The Baptist's question, and its answer. Parallel passage: Luke 7:18-23.
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Matthew 11:2-6
The Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 11:2-6
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commentaryJohn's Disciples Come to ChristJOHN'S DISCIPLES COME TO CHRIST. 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 fo…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 11:1-30EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 11:1-6The 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 kep…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 11:1-11John'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 kin…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 11:1-6The 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 co…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Matthew 11:2-6Some think that John sent this inquiry for his own satisfaction. Where there is true faith, yet there may be a mixture of unbelief. The remaining unbelief of good men may sometimes, in an hour of temptation; call in que…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 11:2The 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 th…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Matthew 11:2-24JESUS THE ONE THAT SHOULD COME.Joseph S. Exell and contributors