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John the Baptist Sends Messengers to Jesus

1 Now it came to pass, when Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples, that He departed from there to ateach and to preach in their cities.  
2 aAnd when John had heard bin prison about the works of Christ, he1 sent two of his disciples  
3 and said to Him, “Are You athe Coming One, or do we look for another?”  
4 Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:
5 aThe blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and bthe poor have the gospel preached to them.  
6 And blessed is he who is not aoffended because of Me.”  
7 aAs they departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? bA reed shaken by the wind?  
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Matthew 11:3

He that cometh (o erxomenov). This phrase refers to the Messiah (Mark 11:9; Luke 13:35; Luke 19:38; Hebrews 10:37; Psalms 118:26; Daniel 7:13). Some rabbis applied the phrase to some forerunner of the kingdom (McNeile). Was there to be "another" (eteron) after Jesus? John had been in prison "long enough to develop a prison mood" (Bruce). It was once clear enough to him, but his environment was depressing and Jesus had done nothing to get him out of Machaerus (see chapter IX in my John the Loyal). John longed for reassurance.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 11:3:

Luke 7:19
John 11:27
John 12:13
2 Peter 3:12

 

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