“ And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? ”
Art thou he that should come? - That is, Art thou the Messiah, or the Christ? The Jews expected a Saviour. His coming had been long foretold, Genesis 49:10 ; Isaiah 9:1-6 ; Isaiah 11:1-5 ; Is...
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 should come . He Who cometh, or the corning One: i.e. He Who was expected to come. Compare Matthew 3:11 ; Matthew 21:9 ; Matthew 23:39 ; John 3:31 . Psalms 118:26 ; Genesis 49:10 ; Isa...
3. Art thou he who was to come? John takes for granted what the disciples had known from their childhood; for it was the first lesson of religion, and common among all the Jews, that Christ...
And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? Art thou he that should come - Ο ερχομενος, he that cometh, seems to have been a proper name of the Messiah; to save or del...
Art thou he that should come— It seems that by their speaking of the Messiah in the phrase he that cometh, or he that is coming, ('Ο ερχομενος,) the pious Jews in the most lively manner express...
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...
Art thou he that should come? — There are no adequate grounds for assuming, as some have done, that the Baptist sent the disciples only to remove heir doubts. The question comes from him; the answe...
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...
How Doubts May Be Solved Matthew 11:1-10 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, su...
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...
THE BAPTIST’S DOUBT ‘Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto Him, Art Thou He that should come, or do we look for another?’ Matthe...
And said unto him ,.... By the disciples he sent; this was the message they came with, and this the question they were to ask, and did, art thou he that should come? A "periphrasis" of the Messia...
And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? Ver. 3. Art thou he that should come, &c. ] This question the Baptist moved not for his own sake (for he was well a...
Now when John had heard in the prison (into which he had been cast by Herod Antipas, a little after he began his public ministry, chap. Matthew 4:12 , and Matthew 14:3 , &c.) of the works of...
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...
John's Disciples Come to Christ. 1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed...
Ver. 2,3. The instance of this text alone is enough to convince the observing reader of holy writ, that the evangelists do not set down all things in that order as they were done. We have heard nothi...
‘Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent by his disciples, and said to him, “Are you he who is coming, or should we look for another?” ' In his prison John heard of ‘the k...
CRITICAL NOTES The general heading of the chapter may be given as: Jesus judging His contemporaries and Himself ( A. B. Bruce, D.D .). Hitherto almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging...
Matthew 11:1-6 Jesus and His Doubters. I. The doubt. It is not at all clear who doubted, whether John or his disciples, or indeed whether they all did. The stoutest faith has often failed before...
Matthew 11:1-5 . And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities. Now when John had heard in the prison th...
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...
Art Thou He that should come? John’s inquiry I. The inquiry made by the baptist. It was suggested by the incredulous state of his disciples. (1) Because if Jesus was Messiah He had not exerted...
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...
John's second attempt to lead his disciples to Christ:
Amos 9:11 ; Amos 9:12 ; Daniel 9:24-26 ; Deuteronomy 18:15-18 ; Ezekiel 34:23 ; Ezekiel 34:24 ; Genesis 12:3 ; Genesis 3:15 ; Genesis 49:10 ; Haggai 2:7 ; Hebrews 10:37 ; Hosea 3:5 ; Isa...
He that is to come — The Messiah.