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Verse Matthew 11:3. _ART THOU HE THAT SHOULD COME_] ο
ερχομενος, _he that_ _cometh_, seems to have been a proper
name of the _Messiah; to save_ or _deliver_ is necessarily implied.
Luke 7:19.
There...
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ART THOU HE THAT SHOULD COME? - That is, Art thou the Messiah, or the
Christ? The Jews expected a Saviour. His coming had been long
foretold, Genesis 49:10; Isaiah 9:1; Isaiah 11:1;...
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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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ART THOU HE THAT SHOULD COME?
Here is no doubt. reference to Malachi 3:1, where it is said: "Jehovah
whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple." The _slowness_ of our
Lord to develop the glory of...
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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 thin...
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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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HE THAT SHOULD COME. He Who cometh, or the corning One: i.e. He Who
was expected to come. Compare Matthew 3:11; Matthew 21:9; Matthew
23:39; John 3:31.
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_he that should come_ Literally, HE THAT COMETH. One of the
designations of the Messiah; in every age the prophet said "He
cometh."
It is often disputed whether John sent this message (1) from a sens...
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Ὁ ἘΡΧΌΜΕΝΟΣ. Hebr. _Habba_, one of the designations of the
Messiah; in every age the prophet said ‘He cometh.’ See note ch.
Matthew 1:18.
ἝΤΕΡΟΝ, another—a different Messiah, whose ‘works’ shall
not...
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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 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...
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_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?...
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ART THOU HE THAT SHOULD COME— It seems that by their speaking of the
Messiah in the phrase _he that cometh,_ or _he that is coming,_ ('Ο
ερχομενος,) the pious Jews in the most lively manner
expressed...
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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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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...
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11:3 wait (a-14) Probably, 'have we to do it,' not simply, 'are we
doing it?'...
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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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DEPUTATION FROM THE BAPTIST (Luke 7:18). John, knowing that his end
was near, and that many of his disciples were jealous of the success
of the new teacher, and disbelieved His claims, sent certain of...
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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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ART THOU HE THAT SHOULD COME? — There are no adequate grounds for
assuming, as some have done, that the Baptist sent the disciples only
to remove heir doubts. The question comes from him; the answer i...
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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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_Message from the Baptist_ (Luke 7:18-23)....
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εἶπεν αὐτῷ, said to Jesus, by them, of course. Σὺ εἶ
: the question a grave one and emphatically expressed: _Thou_, art
Thou ὁ ἐρχόμενος ? Art Thou He whom I spoke of as the One
coming after me when I...
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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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Art thou he that is to come?\1] (Greek, who cometh?) i.e. the Messias.
John the Baptist had already, on several occasions, declared that
Jesus was the Messias. (John i). He could not then doubt of it...
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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...
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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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_THE BAPTIST’S DOUBT_
‘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?’
Matthew 1...
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3._Art thou he who was to come? _John takes for granted what the
disciples had known from their childhood; for it was the first lesson
of religion, and common among all the Jews, that Christ _was to c...
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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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AND SAID UNTO HIM,.... By the disciples he sent; this was the message
they came with, and this the question they were to ask, and did,
ART THOU HE THAT SHOULD COME? A "periphrasis" of the Messiah, we...
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And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for
another?
Ver. 3. _Art thou he that should come, &c._] This question the
Baptist moved not for his own sake (for he was well assured,...
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_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_...
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HE THAT SHOULD COME; the expected one-the Messiah. Though John had
borne express testimony to Jesus, yet both he and his disciples may
have been perplexed by erroneous ideas respecting the nature of H...
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John's second attempt to lead his disciples to Christ:...
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AND SAID UNTO HIM, ART THOU HE THAT SHOULD COME, OR DO WE LOOK FOR
ANOTHER?
When John, in his capacity as herald of Christ, had pointed Him out to
his disciples the first time, two of those that heard...
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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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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...
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Ver. 2,3. The instance of this text alone is enough to convince the
observing reader of holy writ, that the evangelists do not set down
all things in that order as they were done. We have heard nothin...
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Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I
The second, whose meaning is understood from the present times, as
being apprehended by perception; as it was said to those who asked the
Lord, "If He was...
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Matthew 11:3 said G2036 (G5627) Him G846 Are G1488 (G5748) You G4771
One G2064 (G5740) or...
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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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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...
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‘Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent
by his disciples, and said to him, “Are you he who is coming, or
should we look for another?” '
In his prison John heard of ‘the kin...
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Matthew 11:3. ART THOU HE THAT COMETH, _i.e.,_ the Messiah, OR DO WE
LOOK FOR ANOTHER. Explanations: (1) John was temporarily in depression
and doubt, respecting the slow and unostentatious mode of Ch...
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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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HE THAT COMETH
(ο ερχομενος). This phrase refers to the Messiah (Mark 11:9;
Luke 13:35; Luke 19:38; Hebrews 10:37;...
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Matthew 11:3
Doubting.
I. There is no sin in doubting. Some doubts are sinful. They are so
when born of irrational prejudices or bred of an ill-regulated life.
But doubt, of its own nature, cannot be...
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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...
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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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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
preach in their cities. Now when John had heard in the prison the
work...
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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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ARE YOU THE ONE? John had predicted the One who would come (Matthew
3:1-12). Perhaps he hopes to prod Jesus into acting (to set up a
political action.)....
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Art Thou He that should come?
JOHN’S INQUIRY
I. The inquiry made by the baptist. It was suggested by the
incredulous state of his disciples.
(1) Because if Jesus was Messiah He had not exerted His...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 11:3 ARE YOU THE ONE WHO IS TO COME? John is
probably concerned because his current imprisonment does not match his
understanding of the Coming One’s arrival. He thought the Me...
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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
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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_
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...
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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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Amos 9:11; Amos 9:12; Daniel 9:24; Deuteronomy 18:15; Ezekiel 34:23
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Thou. Emphatic. Art thou "the Coming One?" - a current phrase for the
Messiah....
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He that is to come — The Messiah....