Matthew 11:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And saying,We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. ”

Matthew 11:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But whereunto shall I liken ... - Christ proceeds to reprove the inconsistency and fickleness of that age of people. He says they were like children - nothing pleased them. He refers here to the...
Matthew 11:17 - 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 11:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

have not . did not. danced... lamented. Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6) in the Greek orchesasthe... ekopsasthe . but Figure of speech Parechesis, also in Ararnaic. rakkedton... arkkedton....
Matthew 11:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced - We have begun the music, which should...
Matthew 11:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But whereunto shall I liken, &c.— For the better understanding of our Saviour in this place, see Luke 7:29-35 . To shew the Pharisees more plainly the perverseness of their disposition, our Sa...
Matthew 11:17 - 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 11:17 - 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 11:17 - 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 11:17 - 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 11:17 - 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 11:17 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE PORTRAIT OF AN AGE ‘Whereunto shall I liken this generation?… Wisdom is justified of her children?’ Matthew 11:16-19 The portrait of an age—that and nothing less is what is essayed in th...
Matthew 11:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And saying, we have piped unto you, and ye have not danced ,.... The allusion is to Jewish children, who having seen their parents and friends at their festivals and weddings, some play upon the pip...
Matthew 11:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. Ver. 17. We have piped unto you, &c. ] It is probable that children in those da...
Matthew 11:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whereunto shall I liken this generation That is, the men of this age? They are like those froward children, of whom their fellows complain that they will be pleased no way. Saying, We have piped u...
Matthew 11:17 - 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 11:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ Reproaches Chorazin, c.. 16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, an...
Matthew 11:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 16,17. Luke, telling to us the same history, Luke 7:31-35 , prefaces it thus, Luke 7:29,30 , And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the b...
Matthew 11:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Charges The People Of His Generation With Not Taking John's Or His Message Seriously, But Behaving Like Children At Play (11:16-19). The sudden change of subject here is very vivid. He has b...
Matthew 11:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 11:19 . Wisdom. —God regarded as the All-Wise. Justified. —Acquitted of folly. Children. —The Divinely wise. The spiritual recognise the wisdom of God both in the auster...
Matthew 11:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 11:16-19 The Baptist and Christ. I. When John appeared to Israel, and made his voice heard from the wilderness, the stern reality of such a life struck all imaginations; the hope he held...
Matthew 11:17 - 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 11:17 - 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 11:17 - 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 11:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An earnest censure for the Jews:
Matthew 11:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 9:19-23 ; 1 Kings 1:40 ; Isaiah 28:9-13 ; Isaiah 30:29 ; Jeremiah 31:4 ; Jeremiah 9:17-20 ; Luke 15:25 ; Matthew 9:15 ; Matthew 9:23

Matthew 11:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 11:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 11:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 11:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 11:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 11:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 11:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 11:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 11:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 11:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 11:17 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 11:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 11:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 11:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 11:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 11:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 11:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 11:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 11:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 11:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 11:17 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 11:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 11:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 11:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 11:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge