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Matthew 11 Resources PREVIOUS Click chart to enlarge NEXT Charts from Jensen's Survey of the NT - used by permission Another Chart from Charles Swindoll THE LIFE OF JESUS AS COVERED BY MATTHEW (shaded area) Click chart to enlarge CAVEAT: A number of the resources listed below interpret the events of Mt 24:15ff as prophecy which was fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem and the Holy by the Romans in 70 AD. Matthew 24:21 would seem to be a stumbling block to such an interpretation. Jesus said "For then (speaking of Mt 24:15-20+) there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will." Note His qualifier "NOR EVER WILL." Jesus is describing a time in history that will never be repeated (if we interpret Him literally, which I do). That means the worst tribulation in the history of the world occurred in 70 AD! What about World War I? What about World War II when 85 million people were killed? But let's say we restrict the "great tribulation" to an event just affecting the Jews. To say that the killing of upwards to a million Jews in 70 AD is worse than the 8 million killed by Hitler in the Holocaust does not seem to fit with Jesus' teaching in Mt 24:21 "NOR EVER WILL." For more discussion see Matthew 24:21 Commentary All this to say BE A BEREAN when you read the comments (INCLUDING MINE!) on the eschatological passages, especially Matthew 24-25. HENRY ALFORD Matthew 11 Commentary Matthew 11 Commentary GREGG ALLEN Matthew 11:1-6 When Jesus Disappoints Us Matthew 11:7-19 Seizing the Kingdom Matthew 11:20-24 What Have You Done with Jesus' Great Works? Matthew 11:25-27 A Gracious Discrimination Matthew 11:28-30 The Great Invitation STEVE ANDREWS Matthew 11:28-30 Terms of Transformation MICHAEL ANDRUS Matthew 11:1-15;14:1-12 When God Sits on His Hands Matthew 11:16-30 The Parable of the Brats WILLIAM BARCLAY Matthew 11 Commentary ALBERT BARNES Matthew 11 Commentary BRIAN BELL Matthew 11:1-19 Christianity… 200 Proof Matthew 11:20-30 Soul Rest Matthew 11 - Same material but different source JOHANN BENGEL Matthew 11 Commentary - Gnomon Matthew 11 Commentary - The Critical English Testament BIBLICAL ILLUSTRATOR Matthew 11 Commentary BRIAN BILL Sermon Matthew 11:28-30 What is Jesus Doing Now? JIM BOMKAMP SERMONS Matthew 11:1-6 John The Baptist Sends His Disciples To See If Jesus Really Is The Christ Matthew 11:7-19 Jesus Begins To Tell The Multitudes Who John The Baptist Was In God's End-times Scheme Matthew 11:20-30 Jesus Pronounces 'Woes' On The Cities That Rejected Him, JOHN BROADUS Matthew 11 Commentary JOHN CALVIN Matthew 11 Commentary ALAN CARR Sermons Matthew 11:1-11The Prison Of His Persuasions Matthew 11:1-6 That's Him Matthew 11:16-19 Jesus: The Friend Of Sinners Matthew 11:28 How To Handle What's Handling You Matthew 11:28-30 There Is A Place Of Rest Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus Our Haven Of Rest ARTHUR CARR (1883) Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Mattthew 11 Commentary ARTHUR CARR (1883) Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Not Futuristic - Same author as above but different book with more emphasis on Greek Matthew 11 Commentary RICH CATHERS Matthew 11:20-12:21 Sermon Notes Matthew 11-12 OSWALD CHAMBERS Matthew 11:1 Matthew 11:25 Matthew 11:28 Matthew 11:28 Matthew 11:28 Matthew 11:28 Matthew 11:29 KNOX CHAMBLIN Matthew 11:1-24 Matthew 11:25-30 ADAM CLARKE Matthew 11 Commentary THOMAS CONSTABLE Matthew 11 Commentary W A CRISWELL Matthew 11:29 Enrolling in the School of Jesus Matthew 11:2-6 The Finality of Christ Matthew 11:12 The Desperately Determined Matthew 11:25-30 The Pleading Christ Matthew 11:2-3 The Perplexity of the Prophets Matthew 11:28 The Most Precious Invitation Matthew 11:28 The Spirit of Jesus Matthew 11:29 At the Feet of Jesus BOB DEFFINBAUGH Matthew 11:28-30 Discipleship: Its Requirements and Its Rewards Matthew 11:1-30 Jesus, John the Baptist, and the Jews JOHN DUMMELOW Matthew 11 Commentary J LIGON DUNCAN Matthew 11:1-6 The Ambassadors of the Kingdom, Part 2: John's Doubts and Christ's Answer Matthew 11:7-19 Tribute to the Forerunner of the Kingdom, Part 2: More than a Prophet Matthew 11:20-30 Tribute to the Forerunner of the Kingdom, Part 3: God's Sovereignty and the Free Offer Part 1 Matthew 11:25-30 Tribute to the Forerunner of the Kingdom, Part 4: God's Sovereignty and the Free Offer Part 2 CHARLES ELLICOTT Matthew 11 NT Commentary For English Readers CHARLES R ERDMAN D Edmond Hiebert A well-outlined paragraph-by-paragraph interpretation by a noted conservative Presbyterian teacher and writer. Intended for the lay reader. His understanding of the Olivet Discourse is premillennial. Matthew 11 Commentary EXPLORE THE BIBLE Matthew 11:20-30 An Open Invitation Matthew 11:1-12:50 Watch Your Words EXPOSITOR'S DICTIONARY OF TEXTS - excerpts from other sermons Matthew 11 Commentary JOHN FLAVEL Matthew 11:28 The Method of Grace A C GAEBELEIN Matthew 11 Commentary GENE GETZ - 10+/- minute videos emphazing principles in each section of Scripture Matthew; Principle #27; Mt. 11:1-15; Doubt and Disillusionment: Regardless of our maturity in Christ, we should expect crises that are sometimes disillusioning. Video Matthew; Principle #28; Mt. 11:16-30; Imitating Christ: When we face persecution, we are to imitate the Lord's gentle, humble, and sacrificial example. Video JOHN GILL Matthew 11 Commentary BRUCE GOETTSCHE Matthew 11:28-30 Too Busy GOTQUESTIONS Mt 11:11 In what way was John the Baptist the greatest? Mt 11:15, 13:9, 43 What did Jesus mean when He said, “He who has ears to hear”? Mt 11:30 What does it mean when Jesus says “my yoke is easy and my burden is light”? L M GRANT Matthew 11 Commentary DAVE GUZIK Matthew 11 Commentary JAMES HASTINGS Matthew 11:28 The Great Invitation Matthew 11:29, 30 Rest Under the Yoke MATTHEW HENRY Matthew 11 Commentary GREG HERRICK Matthew 11:28-30 The Mission: Discipleship—To Be One and to Make One Matthew 11:28-30 Airplanes, Storms, and God's Blue Sky F B HOLE Matthew 11 Commentary HOLMAN PUBLISHING Holman Christian Standard Bible - Study Bible DAVID HOLWICK Matthew 11:3-5 Good News Or Bad News? INTERVARSITY PRESS Matthew 11 Commentary JAMIESON, F, B Matthew 11 Commentary Matthew 11 Commentary - unabridged S LEWIS JOHNSON Matthew 11:1-19 John's Doubts about Jesus' Messiahship Matthew 11:20-30 The Unshared Sonship of the Son of God J H JOWETT Matthew 11:28, 29: The Heavy Laden (from Brooks by the Traveler's Way) HAMPTON KEATHLEY Matthew 11:28-30 The Call To Discipleship: An Invitation To Rest WILLIAM KELLY Matthew 11 Commentary SIMON KISTEMAKER Matthew 11:16-19, Luke 7:31-35 Children in the Marketplace STEVE KRELOFF Matthew 11:27-30 Christ's Merciful Invitation - Mp3 only LANGE'S COMMENTARY Matthew 11 Commentary J B LIGHTFOOT Matthew 11 Commentary JOHN MACARTHUR Matthew 11:1-6 Solving the Problem of Doubt Matthew 11:7-15 True Greatness Matthew 11:16-24 Treating Christ with Criticism and Indifference Matthew 11:25-26 Jesus' Personal Invitation 1 Matthew 11:27-30 Jesus' Personal Invitation 2 Matthew 11 What Rest Does Jesus Promise? Matthew 11 The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived Matthew 11 Violence in Heaven Matthew 11 The Nature of Unbelief Matthew 11 A Punishment Worse Than Sodom and Gomorrah ALEXANDER MACLAREN Matthew 11:2-15 John’s Doubts of Jesus, and Jesus’ Praise of John Matthew 11:19 The Friend of Publicans and Sinners Matthew 11:20 Sodom, Capernaum, Manchester Matthew 11:25 Christ’s Strange Thanksgiving Matthew 11:28-29 The Rest Giver EDWARD MANNING Matthew 11:28-29 Christ, Our Only Rest JAMES MCCULLEN - uses many illustrations Matthew 11:27-30 The Master's Great Invitation Matthew 11:27-30 Why We Should Accept the Master's Invitation Matthew 11:28-30 Coming to Christ Matthew 11:27-30 The Master's Rest J VERNON MCGEE Matthew 11 Commentary BRYN MACPHAIL - sermons Finding Relief For The Difficult Journey (Matthew 11:25-30) MARTYN LLOYD-JONES - articles unless otherwise specified Matthew 11:2-6 Art Thou He that Should Come? - Mp3 Matthew 11:21-28 Woe Unto Thee - Mp3 Matthew 11:28 A Knowledge of God - Mp3 F B MEYER Matthew 11:6 Matthew 11:28-30 Devotional G CAMPBELL MORGAN Matthew 11:1-19 Matthew 11:20-24 Matthew 11:25-30 TOMMY NELSON Matthew Sermons - over 100 Mp3's NET BIBLE NOTES Matthew 11 Commentary JOHN NEWTON Matthew 11:28 The Present and Future Rest of Believers PHIL NEWTON Matthew 11:1-6 Settling Doubts Matthew 11:7-15 Greatness in the Kingdom Matthew 11:16-24 The Face of the Non-repentant Matthew 11:25-30 Come to Christ! OUR DAILY BREAD Matthew 11:1-6 Matthew 11:5 Matthew 11:7-19 Matthew 11:19 Matthew 11:19 Matthew 11:19 Matthew 11:21-23 Matthew 11:25-30 Matthew 11:25-30 Matthew 11:25-30 Matthew 11:28 Matthew 11:28 Matthew 11:28 Matthew 11:28 Matthew 11:28 Matthew 11:28 Matthew 11:29 Matthew 11:29 Matthew 11:29 Matthew 11:29 Matthew 11:30 JOSEPH PARKER Matthew 11:1-19 Matthew 11:20-24 Matthew 11:25-30 PASTOR LIFE Sermons Matthew 11:1-11 When God Is Near and Yet Seems So Far Away -- Sammy Burgess Matthew 11:16-17 Generation Evaluation - Terry Trivette Matthew 11:28-30 Letting Go - Rob Jackson Matthew 11:28-30 To The Weary Heart, Jesus Says, Come Unto Me - David E.
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