Matthew 11:7

Translations

Modern

As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

Traditional

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?

Literal

And as these are going, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Latin

Illis autem abeuntibus, cœpit Jesus dicere ad turbas de Joanne: Quid existis in desertum videre? arundinem vento agitatam?

Original

Greek

English

As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

Notes

Matthew 11:7

A reed swaying in the wind: This refers to an unstable person. The implied answer to this rhetorical question is "no."

Matthew 11:2–19

This 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.

Theme notes and profiles

Elijah John the Baptist The Stone the Builders Rejected

Events

Jesus' Message on John the Baptistc. AD 28

Related verses

James 1:6
But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
Luke 8:18
Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
John 5:35
John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
Ephesians 4:14
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
Mark 1:3–5
“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
Luke 7:24–30
After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
Genesis 49:4
Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
Matthew 3:1–3
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
2 Corinthians 1:17–18
When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” and also “No, no”?
Luke 3:3–7
He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
Matthew 3:5
People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.
Matthew 21:25
What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

Parallels

Malachi 3:1–5 Luke 7:24–35

People

Jesus: The Son of God and Savior of the world John: The Baptist, a prophet who prepared the way for Jesus

Glossary

Faith Gospel of Matthew Jesus Christ John the Baptist

Topics

Jesus, the Christ: Receives the Message from John the Baptist (In Galilee) John: Jesus Discourses Upon Reed of Weakness The Wind: Movement of the Leaves of Trees By, Noticed

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