Matthew 11:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. ”

Matthew 11:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And from the days of John ... - That is, from the days when John began to preach. It is not known how long this was, but it was not probably more than a year. Our Saviour here simply states a fac...
Matthew 11:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

John the Baptist ( Luke 7:18-35 ). In place of Mk.'s narrative of John, deferred to ch. 14, Mt. gives material from Q. Matthew 11:2-6 . John's Perplexity. It is a question whether doubt was su...
Matthew 11:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And . But. suffereth violence . forceth itself upon men's attention. Greek. biazomai. Occurs only here and Luke 16:16 . Supposed to be only passive (as rendered here), but this agrees neither w...
Matthew 11:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. Since the days of John I have no doubt that Christ speaks honorably of the majesty of the Gospel on this ground, that many sought after it with warm affection; for as God had raised up J...
Matthew 11:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1348 CHRIST’S COMMENDATION OF JOHN Matthew 11:11-12 . Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he...
Matthew 11:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence - The tax-gatherers and heathens,...
Matthew 11:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence— Is violently invaded. Dr. Heylin reads it, The kingdom of heaven is entered by force, and they who strive with all their might take it, as by violence....
Matthew 11:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? No JFB commentary on these verses.
Matthew 11:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 a...
Matthew 11:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence. — The Greek verb may be either in the middle voice, “forces its way violently,” or passive, as in the English version, but there is little doubt that the l...
Matthew 11:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1-30 ; Matthew 12:1-50 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1-30 HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our Evangelist's recor...
Matthew 11:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Last of the Prophets Matthew 11:11-19 The least in a higher dispensation has great advantages over the greatest in a lower one. A child on a hill can see farther than a giant in the valley....
Matthew 11:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 permi...
Matthew 11:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

HEAVEN TAKEN BY STORM ‘The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.’ Matthew 11:12 The preaching of John the Baptist was the point in which that change took pl...
Matthew 11:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And from the days of John the Baptist until now ,.... From the time that he began to preach, to the then present time, the kingdom of heaven , the Gospel, and the ministry of it, first by John, th...
Matthew 11:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. Ver. 12. And from the days of John, &c. ] The Baptist is further co...
Matthew 11:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And from the days of John the Baptist That is, from the time he had borne his public testimony to the approach of the Messiah, or from the time when he had fulfilled his ministry, the kingdom of h...
Matthew 11:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 disciple...
Matthew 11:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ's Testimony of John. 7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into t...
Matthew 11:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As John Baptist was a great man, so the Lord hath owned him as such, giving such a success to his ministry, that ever since he began the course of it, men have been carried on with a great ardour and...
Matthew 11:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 Low...
Matthew 11:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Matthew 11:12 - Scofield Reference Notes

suffereth violence It has been much disputed whether the "violence" here is external, as against the kingdom in the persons of John the Baptist and Jesus; or that, considering the opposition o...
Matthew 11:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 11:12 (with Luke 16:16 ) The Virtue of Violence. We shall try to draw the character of the βιαστής, or man of violence, as Christ here introduces him, in two or three of his relations...
Matthew 11:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Matthew 11:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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. T...
Matthew 11:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence. Earnestness in religion 1. Earnestness is a distinguishing mark of race-elevation. 2. Earnestness is characteristic of great epochs. 3. Earnestne...
Matthew 11:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 f...
Matthew 11:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
Matthew 11:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 6:11-13 ; John 6:27 ; Luke 13:24 ; Luke 16:16 ; Luke 7:29 ; Luke 7:30 ; Matthew 21:23-32 ; Philippians 2:12
Matthew 11:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And from the days of John — That is, from the time that John had fulfilled his ministry, men rush into my kingdom with a violence like that of those who are taking a city by storm.

Matthew 11:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 11:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 11:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 11:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 11:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 11:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 11:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 11:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 11:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 11:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 11:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 11:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 11:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 11:12 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 11:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 11:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 11:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 11:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 11:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 11:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 11:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 11:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 11:12 - Scofield Reference Notes

Matthew 11:12 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 11:12 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 11:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 11:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 11:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 11:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 11:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 11:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes