Matthew 11:13
New International Version
For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

New Living Translation
For before John came, all the prophets and the law of Moses looked forward to this present time.

English Standard Version
For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John,

Berean Standard Bible
For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

Berean Literal Bible
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

King James Bible
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

New King James Version
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

New American Standard Bible
For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

NASB 1995
“For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

NASB 1977
“For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

Legacy Standard Bible
For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

Amplified Bible
For all the prophets and the Law prophesied up until John.

Christian Standard Bible
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John;

American Standard Version
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“All The Prophets and The Written Law have prophesied until Yohannan.

Contemporary English Version
All the Books of the Prophets and the Law of Moses told what was going to happen up to the time of John.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John:

English Revised Version
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
All the Prophets and Moses' Teachings prophesied up to the time of John.

Good News Translation
Until the time of John all the prophets and the Law of Moses spoke about the Kingdom;

International Standard Version
because the Law and all the Prophets prophesied up to the time of John.

Literal Standard Version
for all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John,

Majority Standard Bible
For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

New American Bible
All the prophets and the law prophesied up to the time of John.

NET Bible
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John appeared.

New Revised Standard Version
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John came;

New Heart English Bible
For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

Webster's Bible Translation
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

Weymouth New Testament
For all the Prophets and the Law taught until John.

World English Bible
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

Young's Literal Translation
for all the prophets and the law till John did prophesy,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jesus Testifies about John
12From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it. 13For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John. 14And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.…

Cross References
Matthew 11:12
From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.

Matthew 11:14
And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.


Treasury of Scripture

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

Matthew 5:17,18
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil…

Malachi 4:6
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. THE END OF THE PROPHETS.

Luke 24:27,44
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself…

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Matthew 11
1. John sends his disciples to Jesus.
7. Jesus' testimony concerning John.
16. The perverse judgment of the people concerning the Son.
20. Jesus upbraids Korazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum;
25. and praising his Father's wisdom in revealing the Gospel to the simple,
28. he calls to him those who are weary and burdened.














(13) All the prophets and the law.--The usual order is inverted, because stress is laid on the prophetic rather than the legislative aspect of previous revelation. They did their work pointing to the kingdom of heaven in the far-off future of the latter days, but John saw it close at hand, and proclaimed its actual appearance.

Verse 13. - For. It is only right that there should be such a seizing of the kingdom of heaven, for in a certain sense the function of the prophets and the Law ceased with John. All. Not one alone, but all, however various their teaching. The prophets and the law. In Luke (Luke 16:16) the Law is mentioned first, because the context is there dealing chiefly with the Law. Here our Lord has said that John was more than a prophet, and he naturally continues to speak of prophets first. The mention of the Law comes in almost as an afterthought, and yet without it the Jews might have fallen back on the Law when the prophets failed them (cf. ver. 11, note). Prophesied. Including the ideas both of predicting Messiah and of making known the will of God (cf. Matthew 5:19, note). Until John. The message of the written Word was considered as active - the prophets and the Law still spoke - until, in tact, he came who was the close of that epoch.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

all
πάντες (pantes)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

prophets
προφῆται (prophētai)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4396: From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Law
νόμος (nomos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3551: From a primary nemo; law, genitive case, specially, (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively.

prophesied
ἐπροφήτευσαν (eprophēteusan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 4395: From prophetes; to foretell events, divine, speak under inspiration, exercise the prophetic office.

until
ἕως (heōs)
Preposition
Strong's 2193: A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until.

John.
Ἰωάννου (Iōannou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2491: Of Hebrew origin; Joannes, the name of four Israelites.


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