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Matthew 11:1 KJV
Matthew · chapter 11 · verse 1
And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.Matthew 11:1 · King James Version
Matthew 11:1 in context
1And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
2Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
3And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commandingdiatassōto arrange, appoint, ordain, prescribe, give orderG1299 →
- disciplesmathētēsa learner, pupil, discipleG3101 →
- departedmetabainōto pass over from one place to another, to remove, departG3327 →
- twelvedōdekatwelve, the twelve apostles of Jesus, so called by way of eminenceG1427 →
- thenceekeithenthence, from that placeG1564 →
- preachkēryssōto be a herald, to officiate as a herald, to proclaim after the manner of a herald…G2784 →
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The first verse of this chapter some join to the foregoing chapter, and make it (not unfitly) the close of that. 1. The ordination sermon which Christ preached to his disciples in the foregoing chapter is here called his commanding them. Note, Christ's commissions imply commands.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6