Matthew 11:2
Now when John heard in prison about the works Christ had done, he sent two of his disciples
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
In Context
3to ask him, “Are yoʋ the one who is to come, or should we wait for another?”
Cross References
Matthew 4:12Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee.
Matthew 14:3For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
Luke 3:19But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of his marriage to Herodias, his brother's wife, and because of all the evils he had done,
John 3:24(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
Acts 19:1While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the interior regions and came to Ephesus, where he came across some disciples.
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 →