Matthew 11:14

1 Corinthians 3:2; Ezekiel 2:5; Ezekiel 3:10; Ezekiel 3:11; John 1:21-23; John 16:12; Luke 1:17; Malachi 4:5; Mark 9:11-13; Matthew 17:10-13; Revelation 20:4

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If ye will receive it - This is a mode of speaking implying that the doctrine which he was about to state was different from their common views;...
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

if, &c. Assuming it as. fact. See App-118., as in verses: Matthew 11:21 ; Matthew 11:23 . will . are willing. Greek. thelo. receive . t...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. And if you are willing to receive it He now explains more clearly in what manner John began to preach the kingdom of God It was in...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And if ye will receive it , this is Elias, which was for to come. This is Elias, which was for to come - This should always be written Elijah, that...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And if ye will receive it— There is nothing for the particle it in the original; therefore Dr. Heylin reads him; and if this be the proper supp...
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

Jesus states, as again in Matthew 17:12 (cp. Luke 1:17 ), that John was the Elijah whom the Jews expected in accordance with Malachi 4:5 . He hin...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

This is Elias. — The words of Malachi ( Malachi 4:5 ) had led men to expect the reappearance of the great Tishbite in person as the immediate precu...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And if ye will receive it ,.... The words carry in them some suspicion of unbelief and hardness of heart, as though they would not receive it: howev...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And if ye will receive it , this is Elias, which was for to come. Ver. 14. This is Elias ] Not the Tishbite, but yet the same that Malachi foret...
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

God had told the Jews, Zechariah 4:5,6 , that he would send them Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:...
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

“For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John, and if you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.” Again we have the em...
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

this is Elias ( See Scofield) - ( Matthew 17:10 ). Also ( Matthew 17:12 ); ( Malachi 4:5 ).
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 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

The conclusion:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And if ye will receive it, this is Elias which was for to come.
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Malachi 4:5 .

¹⁴ And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 11:14

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

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 11:14