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Verse Matthew 11:7. _WHAT WENT YE OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS TO SEE?_]
The purport of our Lord's design, in this and the following verses, is
to convince the scribes and Pharisees of the inconsistency o...
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AND AS THEY DEPARTED ... - Jesus took occasion, from the inquiries
made by John’s disciples, to instruct the people respecting the true
character of John. Multitudes had gone out to hear him when he
p...
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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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III. GREATER THAN. PROPHET.
7. WHAT WENT YE OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS TO SEE?
An allusion to John's ministry in the wilderness, which had been
attended by most of Christ's disciples.
A REED SHAKEN WI...
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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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DEPARTED. were going forward. See note on Matthew 11:1.
CONCERNING. Greek. _peri_. App-104.
WHAT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_, and _Anaphora._ See verses:
Matthew 8:9.
TO SEE. to gaze on. Greek...
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_A reed shaken with the wind_ If the first suggestion (Matthew 11:3)
be adopted, the words have a corroborative force. It was no waverer
that ye went out to see his message was clear, his faith was st...
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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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Some editors place the interrogative after ἔρημον, but the
correction seems harsh and unnecessary.
ΚΆΛΑΜΟΝ ὙΠῸ�. If the first suggestion (Matthew 11:3) be
adopted, the words have a corroborative forc...
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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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ΠΟΡΕΥΟΜΈΝΩΝ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_
ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти. Temp. _part. Gen. abs._
"Когда они ушли..." ΉΡΞΑΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.)
от_ ΆΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G757) начинать,
ΈΞΉΛΘΑΤΕ _aor. ind. act. от_ Έ...
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WHAT WENT YE OUT, &C.— These, and the following questions, are in
the style of the Hebrews; and according to the idiom of their
language, imply a strong negation. The reader by recurring to the book
o...
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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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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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AS THEY DEPARTED. — There was an obvious risk that those who heard
the question of the Baptist, and our Lord’s answer, might be led to
think with undue harshness, perhaps even with contempt, of one wh...
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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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τούτων δὲ πορευομένων : while John's messengers
were in the act of going, Jesus began at once, without any delay, to
make a statement which He deemed necessary to prevent injurious
inferences from the...
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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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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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(2) 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?
(2) The similarity and the difference betwe...
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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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_THE BAPTIST’S CHARACTER_
‘What went ye out into the wilderness for to see?’
Matthew 11:7
‘What went ye out for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? A man
clothed in soft raiment? A prophet?’ Three...
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Matthew 11:7._And while they were departing _Christ praises John
before the people, in order that they may state from recollection what
they have heard from him, and may give credit to his testimony....
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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 AS THEY DEPARTED,.... That is, the messengers of John, Luke 7:24
when they returned to their master, to give an account to him of what
they had heard and seen,
JESUS BEGAN TO SAY UNTO THE MULTITU...
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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?
Ver. 7. _And as they departed_] Due praise is t...
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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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A REED SHAKEN; an inconstant, unstable person....
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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?...
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CHRIST'S TESTIMONY CONCERNING JOHN....
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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 11:9"....
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Five Books in Reply to Marcion
145 August in life, and marked with praise sublime,[74]...
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Matthew 11:7 G1161 As G5130 departed G4198 (G5740) Jesus G2424 began
G756 (G5662) say G3004 ...
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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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‘And as these went their way, Jesus began to say to the crowds
concerning John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A
reed shaken with the wind?” '
Jesus begins to impress on the crowds t...
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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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Matthew 11:7. AND AS THEY DEPARTED. In Luke 7:24-35, we find an almost
exact parallel to Matthew 11:7-19. The comment follows at once, to
uphold the character of John, which might have been undervalue...
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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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AS THESE WENT THEIR WAY
(τουτων πορευομενων). Present participle genitive
absolute. The eulogy of Jesus was spoken as the two disciples of John
were going away. Is it a matter of regret that they d...
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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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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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WHAT DID YOU EXPECT TO SEE? John the Baptist preached in the desert,
and the people came to him. Jesus emphasized the dignity of John, as
if John's being in prison, and his doubts, might cause them to...
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_What went ye out into the wilderness to see?_
THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
What is it in human character that exerts the most powerful influence
over the hearts of men?
1. Is it what is g...
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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_
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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2 Corinthians 1:17; 2 Corinthians 1:18; Ephesians 4:14; Genesis 49:4;...
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As they departed [τ ο υ τ ω ν δ ε π ο ρ ε υ ο μ ε ν
ω ν]. Rev., more literal and better, as these went their way; or
while they, John's disciples, were departing : thus giving the
simultaneousness of...
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As they departed, he said concerning John — Of whom probably he
would not have said so much when they were present. A reed shaken by
the wind? — No; nothing could ever shake John in the testimony he
g...
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Our Saviour having given satisfaction to John's disciples, next enters
upon. large commendation of John himself.
Where observe, 1. The persons whom he commended him before; not John's
own disciples, f...