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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 ...
Commentary from the Church Fathers [ edit ] Glossa Ordinaria : "Because the Lord knew that many would doubt respecting the foregoing matter, namely, that the Jews would not receive Christ whom the Gentile world has so willingly received, He here makes answer to their thoughts; And Jesus answered and said, I confess unto thee, Father, Lord of ...
Commentary from the Church Fathers [ edit ] Chrysostom : "Because He had said, I confess unto thee, Father, because thou hast hid these things from the wise, that you should not suppose that He thus thanks the Father as though He Himself was excluded from this power, He adds, All things are committed to me by my Father.
Jerome: " That He says, This is Elias, is figurative, and needs to be explained, as what follows, shows; He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." [ 2 ] Saint Remigius : " As much as to say, Whoso has ears of the heart to hear, that is, to understand, let him understand; for He did not say that John was Elias in person, but in the Spirit."
The idea was to prevent a schism from forming, since it is clear from Matthew 9:14 that John's disciples held John in higher esteem than Christ. However, Tertullian and Justin believed that John was in fact misguided, even though he had seen the Holy Spirit descend upon him in the form of a dove and the voice from heaven.
The Gospel of John, like all the gospels, is anonymous. [14] John 21:22 [15] references a disciple whom Jesus loved and John 21:24–25 [16] says: "This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true". [11]
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
John 11 is the eleventh chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the raising of Lazarus from the dead , a miracle of Jesus Christ , and the subsequent development of the chief priests' and Pharisees' plot against Jesus. [ 1 ]