Matthew 11:10
Matthew 11:10 | |
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← 11:9 11:11 → | |
Book | Gospel of Matthew |
Christian Bible part | New Testament |
Matthew 11:10 is the tenth verse in the eleventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.
Content
In the original Greek according to
- Οὗτος γάρ ἐστι περὶ οὗ γέγραπται, Ἰδού, ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
- For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
The New International Version translates the passage as:
- This is the one about whom it is written: "'I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'
Analysis
The words here are from
Commentary from the Church Fathers
Pseudo-Chrysostom: " Also the other Prophets were sent to announce Christ's coming, but John to prepare His way, as it follows, who shall make ready thy way before thee;"[3]
Glossa Ordinaria: "That is, shall open the hearts of Thy hearers by preaching repentance and baptizing."[3]
Jerome: " Mystically; The desert is that which is deserted of the Holy Spirit, where there is no habitation of God; in the reed is signified a man who in outward show lives a pious life, but lacks all real fruit within himself, fair outside, within hollow, moved with every breath of wind, that is, with every impulse of unclean spirits, having no firmness to remain still, devoid of the marrow of the soul; by the garment wherewith his body is clothed is his mind shown, that it is lost in luxury and self-indulgence. The kings are the fallen angels; they are they who are powerful in this life, and the lords of this world. Thus, They that are clothed in soft raiment are in kings’ houses; that is, those whose bodies are enervated and destroyed by luxury, it is clear are possessed by dæmons."[3]
References
- ^ John MacEvilly, An Exposition of the Gospel of St. John consisting of an analysis of each chapter and of a Commentary critical, exegetical, doctrinal and moral, Dublin Gill & Son 1879.
- ^ Cornelius Cornelii a Lapide; Thomas Wimberly Mossman The great commentary of Cornelius à Lapide, London: J. Hodges, 1889-1896.
- ^ a b c d e f "Catena aurea: commentary on the four Gospels, collected out of the works of the Fathers: Volume 6, St. John. Oxford: Parker, 1874. Thomas Aquinas". 1874. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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Preceded by Matthew 11:9 |
Gospel of Matthew Chapter 11 |
Succeeded by Matthew 11:11 |