Mateo 11:2

Filipino Cebuano Bible

2 Ug sa pagkadungog ni Juan didto sa bilanggoan mahitungod sa mga nabuhat ni Cristo, iyang gipaadtoan siyag mga tinun-an niya aron sa pagpangutana

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in: Matthew 4:12, Matthew 14:3, Mark 6:17, Luke 3:19, Luke 7:18-23, John 3:24

he: Matthew 9:14, John 3:25-28, John 4:1, Acts 19:1-3

Reciprocal: Matthew 17:12 - but Mark 1:14 - after Mark 9:12 - restoreth Acts 2:22 - a man

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now when John had heard in the prison,.... The person here spoken of is John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, who was now in the prison of Machaerus; being put there by Herod, for his reproving him for taking Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; and whilst he was there, an account was brought him by his own disciples, see Luke 7:18 of

the works of Christ, the miracles he wrought; as the healing of the centurion's servant, the raising from the dead the widow's son of Nain, and the like; upon hearing of which,

he sent two of his disciples, who might be the most prejudiced against Christ, because of the increase of his followers, and the decrease of their master's; and because he did not live such an austere life as John did; and who, notwithstanding all that they had heard, and their master had told them of Jesus, were not easily persuaded that he was the true Messiah. Moreover, two of them were sent, both because it was more honourable to Christ, and that they might be proper witnesses of what they saw and heard; and since it was not so much for himself, as for the sake of his disciples, that these messengers were sent.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The account contained in this chapter of Matthew, to the Matthew 11:19, is found, with no material variation, in Luke 7:18-35. John was in prison. Herod had thrown him into confinement on account of his faithfulness in reproving him for marrying his brother Philip’s wife. See Matthew 14:3-4.

It is not certainly known why John sent to Jesus. It might have been to satisfy his disciples that he was the Messiah; or he might have been desirous of ascertaining for himself whether this person, of whom he heard so much, was the same one whom he had baptized, and whom he knew to be the Messiah. See John 1:29.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 11:2. John had heard in the prison — John was cast into prison by order of Herod Antipas, Matthew 14:3, c., (where see the notes,) a little after our Lord began his public ministry, Matthew 4:12 and after the first passover, John 3:24.