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Clementine Latin Vulgate
1 Machabæorum 11:13
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Omnes enim prophet� et lex usque ad Joannem prophetaverunt:
Omnes enim Prophetae et Lex usque ad Ioannem prophetaverunt;
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Matthew 5:17, Matthew 5:18, Malachi 4:6, Luke 24:27, Luke 24:44, John 5:46, John 5:47, Acts 3:22-24, Acts 13:27, Romans 3:21
Reciprocal: Daniel 9:24 - seal up Malachi 4:5 - I will Matthew 11:9 - A prophet Matthew 17:3 - Moses Mark 9:4 - appeared
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. These words are to be considered in connection with Matthew 11:11 and are a further proof of John's being greater than any of the prophets; because all the inspired writers and prophets, who were before him, prophesied of the Messiah as to come; and either spoke of him in obscure terms, or represented him under dark shadows and figures: whereas John spake of him as already come, and in plain terms, and directed to his very person; and since his time, there have been no prophecies concerning the Messiah and his kingdom; vision and prophecy are now sealed up; all which are acknowledged by the Jews themselves, who b say, כל הנביאים כולז לא נתנבאו אלא לימות המשיח, "all the prophets did not prophesy but to, or of the days of the Messiah". This was the subject, and these the limits of their prophecies; for they own c, that
"from the day that the temple was destroyed, מן הנביאי
בטילה נבואה, "prophecy was taken away from the prophets".''
Since that time, they confess they have had no prophet d, and that they are not able to observe their signs.
b T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 34. 2. Sabbat, fol. 63. 1. Sanhedrim, fol. 99. 1. c T. Bava Bathra, fol. 12. 1. d Abarbinel in Dan. fol. 63. 4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
All the prophets ... - It is meant by this verse that John introduced a new dispensation; and that the old one, under which the prophets and the law of Moses were the guide, was closed when he preached that the kingdom of heaven was at hand. By the “law” is meant here the five books of Moses; by the prophets, the remainder of the books of the Old Testament.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 11:13. All the prophets and the law prophesied until John. — I believe προεφητευσαν means here, they taught, or continued to instruct. They were the instructers concerning the Christ who was to come, till John came and showed that all the predictions of the one, and the types and ceremonies of the other were now about to be fully and finally accomplished; for Christ was now revealed. The word is taken in this sense, Matthew 7:22.
