Matthew 11:1

Matthew 11:1 is the first verse in the eleventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.

Content

In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort, this verse is:
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:
The New [International Version] translates the passage as:
The Amplified Bible, New Century Version and The Voice translation also add reference to "Galilee", and Heinrich Meyer identifies "their towns" with the Galilean towns from which the multitude had been drawn to listen to Jesus, linking this verse with Matthew 4:23 and Matthew 9:35.

Analysis

sees verse 1 as a "transitional sentence". Jesus continues to preach, but he is alone at this point. Cornelius a Lapide believes that this verse indicates that Jesus separated Himself from His Apostles, whom He sent to preach the Gospel. A brief synopsis of what the apostles did is related in and.
It was during the absence of the twelve that a delegation from John the Baptist arrived.

Commentary from the Church Fathers

Chrysostom: "Having sent them forth, He withdrew Himself, giving them opportunity and time to do the things that He had enjoined; for while He was present and ready to heal, no man would come to His disciples."
Saint Remigius: "He well passes from the special teaching which He had delivered to His disciples, to the general which He preached in the cities; passing therein as it were from heaven to earth, that He might give light to all. By this deed of the Lord, all holy preachers are admonished that they should study to benefit all."