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The accusation seems to be that unlike the austere John the Baptist, Christ lived like ordinary people, conversing with them. Lapide gives a couple of possible reasons for this, 1) "that His affability might allure those whom John’s austerity would terrify," 2) that Christ leave an example in everything, food, drink, clothing, etc., that it is not the things themselves, but an excessive love ...
Matthew 11:20–24 = Cursing Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum (Luke 10:13–15) Matthew 11:25–30 = Praising the Father (Luke 10:21–22) The New King James Version organises this chapter as follows: Matthew 11:1–19 = John the Baptist Sends Messengers to Jesus; Matthew 11:20–24 = Woe to the Impenitent Cities; Matthew 11:25–30 = Jesus ...
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In the preceding verses, Jesus declared what John was not and now he goes on to state what he was, i.e. a prophet.This was also the agreed opinion of the people: "All held John as a Prophet" (Matt 21:26).
Chrysostom: " Then He adds another token of him, saying, And if ye will receive it, this is Elias who was to come.(Malachi 4:5) The Lord speaks in Malachias, I will send you Elias the Tishbite; and of the same again, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face."
Here we have the reason for the condemnation in the previous verse, i.e. pride and haughtiness, since Jesus lauds the "little children".Christ uses the word for confess (Ἐξομολογοῦμαί) which is used regularly in the psalms, e.g.
However, this appears to be contradicted by Deut. 34:11 “And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses.” However, the rest of the verse qualifies what is said, “Whom the Lord knew face to face, in all the signs and the wonders which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt.”
Matthew 19 is the nineteenth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. [1] The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Matthew composed this Gospel . [ 2 ]