Matthew 11:28

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Matthew 11:28-29

Matthew THE REST GIVER Mat_11:28 - Mat_11:29 . One does not know whether tenderness or majesty is predominant in these wonderful words. A divine penetration into man’s true condition, and a divine pity, are expressed in them. Jesus looks with clearsighted compassion into the inmost history of all hearts, and sees the toil and the sorrow which weigh on every soul. And no less remarkable is the divine consciousness of power, to succour and to help, which speaks in them. Think of a Jewish... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Matthew 11:20-30

Woe or Welcome Matthew 11:20-30 The voice of upbraiding, Matthew 11:20-24 . The Judge weeps as he pronounces the doom of those who reject Him. They would have crowned Him king, but refused to repent. See John 6:15 . These cities did not crucify Him, but they had been deaf to His warnings and indifferent to His mighty works. Even where there is no direct opposition, indifference will be sufficient to seal our doom. The voice of thanksgiving, Matthew 11:25-27 . He “answered” the voice of God... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Matthew 11:1-30

This picture of John is very full of pathos-from the high triumph of inspired preaching to the solitude and loneliness of a prison. John made as direct application to Jesus as his circumstances permitted. Surely the wisest course possible. Jesus answered him not by verbal assurance, but by the deeds of the Kingdom. The credentials of Christ are ever to be found in His actual works. The fickleness and worthlessness of public opinion has striking exemplification here. In the ordinary manner of... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 11:25-30

THE REVELATION OF THE GOSPEL‘At that time Jesus answered and said … My burden is light.’ Matthew 11:25-Amos : Let us look at this remarkable passage sentence by sentence. I. To whom the Gospel was revealed.—First, the Lord gave open thanks to His Father because of the class of persons to whom the Gospel was revealed. They had something which no book-learning could give. They believed in Jesus as their Lord and Master, and trusted Him implicitly. II. A further truth.—Secondly, the Lord... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 11:28

CHRIST’S INVITATION‘Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.’ Matthew 11:28 This invitation addressed to a certain class. To the self-sufficient it has no attraction, but to every one with an unsatisfied want down in his heart, the words bring peace and hope. I. Invitation from the living Christ.—When He says ‘come’ He means ‘Believe in My Love and trust Me as your Guide.’ We can never know peace of believing while we keep in touch with the world. Go to... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” The call ‘come (deute) to Me’ made to those who are labouring can be compared with Isaiah 55:3, where it is God Who speaks, and the aim there is that men might enjoy the life of the new age by entering into the everlasting Davidic covenant with Him. Here then is a call to men by the son of David to enter into covenant with Him, the covenant concerning which more detail will be given later (Matthew 26:28). But here... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 11:28-30

A General Appeal To Men And Women (11:28-30). This final general appeal to all who will hear confirms that in spite of His words to the towns, for those who will respond there is a way back to God. In the turmoil of a troubled world there is a place of rest, and it is under His yoke which will result in walking as outlined in the Sermon on the Mount. So He calls on men and women to turn from the yoke of the Scribes and Pharisees and come under His yoke and walk with Him. The yoke was a well... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 11:25-30

Matthew 11:25-Amos : . Jesus and His Mission. Matthew 11:25-Daniel : treats of the relation between the Father and the Son ( Luke 10:21 f.), Matthew 11:28-Amos : of the yoke of Jesus (Mt. only). No stress can be laid on “ at that time,” though “ these things” might mean the significance of the wonders which Chorazin and the other towns had not perceived, or (excluding Matthew 11:20-Jeremiah :) the methods of the Divine wisdom. Lk. makes the words refer to the theme of the preaching of the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 11:28-30

Our Lord having before showed; 1. That all power was given to him; 2. That none could know the Father but by and in him; closes his discourse with an invitation of persons to him. By the weary and heavy laden, in the text, some understand those that are laden with the sense of their sins, and the feeling the guilt of them. Others understand, with the burden of the law, which the apostles called a yoke, Acts 15:10. Mr. Calvin thinks this too strait an interpretation. Others understand heavy... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 11:25-30

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 11:25. Answered and said.—A Hebraism for “spake and said” (Carr). But Dr. Monro Gibson observes: “As we read, first of the doubts of John, then of the thoughtlessness of the multitudes, and then of the impenitence of the favoured cities by the lake, is there not a question in our hearts, becoming more and more urgent as each new discouragement appears: What will He say to this? What can He answer?” (Expositor’s Bible). Prudent.—Understanding (R.V.). The understanding is a... read more

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