Matthew 11:10

Matthew 11:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
• New International Version (NIV)This is the one about whom it is written: “ ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)This is he of whom it is written, "'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)For this is he of whom it is written: ‘Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You.’

Context of Matthew 11:10

8What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? See, those who wear soft clothes are in royal palaces. 9What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the one about whom it is written: See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way before you. 11“Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has appeared, but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been suffering violence, and the violent have been seizing it by force.

Matthew 11:10 word by word

οὗτός ἐστιν περὶ οὗ γέγραπται· ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
• whomὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• it is writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
• Beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• sendἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
• messengerὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• messengerἄγγελοςaggelos · angel: messengerG32
• beforeπρόpro · beforeG4253
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• faceπρόσωπονprosōpon · faceG4383
• shall prepareκατασκευάζωkataskeuazō · to prepareG2680
• wayὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
• beforeἔμπροσθενemprosthen · beforeG1715

Cross-references for Matthew 11:10

• Matthew 3:3For he is the one spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, who said: A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make his paths straight!
• Isaiah 40:3A voice of one crying out: Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
• Malachi 3:1“See, I am going to send my messenger, and he will clear the way before me. Then the Lord you seek will suddenly come to his temple, the Messenger of the covenant you delight in — see, he is coming,” says the Lord of Armies.
• Malachi 4:5Look, I am going to send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
• Mark 1:2As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way.
• Luke 7:26What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
• John 1:23He said, “I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord — just as Isaiah the prophet said.”

Commentaries on Matthew 11:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Behold, I send my messenger - A fifth excellency of the Baptist was, his preparing the way of the Lord; being the instrument, in God's hand, of preparing the people's hearts to receive the Lord Jesus; and it was probably through his preaching that so many thousands attached themselves to Christ, immediately on his appearing as a public teacher.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10For this is he … - The passage of Scripture here quoted is found in Malachi 3:1. The substance of it is contained also in Isaiah 40:3. Prepare thy way - That is, to prepare “the people;” to make them ready, by proper instructions, to receive the Messiah.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 What Christ said concerning John, was not only for his praise, but for the people's profit. Those who attend on the word will be called to give an account of their improvements. Do we think when the sermon is done, the care is over? No, then the greatest of the care begins. John was a self-denying man, dead to all the pomps of the world and the pleasures of sense. It becomes people, in all their appearances, to be consistent with their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-19This section starts with John the Baptist’s doubt. It ends by honoring his faith and his work (Matthew 11:7–19). The people's rejection of John (11:16–19) hints at their future rejection of Jesus.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-191. And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciple--rather, "the twelve disciples," he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities--This was scarcely a fourth circuit--if we may judge from the less formal way in which it was expressed--but, perhaps, a set of visits paid to certain places, either not reached at all before, or too rapidly passed through, in order to fill up the time till the return of the Twelve…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 11:10

• Jesus, the Christ
• John
• Messenger
• Prophecy
• Quotations and Allusions

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Commentaries on Matthew 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings