Matthew 11:16

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But whereunto shall I liken ... - Christ proceeds to reprove the inconsistency and fickleness of that age of people. He says they were like child...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(3) But whereunto shall I liken this generation? (e) It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, (3) There are...
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

this generation? . significant expression, occurring sixteen times ( Matthew 11:16 ; Matthew 12:41 ; Matthew 12:42 ; Matthew 23:36 ; Matthew 24:...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, But whereunto shall I l...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But whereunto shall I liken, &c.— For the better understanding of our Saviour in this place, see Luke 7:29-35 . To shew the Pharisees more pla...
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

It is like unto children sitting in the markets. — The comparison is drawn from one of the common amusements of the children of an Eastern city. Th...
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

THE PORTRAIT OF AN AGE ‘Whereunto shall I liken this generation?… Wisdom is justified of her children?’ Matthew 11:16-19 The portrait of an...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But whereunto shall I liken this generation ? The men of that age, the stubborn and perverse Jews; who were pleased with nothing, with no man's mini...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, Ver. 16. But whereu...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Whereunto shall I liken this generation That is, the men of this age? They are like those froward children, of whom their fellows complain that 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 Reproaches Chorazin, c.. 16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? I...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their fellows and say, We piped to you, and...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Charges The People Of His Generation With Not Taking John's Or His Message Seriously, But Behaving Like Children At Play (11:16-19). The sud...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 11:19 . Wisdom. —God regarded as the All-Wise. Justified. —Acquitted of folly. Children. —The Divinely wise. The spirit...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 11:16-19 The Baptist and Christ. I. When John appeared to Israel, and made his voice heard from the wilderness, the stern reality of such...
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

But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets. Excuses of sinners The Great Teacher on the watc...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets and calling unto their fellows,
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An earnest censure for the Jews:
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Lamentations 2:13 ; Luke 13:18 ; Luke 7:31-35 ; Mark 4:30 ; Matthew 12:34 ; Matthew 23:36 ; Matthew 24:34
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

This generation — That is, the men of this age. They are like those froward children of whom their fellows complain, that they will be pleased no w...

¹⁶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,

Related Commentaries of Matthew 11:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 11:16