Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 11:4-6

"And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye hear and see: the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them. And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me." — Matthew 11:4-6 (ASV)

Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

Now, if it had been the very least of us attempting to do such service for God, and we had been questioned about what we were doing, should we not have felt hurt and aggrieved? And perhaps there are some who would not have deigned to answer, especially if they were distinguished by an official title.

But our blessed Lord does not take offense at it. He is not vexed; instead, He answers with the utmost gentleness—not by a word of authority commanding John to believe, but by an exposition of those blessed seals of grace that were the best evidence He was indeed the Messiah.

He pointed to the very miracles that prophecy declared the Messiah would perform. He did this with that graciousness of temper always characteristic of our Divine Master, and in this, let us imitate Him.