“ And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. ”
And blessed is he ... - The word “offence” means a “stumbling-block.” See the notes at Matthew 5:29 . This verse might be rendered, “Happy is he to whom I shall not prove a stumbling-block.” Tha...
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...
blessed . happy. See note on Matthew 5:3 . not be offended . find nothing to stumble at. Me: i.e. in My Person, My teachings, My grace, &c.; as many did. Compare Luke 4:22 with Luke 4:2...
6. And blessed is he who shall not be offended in me. By this concluding statement Christ intended to remind them, that he who would adhere firmly and steadfastly to the faith of the Gospel...
DISCOURSE: 1347 CHRIST’S ANSWER TO JOHN’S DISCIPLES Matthew 11:4-6 . Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: the blind receive their sigh...
And blessed is he , whosoever shall not be offended in me. Blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me - Or, Happy is he who will not be stumbled at me; for the word σκανδαλιζεσθαι, in its r...
Blessed is he whosoever, &c.— See the note on chap. Matthew 5:29 . It was foretold of the Messiah, that the world should be offended at him, Isaiah 8:14 ; Isaiah 53:1-3 . Thisisintimatedin...
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...
Blessed is he. — The words at once confirm the view that the question which the messengers had brought came from the Baptist himself, and show how tenderly our Lord dealt with the impatience which...
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...
MISTAKES ABOUT RELIGION ‘And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in Me.’ Matthew 11:6 By religion, I mean the religion which Jesus taught, which has been handed to us by the Bible...
And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me. The Jews were offended at Christ's parentage and birth, at the poverty of his parents, and at the manner of his birth, by a virgin; and at t...
And blessed is he , whosoever shall not be offended in me. Ver. 6. And blessed is he, &c. ] This he adds, as correcting the preposterous emulation of John's disciples, who stumbled also at h...
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...
OLBGrk; Ver. 4-6. We must imagine these disciples of John to have stayed with Christ some time, and to have seen him work some of these miracles, and to have heard him preach, and seen the great suc...
Jesus Assures John That He, Jesus, Is The Expected Coming One For Whom John Was Preparing The Way (11:2-6). John, languishing in a dungeon in the Fortress of Machaerus, east of Jordan, (compare M...
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...
blessed In prison, the King rejected, John's faith wavers; the Lord exhorts and encourages His servant. Compare ( John 15:20 ); ( Isaiah 42:3 ).
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...
And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in Me. The prejudices against Christianity considered I. Those prejudices and objections which the world had against the saviour and his relig...
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 reply of Jesus:
1 Corinthians 1:22 ; 1 Corinthians 1:23 ; 1 Corinthians 2:14 ; 1 Peter 2:8 ; Galatians 5:11 ; Isaiah 8:14 ; Isaiah 8:15 ; John 6:60 ; John 6:61 ; John 6:66 ; John 7:41 ; John 7:42 ; Luke...
Happy is he who shall not be offended at me — Notwithstanding all these proofs that I am the Messiah.