Matthew 11:2, Matthew 11:3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 11:1-6

The first verse of this chapter some join to the foregoing chapter, and make it (not unfitly) the close of that. 1. The ordination sermon which Christ preached to his disciples in the foregoing chapter is here called his commanding them. Note, Christ's commissions imply commands. Their preaching of the gospel was not only permitted them, but it was enjoined them. It was not a thing respecting which they were left at their liberty, but necessity was laid upon them, 1 Cor. 9:16. The promises he... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 11:1-30

Matthew 11:1-30 is a chapter in which Jesus is speaking all the time; and, as he speaks to different people and about different things, we hear the accent of his voice vary and change. It will be of the greatest interest to look one by one at the six accents in the voice of Jesus. The Accent Of Confidence ( Matthew 11:1-6 ) 11:1-6 And when Jesus had completed his instructions to the twelve disciples, he left there to go on teaching and to go on making his proclamation in their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 11:2

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 Machaerus; being put there by Herod, for his reproving him for taking Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; and whilst he was there, an account was brought him by his own disciples, see Luke 7:18 of the works of Christ , the miracles he wrought; as the healing of the centurion's servant, the raising from the dead the widow's son of Nain, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 11:2

John had heard in the prison - John was cast into prison by order of Herod Antipas, Matthew 14:3 , etc., (where see the notes), a little after our Lord began his public ministry, Matthew 4:12 ; and after the first passover, John 3:24 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 11:2

Verse 2 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; but, perceiving that Christ had acquired great reputation, and concluding that this was a fit and seasonable time for putting to the test his own declaration concerning him, he sent to him his disciples. The opinion entertained by some, that he sent them partly on his own account, is exceedingly foolish; as if he had not been fully convinced, or... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 11:1-6

The message of John. I. His QUESTION . 1 . Its cause. He had heard the works of Christ. He was in prison, in the gloomy fortress of Machaerus. He had been there six months at least, perhaps much longer. But he was not kept wholly without knowledge of the outer world; his disciples were allowed access to him; they related to him the mighty works of the great Prophet of Galilee. Nothing could interest John more deeply. The works were the works of the Christ, the Messiah; such as were... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 11:1-6

The credentials of Messiah. The precepts of the charge which Jesus had given to his disciples are here called his commands. Christ's commissions are commands (cf. Psalms 105:8 ; 1 Corinthians 9:16 ). He "made an end of commanding." The instructions of Christ are complete. Then "he departed to teach," more privately, "and preach," publicly, "in their cities." His ministry leaves men without excuse. "Now when John had heard in prison," etc. We have here— I. THE INQUIRY OF JOHN... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 11:1-11

John's inquiry. I. THE MOTIVE OF THIS INQUIRY OF JOHN 'S is not at once apparent. What was causing him perplexity, if not disappointment, about our Lord? He was disappointed because the works he heard of were not the kind of works he had himself expected the Messiah to perform. His own work had been to denounce prevailing iniquities, and to predict the advent of One who should cleanse with fire where he cleansed with water; who would come in the same spirit as himself, but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 11:2

Now when John had (omit, with the Revised Version) heard in the prison ; i.e. Machaerus (Schurer, 1. 2:27; comp. Matthew 3:1 , note; Matthew 14:1 , note). Matthew alone tells us that he was already in prison. The works of Christ ; of the Christ (Revised Version); τοῦ χριστοῦ . Not the proper name, but the official title ( Matthew 1:16 , Matthew 1:17 , notes). The title may be merely due to the evangelist's narrative, or may represent the actual terms in which the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 11:2

The mission of miracles. "When John had heard in the prison the works of Christ." Archbishop Thomson says, "Many Fathers are pleased to say that John had no doubts himself; that his faith was too strong for that, and that he only sent the two disciples to Jesus that they might have their faith refreshed by a stronger draught than their own master could administer. I cannot and do not believe it. There can hardly be a doubt that in thus sending his disciples to inquire of Jesus he wished to... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Matthew 11:1-6

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Matthew 11:1-30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 11:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 11:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 11:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 11:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 11:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 11:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 11:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 11:2

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