Matthew 11:13
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
In Context
14And if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is going to come.
Cross References
Matthew 5:17Think not that I came to abolish the law or the prophets. I came not to abolish, but to fulfill.
Luke 24:44And he said to them, These are the words that I spoke to you while still being with you, that it is necessary for all things that are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms about me to be fulfulled.
Acts 3:22For Moses indeed said to the fathers, Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you, from your brothers, like me. Ye shall hear him in all things, as many as he might speak to you.
Romans 3:21But now a righteousness of God has been manifested independent of law, being witnessed by the law and the prophets.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 11:8-16
Christ's Testimony of John. 7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. 9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. 10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way… Read the whole commentary →