Matthew 11:2

Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The account contained in this chapter of Matthew, to the Matthew 11:19 , is found, with no material variation, in Luke 7:18-35 . John was in pris...
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

heard in the prison. John's arrest had been mentioned in Matthew 4:12 . Christ . the Messiah. See App-98. he sent. Greek. pempo. Sent as en...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. Now when John had heard. The Evangelists do not mean that John was excited by the miracles to acknowledge Christ at that time as Mediator...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, John had heard in the prison - John was cast into prison by...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Now when John had heard, &c.— Beausobre and Lenfant, with some others, think, that John was so discouraged by his own long imprisonment, that h...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, Now when John had heard in the prison. For the accou...
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

Sent two of his disciples] RV 'sent by his disciples' Only St. Luke gives the number.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deputation from the Baptist ( Luke 7:18 ). John, knowing that his end was near, and that many of his disciples were jealous of the success of the n...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When John had heard in the prison. — The position of the Baptist was so far that of a prisoner treated with respect. Herod himself observed him, an...
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

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 t...
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

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now when John had heard in the prison ,.... The person here spoken of is John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, who was now in the prison of Ma...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, Ver. 2. Now when John had heard in the prison ] "Put thi...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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:...
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

John's Disciples Come to Christ. 1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an en...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 11:3 " .
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 f...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES The general heading of the chapter may be given as: Jesus judging His contemporaries and Himself ( A. B. Bruce, D.D .). Hitherto...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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 al...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 thei...
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

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...
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

Acts 19:1-3 ; John 3:24 ; John 3:25-28 ; John 4:1 ; Luke 3:19 ; Luke 7:18-23 ; Mark 6:17 ; Matthew 14:3 ; Matthew 4:12 ; Matthew 9:14
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He sent two of his disciples — Not because he doubted himself; but to confirm their faith. Luke 7:18 .

² Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

Related Commentaries of Matthew 11:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 11:2