Matthew 11:7
As these were going away, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
6and blessed is he that shall find in me no cause of offense.
Cross References
Matthew 3:1In those days came John the Immerser, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
Matthew 21:25The immersion of John, whence was it? from heaven, or from men? But they reasoned among themselves, and said, If we reply, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?
Luke 3:3And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the immersion of repentance in order to the remission of sins;
Luke 8:18Take heed, therefore, how you hear; for whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, even that which he seems to have shall be taken from him.
John 5:35He was the burning and shining lamp; and you were willing, for a time, to rejoice in his light.
Ephesians 4:14that we might no longer be children, tossed and carried about by every wind of teaching, through the artifice of men, through craftiness used by them for the deliberate planning of deceit;
Matthew Henry on Matthew 11:2-7
John's Disciples Come to Christ. 1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. 2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, 3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? 4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see: 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are… Read the whole commentary →