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Verse Matthew 11:10. _BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER_] A _fifth
excellency_ of the Baptist was, his _preparing the way of the Lord_;
being the instrument, in God's hand, of preparing the people's hearts...
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FOR THIS IS HE ... - The passage of Scripture here quoted is found in
Malachi 3:1. The substance of it is contained also in Isaiah 40:3.
PREPARE THY WAY - That is, to prepare “the people;” to make the...
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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...
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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...
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THIS IS HE, OF WHOM IT IS WRITTEN.
Of whom Malachi prophesied....
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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...
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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...
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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.
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_Behold, I send_, &c. Quoted from the Hebrew of Malachi 3:2. The LXX.
rendering of the passage is different....
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ΓΈΓΡΑΠΤΑΙ. See note ch. Matthew 2:5.
ἸΔΟῪ ἘΓῺ�.Τ.Λ. Malachi 3:1. The quotation is nearly a
literal translation of the Hebrew, except that for the second person,
ἔμπροσθέν σου, the Hebrew has the first...
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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...
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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...
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Ver 7. And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes
concerning John, "What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed
shaken with the wind? 8. But what went ye out for to see? A ma...
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_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...
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ΓΈΓΡΑΠΤΑΙPERF. _ind. pass. от_ ΓΡΆΦΩ (G1125)
писать; perf. _pass._ "это является
написанным"
ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΆΣΕΙ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΣΚΕΥΆΖΩ
(G2680) готовить, подготавливать....
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THIS IS HE, OF WHOM IT IS WRITTEN— See the note on Malachi 3:1. Dr.
Hammond observes, that what is here _before thy face,_ is in Malachi
_before my face,_ or _before me_. Hence it appears, that Christ...
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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...
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_AND SAID UNTO HIM, ART THOU HE THAT SHOULD COME, OR DO WE LOOK FOR
ANOTHER?_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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...
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11:10 written, (b-8) Malachi 3:1 ....
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BEFORE THY FACE] In the original of Malachi 3:1, from which these
words are taken, Jehovah Himself speaks of His own coming, 'Behold, I
will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before _me....
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THE PRAISE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST (Luke 7:24). Lest the purpose of the
question of John, 'Art thou he that should come?' should be
misunderstood, Jesus hastens to assure the people that JOHN IS NO REED
S...
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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...
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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...
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THIS IS HE, OF WHOM IT IS WRITTEN. — The words in the Greek are not
taken from the LXX. version of Malachi 3:1, but are a free translation
from the Hebrew. In the original it is Jehovah Himself who sp...
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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'...
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_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....
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οὑτος … γέγραπται. The περισσότερον
verified and explained by a prophetic citation. The oracle is taken
from Malachi 3, altered so as to make the Messianic reference apparent
μου changed into σου. By...
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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 en...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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FOR THIS IS HE OF WHOM IT IS WRITTEN,.... Malachi 3:1
BEHOLD I SEND MY MESSENGER BEFORE THY FACE, WHICH SHALL PREPARE THY
WAY BEFORE THEE. That these words belong לעולם הבא, to the
world to come, or...
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For this is _he_, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger
before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Ver. 10. _Behold, I send my messenger_] Gr. τον αγγελον
μου, mine angel....
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_And as they departed_ Or, as Luke has it, _when they were departed,
Jesus began to say concerning John_ What he would not say concerning
him in the hearing of these his disciples, lest he should seem...
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WRITTEN; MALACHI 3:1; ISAIAH 40:3; MATTHEW 3:3....
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CHRIST'S TESTIMONY CONCERNING JOHN....
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FOR THIS IS HE OF WHOM IT IS WRITTEN, BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER
BEFORE THY FACE, WHICH SHALL PREPARE THY WAY BEFORE THEE.
The purpose of this instruction was not to restore the authority of
John the...
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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...
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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...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 11:11"....
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Tertullian An Answer to the Jews
alled him an "angel," on account of the magnitude of the mighty deeds
which he was to achieve (which mighty deeds Joshua the son of Nun did,
and you yourselves read),...
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Matthew 11:10 For G1063 this G3778 is G2076 (G5748) of G4012 whom
G3739 written G1125 (G5769) Behold...
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“This is he, of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger
before your face, Who will prepare your way before you.' ”
‘It is written.' This always signifies words which have the
authority of Go...
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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...
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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...
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Matthew 11:10. IT IS WRITTEN. MALACHI 3:1. The last of the prophets
had foretold of John. His office as forerunner of Christ made him
greater than them all.
BEHOLD I SEND MY MESSENGER BEFORE THY FACE...
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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...
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Matthew 11:10
I. Consider this text as referring to ourselves. Every Christian man,
woman, or child is a messenger of God, sent to prepare the way for
Christ's coming. We are all of us, in one sense,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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FOR JOHN IS THE ONE. See note on Matthew 3:3....
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_Which shall prepare Thy way before Thee._
PREPARATIONS FOR CHRIST’S COMING
God does not seem, as a rule, to allow any great truth or blessing to
burst upon the world without some sort of preparatio...
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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,...
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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...
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_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...
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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;...
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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...
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Isaiah 40:3; John 1:23; Luke 7:26; Luke 7:27; Malachi 3:1;...
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Malachi 3:1....