Matthew 11:12

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And from the days of John ... - That is, from the days when John began to preach. It is not known how long this was, but it was not probably more...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And . But. suffereth violence . forceth itself upon men's attention. Greek. biazomai. Occurs only here and Luke 16:16 . Supposed to be only pas...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

12. Since the days of John I have no doubt that Christ speaks honorably of the majesty of the Gospel on this ground, that many sought after...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1348 CHRIST’S COMMENDATION OF JOHN Matthew 11:11-12 . Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. The kingdom of heaven suf...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence— Is violently invaded. Dr. Heylin reads it, The kingdom of heaven is entered by force, and they who str...
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.
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 se...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The praise of John the Baptist ( Luke 7:24 ). Lest the purpose of the question of John, 'Art thou he that should come?' should be misunderstood, Je...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

From the days of John ] Jesus gives John the credit for the multitudes of repentant sinners who are now crowding into the kingdom, and in their eage...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence. — The Greek verb may be either in the middle voice, “forces its way violently,” or passive, as in the Eng...
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...
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...
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 dire...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

HEAVEN TAKEN BY STORM ‘The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.’ Matthew 11:12 The preaching of John the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And from the days of John the Baptist until now ,.... From the time that he began to preach, to the then present time, the kingdom of heaven , the...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. Ver. 12. And from the...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And from the days of John the Baptist That is, from the time he had borne his public testimony to the approach of the Messiah, or from the time whe...
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 i...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ's Testimony of John. 7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the m...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As John Baptist was a great man, so the Lord hath owned him as such, giving such a success to his ministry, that ever since he began the course of it...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Messiah Has Come, And One Who Is More Than the Messiah, Overcoming the Powers of Satan, And While Rejected By The Many He Is Revealing Himself A...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 Hea...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingly rule of heaven is forcefully advancing (or ‘suffers violence'), and men of violence are t...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 11:7 . And as they departed , etc.—Dr. Plumptre holding that the Baptist himself was really in doubt, and sent his discip...
Scofield Reference Notes

suffereth violence It has been much disputed whether the "violence" here is external, as against the kingdom in the persons of John the Baptis...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 11:12 (with Luke 16:16 ) The Virtue of Violence. We shall try to draw the character of the βιαστής, or man of violence, as Christ her...
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 the...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 11:1-3 . 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 t...
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 seei...
The Biblical Illustrator

The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence. Earnestness in religion 1. Earnestness is a distinguishing mark of race-elevation. 2. Earnestness...
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 ; Matthe...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 6:11-13 ; John 6:27 ; Luke 13:24 ; Luke 16:16 ; Luke 7:29 ; Luke 7:30 ; Matthew 21:23-32 ; Philippians 2:12
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And from the days of John — That is, from the time that John had fulfilled his ministry, men rush into my kingdom with a violence like that of thos...

¹² And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 11:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 11:12