Matthew 11:5

The ivrim (blind people) see, the pisechim (lame people) walk, the metzoraim (lepers) are cleansed, the chereshim (deaf people) hear, the mesim are made to stand up alive, and the aniyim (poor) have the Besuras HaGeulah preached to them. + 11:5 Isa 35:5f; 61:1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

In Context

4And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach answered them, saying, Go give the report of what you see and hear to Yochanan:

6Ashrey (Happy) is the one who does not find a cause of michshol (falling, stumbling) in me. + 11:6 as Moshiach

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Cross References

2 Kings 5:7And it came to pass, when Melech Yisroel had read the sefer, that he tore his begadim, and said, Am I HaElohim, to kill and to make alive, that this doth send unto me to recover an ish of his tzara'at? Wherefore consider, now, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

Psalms 22:26My tehillah shall be from Thee in the Kahal Rav; 1 I will fulfill my nedar before them that fear Him. 1

Psalms 146:8Hashem openeth the eyes of the ivrim: 1 Hashem raiseth them that are bowed down: 1 Hashem loveth the tzaddikim: 1

Isaiah 35:4Say to them that are of a fearful lev, 1 Be strong, fear not; 1 hinei, Eloheichem (your G-d) will come with nakam (vengeance), 1 with Elohim gemul (divine retribution) 1 He will come and save you. 1

Isaiah 43:8Bring forth the Am Ivver that have eyes, 1 and the chereshim that have oznayim. 1

Isaiah 66:2For all those things hath Mine hand made, 1 and so came they all into being, 1 saith Hashem; 1 but to this man will I look, 1 even to him that is oni and of a contrite ruach, 1 and trembleth at My Devar. 1

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 →

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