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New Living Translation

Matthew 11:4

Jesus told them, "Go back to John and tell him what you have heard and seen—

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gospel;   Jesus, the Christ;   John;   Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Miracles Testify;   The Topic Concordance - Blessings;   Blindness;   Cleanness;   Gospel;   Healing;   Hearing;   Offense;   Resurrection;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Miracles;   Prophecies Respecting Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Miracle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Kingdom of god;   Matthew, gospel of;   Messiah;   Miracles;   Prophecy, prophet;   Signs;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ethics;   Heal, Health;   Jesus Christ;   Kingdom of God;   Miracle;   Nahum, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hutchinsonians;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Lame, Lameness;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Again;   Kingdom of God;   Messiah;   Mss;   Text of the New Testament;   Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Authority in Religion;   Authority of Christ;   Character;   Consciousness;   Dates (2);   Doctrines;   Gentleness (2);   Good;   Hearing;   Incarnation (2);   John the Baptist;   Logia;   Long-Suffering ;   Names and Titles of Christ;   Oppression;   Prisoner;   Promise (2);   Redemption (2);   Reflectiveness;   Transmigration;   Winter ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - John;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Miracles;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - John, the Baptize;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Go;   Miracle;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   John the Baptist;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jesus replied to them, “Go and report to John what you hear and see:
King James Version (1611)
Iesus answered and saide vnto them, Go and shew Iohn againe those things which we doe heare and see:
King James Version
Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:
English Standard Version
And Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see:
New American Standard Bible
Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and report to John what you hear and see:
New Century Version
Jesus answered them, "Go tell John what you hear and see:
Amplified Bible
Jesus answered, "Go and report to John what you hear and see:
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Iesus answering, said vnto them, Goe, and shewe Iohn, what things ye heare, and see.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and report to John what you hear and see:
Legacy Standard Bible
And Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and report to John what you hear and see:
Berean Standard Bible
Jesus replied, "Go back and report to John what you hear and see:
Contemporary English Version
Jesus answered, "Go and tell John what you have heard and seen.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yeshua answered, "Go and tell Yochanan what you are hearing and seeing —
Darby Translation
And Jesus answering said to them, Go, report to John what ye hear and see.
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus answered, "Go tell John what you have heard and seen:
George Lamsa Translation
Jesus answered and said, Go and describe to John the things which you see and hear.
Good News Translation
Jesus answered, "Go back and tell John what you are hearing and seeing:
Lexham English Bible
And Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see:
Literal Translation
And answering, Jesus said to them, Going, relate to John what you hear and see:
American Standard Version
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye hear and see:
Bible in Basic English
And Jesus, answering, said to them, Go and give news to John of the things which you are seeing and hearing:
Hebrew Names Version
Yeshua answered them, "Go and tell Yochanan the things which you hear and see:
International Standard Version
Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and observe:
Etheridge Translation
Jeshu answered and said to them, Go, recount to Juchanon these things which you hear and see;
Murdock Translation
Jesus answered, and said to them: Go, tell John the things that ye hear and see:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Iesus aunswered and sayd vnto them: Go and shewe Iohn agayne what ye haue hearde and seene.
English Revised Version
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go your way and tell John the things which ye do hear and see:
World English Bible
Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And Jesus answering said to them, Go and tell John the things which ye hear and see.
Weymouth's New Testament
"Go and report to John what you see and hear," replied Jesus;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jhesus answeride, and seide `to hem, Go ye, and telle ayen to Joon tho thingis that ye han herd and seyn.
Update Bible Version
And Jesus answered and said to them, Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:
Webster's Bible Translation
Jesus answered and said to them, Go and show John again those things which ye hear and see:
New English Translation
Jesus answered them, "Go tell John what you hear and see:
New King James Version
Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:
New Life Bible
Jesus said to them, "Go and tell John what you see and hear.
New Revised Standard
Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, answering, Jesus said unto them - Go report unto John what ye do hear and see: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jesus making answer said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen.
Revised Standard Version
And Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see:
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Iesus answered and sayde vnto them. Go and shewe Ihon what ye have hearde and sene.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus answering said to them, `Having gone, declare to John the things that ye hear and see,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Iesus answered and sayde vnto the: Go youre waye and tell Ihon agayne, what ye se and heare.
Mace New Testament (1729)
Jesus answered them, go and relate to John, what you hear and what you see:
THE MESSAGE
Jesus told them, "Go back and tell John what's going on: The blind see, The lame walk, Lepers are cleansed, The deaf hear, The dead are raised, The wretched of the earth learn that God is on their side. "Is this what you were expecting? Then count yourselves most blessed!"
Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus said, "Go back and tell John what you see and hear,

Contextual Overview

1 When Jesus had finished giving these instructions to his twelve disciples, he went out to teach and preach in towns throughout the region. 2 John the Baptist, who was in prison, heard about all the things the Messiah was doing. So he sent his disciples to ask Jesus, 3 "Are you the Messiah we've been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?" 4 Jesus told them, "Go back to John and tell him what you have heard and seen— 5 the blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor." 6 And he added, "God blesses those who do not fall away because of me."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Matthew 8:3 - immediately Matthew 15:30 - great Matthew 21:14 - General John 5:36 - the works John 14:11 - or

Cross-References

Genesis 6:4
In those days, and for some time after, giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.
Genesis 11:8
In that way, the Lord scattered them all over the world, and they stopped building the city.
Genesis 11:9
That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the Lord confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.
Genesis 11:11
After the birth of Arphaxad, Shem lived another 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:13
After the birth of Shelah, Arphaxad lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
Deuteronomy 1:28
Where can we go? Our brothers have demoralized us with their report. They tell us, "The people of the land are taller and more powerful than we are, and their towns are large, with walls rising high into the sky! We even saw giants there—the descendants of Anak!"'
Deuteronomy 4:27
For the Lord will scatter you among the nations, where only a few of you will survive.
Deuteronomy 9:1
"Listen, O Israel! Today you are about to cross the Jordan River to take over the land belonging to nations much greater and more powerful than you. They live in cities with walls that reach to the sky!
2 Samuel 8:13
So David became even more famous when he returned from destroying 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
Psalms 92:9
Your enemies, Lord , will surely perish; all evildoers will be scattered.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Jesus answered and said unto them,.... Not by an express declaration, that he was the Messiah that was to come, and they were not to look for any other; but he bids them

go, and show John again, those things which ye do hear and see. Christ would have them go back to John in prison, and relate to him the doctrines which they had heard preached by him to the poor; and the miracles which they had seen with their own eyes, then wrought by him; as well as many others, which were attested to them by credible witnesses; for there were at that time about Christ, that had infirmities, plagues, and evil spirits, and that were blind, and he instantly cured them in their presence; see Luke 7:21.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Go and show John again ... - Jesus referred them for an answer to these miracles. They were proof that he was the Messiah. Prophets had indeed performed miracles, but no prophet had performed so many, or any so important. Jesus, moreover, performed them “in his own name” and by his own power. Prophets had done it by the power of God. Jesus, therefore, performed the works which none but the Messiah could do, and John might easily infer that he was the Christ.

The poor have the gospel preached to them - It was predicted of the Messiah that he would preach good tidings to the meek Isaiah 61:1; or, as it is rendered in the New Testament, “He hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor,” Luke 4:18. By this, therefore, also, John might infer that he was truly the Messiah. It adds to the force of this testimony that the “poor” have always been overlooked by Pharisees and philosophers. No sect of philosophers had condescended to notice them before Christ, and no system of religion had attempted to instruct them before the Christian religion. In all other schemes the poor have been passed by as unworthy of notice.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 11:4. Go and show John the things - ye do hear and see — Christ would have men to judge only of him and of others by their works. This is the only safe way of judging. A man is not to be credited because he professes to know such and such things; but because he demonstrates by his conduct that his pretensions are not vain.


 
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