Matthew 11:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. ”

Matthew 11:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Take my yoke - This is a figure taken from the use of oxen, and hence signifying to labor for one, or in the service of anyone. The “yoke” is used in the Bible as an emblem: (1)Of bondage or s...
Matthew 11:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus and His Mission. Matthew 11:25-27 treats of the relation between the Father and the Son ( Luke 10:21 f.), Matthew 11:28-30 of the yoke of Jesus (Mt. only). No stress can be laid on at t...
Matthew 11:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

your souls . your own selves (emph.)
Matthew 11:29 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

29. Take my yoke upon you. Many persons, we perceive, abuse the grace of Christ by turning it into an indulgence of the flesh; and therefore Christ, after promising joyful rest to wretchedly...
Matthew 11:29 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1350 CHRIST A MEEK AND LOWLY TEACHER Matthew 11:29 . Learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest unto your souls . EVERY office which Christ sustains in the...
Matthew 11:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Take my yoke upon you - Strange paradox! that a man already weary and overloaded must...
Matthew 11:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Take my yoke upon you— The word yoke is used even by the heathen philosophers, to signify doctrine and precepts. St. John interpreting this passage in his first Epistle, 1 John 1:3 substitutes...
Matthew 11:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Take my yoke upon you [the yoke of subjection to Jesus] and learn of me; for...
Matthew 11:29 - 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 11:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Take my yoke upon you. — As the teaching of the Pharisees was a yoke too grievous to be borne, so the yoke of Christ is His teaching, His rule of life, and so is explained by the “learn of Me” that...
Matthew 11:29 - 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 11:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Woe or Welcome Matthew 11:20-30 The voice of upbraiding, Matthew 11:20-24 . The Judge weeps as he pronounces the doom of those who reject Him. They would have crowned Him king, but refused...
Matthew 11:29 - 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 11:29 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE REVELATION OF THE GOSPEL ‘At that time Jesus answered and said … My burden is light.’ Matthew 11:25-30 Let us look at this remarkable passage sentence by sentence. I. To whom the Gosp...
Matthew 11:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Take my yoke upon you ,.... The phrase is Rabbinical. The Jewish doctors often speak a of עול מלכות שמים, "the yoke of the kingdom of heaven", and of persons taking it upon them; and which they exho...
Matthew 11:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Ver. 29. Take my yoke upon you ] q.d. Though freed by me from the damning and d...
Matthew 11:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Take my yoke upon you Believe in and obey me: hearken to me as a teacher, rely on me as a Saviour, and be subject to me as a governor. And learn of me Μαθετε απ ' εμου, Be my disciples; be taugh...
Matthew 11:29 - 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 11:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ's Invitation to Burthened Souls. 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth,...
Matthew 11:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 11:30 " .
Matthew 11:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A General Appeal To Men And Women (11:28-30). This final general appeal to all who will hear confirms that in spite of His words to the towns, for those who will respond there is a way back to God...
Matthew 11:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 11:25 . Answered and said. —A Hebraism for “spake and said” ( Carr ). But Dr. Monro Gibson observes: “As we read, first of the doubts of John, then of the thoughtlessness...
Matthew 11:29 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 11:25-30 I. The word which our English version renders "I thank Thee" is in reality of more extended meaning. It means something of this kind, "I confess, I acknowledge, Thy great wisdom."...
Matthew 11:29 - 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 11:29 - 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 11:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me. The school of Christ I. There must be docility, obedience, willingness to learn of that Teacher. II. The school is in the recesses of the soul-it is ev...
Matthew 11:29 - 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 11:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The gracious invitation:
Matthew 11:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 9:21 ; 1 John 2:6 ; 1 Peter 2:21-23 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:2 ; 2 Corinthians 10:1 ; 2 Corinthians 10:5 ; 2 Thessalonians 1:8 ; Acts 3:22 ; Acts 3:23 ; Acts 7:37 ; Ephesians 4:20...
Matthew 11:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Take my yoke upon you — Believe in me: receive me as your prophet, priest, and king. For I am meek and lowly in heart — Meek toward all men, lowly toward God: and ye shall find rest — Whoever there...

Matthew 11:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 11:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 11:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 11:29 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 11:29 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 11:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 11:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 11:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 11:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 11:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 11:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 11:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 11:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 11:29 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 11:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 11:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 11:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 11:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 11:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 11:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 11:29 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 11:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 11:29 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 11:29 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 11:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 11:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 11:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 11:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 11:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 11:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes