ΌΣ ΈΆΝ (G3739; G1437) с _conj._ кто-л. Прид. предложение содержит условие главного, ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΙΣΘΉ _aor. conj. pass. от_ ΣΚΑΝΔΑΛΊΖΩ (G4624) заставить оступиться, попасть в ловушку, западню (TDNT; NTW; R...
DISCOURSE: 1347 CHRIST’S ANSWER TO JOHN’S DISCIPLES Matthew 11:4. _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...
BLESSED IS HE WHOSOEVER, &C.— See the note on chap. Matthew 5:29. It was foretold of the Messiah, that the world should be _offended at him,_ Isaiah 8:14; Isaiah 53:1. Thisisintimatedinthepresentwords...
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....
23 The mood of the verb is most important here. The Lord is not telling what would but what may occur. His apostles were frail mortals, easily discouraged, so He does no more than hint at a possible f...
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...
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...
BLESSED IS HE. — The words at once confirm the view that the question which the messengers had brought came from the Baptist himself, and show how tenderly our Lord dealt with the impatience which it...
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'...
_Message from the Baptist_ (Luke 7:18-23)....
HOW DOUBTS MAY BE SOLVED Matthew 11:1 The Baptist was languishing in a gloomy dungeon in the castle of Machaerus, on the farther shores of the Dead Sea-like a wild creature of the desert, suddenly e...
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...
_Scandalized in me. That is, who shall not take occasion of scandal or offence from my humility, and the disgraceful death of the cross which I shall endure: (Challoner) or on my account, that is, at...
DID JOHN THE BAPTIST OR HIS DISCIPLES DOUBT THE CHRISTHOOD OF JESUS? Matthew 11:2-6; Luke 7:18-23. We answer the above question unhesitatingly in the negative. Neither John nor his disciples had any d...
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...
_MISTAKES ABOUT RELIGION_ ‘And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in Me.’ Matthew 11:6 By religion, I mean the religion which Jesus taught, which has been handed to us by the Bible, and...
6._And blessed is he who shall not be offended in me. By _this concluding statement Christ intended to remind them, that he who would adhere firmly and steadfastly to the faith of the Gospel must enco...
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...
AND BLESSED IS HE WHOSOEVER SHALL NOT BE OFFENDED IN ME. The Jews were offended at Christ's parentage and birth, at the poverty of his parents, and at the manner of his birth, by a virgin; and at the...
And blessed is _he_, whosoever shall not be offended in me. Ver. 6. _And blessed is he, &c._] This he adds, as correcting the preposterous emulation of John's disciples, who stumbled also at his mean...
_Now when John had heard in the prison_ (into which he had been cast by Herod Antipas, a little after he began his public ministry, chap. Matthew 4:12, and Matthew 14:3, &c.) _of the works of Christ_...
NOT BE OFFENDED IN ME; not dissatisfied with my character, conduct, and claims; but shall receive me as the Saviour, the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. John 1:29. Many were offende...
The reply of Jesus:...
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...
2-6 Some think that John sent this inquiry for his own satisfaction. Where there is true faith, yet there may be a mixture of unbelief. The remaining unbelief of good men may sometimes, in an hour of...
OLBGrk; Ver. 4-6. We must imagine these disciples of John to have stayed with Christ some time, and to have seen him work some of these miracles, and to have heard him preach, and seen the great succe...
Matthew 11:6 And G2532 blessed G3107 is G2076 (G5748) who G3739 not G3362 offended G4624 (G5686) because G1722 Me G1698 blessed - Matthew 5:3-12; Psalms 1:1-2, Psalms 32:1-2, Psa
JESUS ASSURES JOHN THAT HE, JESUS, IS THE EXPECTED COMING ONE FOR WHOM JOHN WAS PREPARING THE WAY (11:2-6). John, languishing in a dungeon in the Fortress of Machaerus, east of Jordan, (compare Matthe...
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...
WHOSOEVER SHALL FIND NONE OCCASION OF STUMBLING IN ME (ος αν μη σκανδαλισθη εν εμο). Indefinite relative clause with first aorist passive subjunctive. This beatitude is a rebuke to John for his dou...
BLESSED In prison, the King rejected, John's faith wavers; the Lord exhorts and encourages His servant. Compare (John 15:20); (Isaiah 42:3)....
Matthew 11:1 Jesus and His Doubters. I. The doubt. It is not at all clear who doubted, whether John or his disciples, or indeed whether they all did. The stoutest faith has often failed before now; o...
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 wor...
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...
HOW HAPPY IS HE. This implies that John had doubts about Christ probably because he had not set up the political kingdom which he expected. This also implies strongly that Jesus knows best WHAT his Ki...
_And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in Me._ THE PREJUDICES AGAINST CHRISTIANITY CONSIDERED I. Those prejudices and objections which the world had against the saviour and his religion...
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 significantly, as seen first in...
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, Luke 7:19 And John calling [_unto him_] tw...
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 w...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ The general heading of the chapter may be given as: JESUS JUDGING HIS CONTEMPORARIES AND HIMSELF (_A. B. Bruce, D.D_.). Hitherto almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in...
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...
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 1:22; 1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Peter 2:8; Galatians 5:11; Isaiah 8:14; Isaiah 8:15; John 6:60; John 6:61;...
Be offended [σ κ α ν δ α λ ι σ θ η]. See on ch. Matthew 5:29. Rev., shall find none occasion of stumbling. Compare Wyc., shall not be slandered....
Happy is he who shall not be offended at me — Notwithstanding all these proofs that I am the Messiah....
Our Saviour here, by pronouncing them BLESSED THAT ARE NOT OFFENDED IN HIM, doth intimate the misery of those who stumble at him, and to whom he is the rock of offence. Some are offended at the povert...