Matthew 11:13
For all the prophets and the law prophesied, until the time of John.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
In Context
14And, if ye are willing, receive ye, that this is he who was to come.
Cross References
Matthew 5:17Do not suppose that I have come to subvert the law or the prophets: I have come not to subvert, but to fulfill.
Luke 24:44And he said to them: These are the things which I said to you while I was with you, That all things written of me, in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the psalms, must be fulfilled.
Acts 3:22For Moses said: A prophet, like me, will the Lord raise up to you, from among your brethren; to him hearken ye, in all that he shall say to you.
Romans 3:21But now, the righteousness of God without the law, is manifested; and the law and the prophets testify of it:
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 →