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The Messianic Question
John's question, "Are you he that cometh?" was a direct and well-understood inquiry about the Messiah. Commentators explain this phrase was a common title for the Savior promised in the Old Testament. John was asking if Jesus was the fulfillment of all of Israel's hopes, or if they should wait for someone else.
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Albert Barnes
On Matthew 11:3
18th Century
Theologian
Are you he that should come? That is, are you the Messiah, or the Christ? The Jews expected a Savior. His coming had been long foretold,[R…
AT Robertson
On Matthew 11:3
He that cometh (ο ερχομενος). This phrase refers to the Messiah (Luke 13:35; Luke 19:38; [Reference Hebrew…
Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 11:2–3
19th Century
Preacher
Here we begin quite another story. The first verse ought to have gone with the preceding chapter, to which it belongs. John was in prison. He did n…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Matthew 11:3
Apparently John had been held in prison by Herod during Jesus’ extensive Galilean ministry (), perhaps as long as a year. The one to whom he had po…
John Calvin
On Matthew 11:3
16th Century
Theologian
Are you he who was to come? John takes for granted what the disciples had known from their childhood, for it was the first lesson of relig…
John Gill
On Matthew 11:3
17th Century
Pastor
And said unto him
By the disciples he sent; this was the message they came with, and this the question they were to …
Matthew Henry
On Matthew 11:2–6
17th Century
Minister
Some think that John sent this inquiry for his own satisfaction. Where there is true faith, there may yet be a mixture of unbelief. The remaining u…
Thomas Aquinas
On Matthew 11:1–15
13th Century
Philosopher
After saying these things, the Lord passed from there to teach and preach, and this was for three reasons.
- So that what He had said by…