“ He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. ”
He that hath ears ... - This expression is frequently used by Christ. It is a proverbial expression, implying that the highest attention should be given to what was spoken. The doctrine about Joh...
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...
He that hath ears to hear. . Hebraism. Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6. Used only by the Lord, and marking. dispensational crisis (as this was) on fourteen different occasions. See App-142.
15. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. We know that it is customary with Christ to introduce this sentence, whenever he treats of subjects which are highly important, and which deserve...
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear - As if our Lord had said, These things are so clear and manifest that a man has only to hear them to be convinced and...
He that hath ears to hear, &c.— In the prophetic style of writing in general, there are two senses exhibited to the reader; first the literal, and then the figurative; for, as the words are int...
And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
He that hath ears to hear. — The formula, which meets us here for the first time, is one which our Lord seems to have used habitually after any teaching, in parable or otherwise ( Matthew 13:9 ; M...
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...
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....
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...
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. A way of speaking used by Christ, when anything serious, and of great importance, was delivered; and which required attention, and was not easily understood...
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Ver. 15. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear ] Let him attentively listen, not with that outward ear only, that gristle that grows upon his head: but...
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...
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...
It is an epiphonema or conclusion often used by our Saviour, (and by St. John in the Revelation), quickening up the hearers to a just attention to and belief of what in the doctrine preceding he had...
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...
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 11:1 . 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 11:3 . 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...
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Hearing the word I. Take heed that ye hear. 1. This implies willingness to hear; it pre-supposes a mind exempt from prejudice. 2. It implies devou...
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...
The conclusion:
Luke 8:8 ; Mark 4:23 ; Mark 4:9 ; Mark 7:16 ; Matthew 13:43 ; Matthew 13:9 ; Revelation 2:11 ; Revelation 2:17 ; Revelation 2:29 ; Revelation 2:7 ; Revelation 3:13 ; Revelation 3:22 ; Re...
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear — A kind of proverbial expression; requiring the deepest attention to what is spoken.