Matthew 11:3

Matthew 11:3. Art thou he that should come— It seems that by their speaking of the Messiah in the phrase he that cometh, or he that is coming, ('Ο ερχομενος, ) the pious Jews in the most lively manner expressed their confident expectation of him, and their eager longing for his appearance, as the greatest, most welcome, and most desirable person that ever did or should come into the world. See Mar 11:9-10 and compare Daniel 7:13; Daniel 7:28. Bishop Pearson justly observes, that this, among many other arguments, proves that the notion of two Messiahs, the one suffering, the other triumphant, is a vain dream of the modern Jews, altogether unknown to the ancients. See Chandler's Defence, p. 7 and Pearson on the Creed, p. 183.