Matthew 11:14

"For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John."

Key Reflection

This verse indicates that the message of the prophets and the Law of Moses pointed forward to John the Baptist, who prepared the way for the Messiah. It suggests that John's ministry marked the end of an era of preparation and the beginning of the fulfillment of prophetic expectations with the coming of Christ.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 14. If ye will receive it. This is a way of speaking implying that the doctrine which he was about to state was different from their common views; that he was about to state something which varied from the common expectation, and which, therefore, they might be disposed to reject. This is Elias, etc. That is, Elijah. Elias is the Greek mode of writing the Hebrew word Elijah. An account of him is found in the first and second books of Kings. He was a distinguished prophet, and was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire, 2 Ki 2:11. The prophet Malachi, (Mal 4:5,6) predicted that Elijah should be sent before the coming of the Messiah, to prepare the way for him.

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