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Matthew 11:7 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Matthew 11:7 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Matthew chapter 11 verse 7 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?”
Matthew 11:7 (KJV)
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Commentary on Matthew 11:7
As John's disciples departed, Jesus began praising John to the crowds: 'What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?' The rhetorical question expects a negative answer. A 'reed shaken with the wind' symbolizes a vacillating, unstable person who bends to popular opinion and changing circumstances. Jesus emphatically denies this describes John. Despite his momentary question from prison, John was not a compromiser who adjusted his message to please audiences. He had courageously confronted Herod, confronted Pharisees as a 'generation of vipers' (Matthew 3:7), and pro...
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Cross-References for Matthew 11:7
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“without any doubting”
“and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.”
“he began to tell the multitudes about John”
“tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine”
“to him will be given; and whoever doesn't have”
“you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed”
“'Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!'{Isaiah 40:3},The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.,,,,,,,,”
“preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.”
“all of Judea”
“where was it from? From heaven or from men? They reasoned with themselves, saying, If we say”