Matthew 11:7

And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And as they departed ... - Jesus took occasion, from the inquiries made by John’s disciples, to instruct the people respecting the true character...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the...
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

departed . were going forward. See note on Matthew 11:1 . concerning. Greek. peri . App-104. What... ? Figure of speech Erotesis , and Ana...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 11:7 . And while they were departing Christ praises John before the people, in order that they may state from recollection what they...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the win...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

What went ye out, &c.— These, and the following questions, are in the style of the Hebrews; and according to the idiom of their language, imply...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As they departed. — There was an obvious risk that those who heard the question of the Baptist, and our Lord’s answer, might be led to think with u...
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 CHARACTER ‘What went ye out into the wilderness for to see?’ Matthew 11:7 ‘What went ye out for to see? A reed shaken with the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And as they departed ,.... That is, the messengers of John, Luke 7:24 when they returned to their master, to give an account to him of what they h...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the win...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And as they departed Or, as Luke has it, when they were departed, Jesus began to say concerning John What he would not say concerning him in the...
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

See Poole on " Matthew 11:9 " .
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

‘And as these went their way, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with t...
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...
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...
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

What went ye out into the wilderness to see? The attractiveness of John the Baptist What is it in human character that exerts the most powerful...
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

2 Corinthians 1:17 ; 2 Corinthians 1:18 ; Ephesians 4:14 ; Genesis 49:4 ; James 1:6 ; John 1:38 ; John 5:35 ; Luke 3:3-7 ; Luke 7:24-30 ; L...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As they departed, he said concerning John — Of whom probably he would not have said so much when they were present. A reed shaken by the wind? — No...

⁷ And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John,What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

Related Commentaries of Matthew 11:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study 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

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

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 11:7