Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Matthew 21:11
And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
Verse 11. This is Jesus THE PROPHET] THAT prophet whom Moses spoke of, De 18:18. I will raise them up a prophet – like unto thee, &c. Every expression of the multitude plainly intimated that they fully received our blessed Lord as the promised Messiah. – How strange is it that these same people (if the creatures of the high priest be not only intended) should, about five days after, change their hosannas for, Away with him! crucify him! crucify him! How fickle is the multitude! Even when they get right, there is but little hope that they will continue so long.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And the multitude said,…. Or the people, as the Vulgate Latin, and Munster’s Hebrew Gospel read; the common people, that went before, and followed after him: these knew Christ better than the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Scribes and Pharisees, and rulers of the people.
This is Jesus the prophet: that prophet Moses spoke of, in
De 18:15 and the nation of the Jews in general expected:
of Nazareth of Galilee; who, though he was not born there, yet being educated, and having lived much in that place, is said to be of it; and which was the common opinion of the people.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
11. Prophet of Nazareth of Galilee They do not style him Messiah, or king, or conqueror. He is simply a prophet.
Our Lord’s deeds of public authority are not terminated with his symbolical royal entry. He must perform a symbolical act of supreme priesthood. For he is both king and priest; Lord of the kingdom of God and the priest of the new ritual. And as in the former transaction he had fulfilled the memorable prophecy of Zechariah, so now he fulfils the promise in Mal 3:1-3. He should come, as Lord, suddenly, into his temple, and purify the sons of Levi. And the same remark may be made as in regard to the triumphal entry. Our Lord performed the act which is pictured in the image of the prophet.
A somewhat similar cleansing was performed by our Lord at the opening of his ministry, as now at its close. Joh 2:13-18. Doubtless Alford states the true reason why the first three Gospels omit any mention of that first cleansing, namely, that those three are nearly exclusively Galilean Gospels, until this entrance of our Lord into Jerusalem.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘And the crowds said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”
The triumphant reply then came back, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.” This brought out what the understanding of the crowds as a whole was, although some may have had greater expectations. They were welcoming Him as the great Prophet of Whom they were so proud. His identification as from Nazareth reminds us of Mat 2:23, and illustrates the fact that although He was born in Bethlehem and had moved to Capernaum around the time that He began His ministry, the place in which He was brought up from His earliest days was not forgotten. It was Nazareth that had placed its imprint on Jesus, and His memories from His earliest days were of there. That was His home. (I was born in Hull, and moved to London as a young man, but I grew up in Leeds from the age of five, and I have always looked on myself, and been looked on by others, as a Leeds man. It is the place of our upbringing, not necessarily our birth, that stamps itself upon us).
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Mat 21:11. And the multitude said, This is Jesus, &c. The multitude is the appellation which the sacred historians commonly give to Christ’sfriends; wherefore, as they are here said to have called him the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee, we may suppose that they did it with a view to mortify his enemies; as if they had said, “You have always affirmed that no prophet, no Messiah, can arise out of Galilee: what is your opinion now?”Jesus rode directly to the temple,but did not drive the buyers and sellers out this first day; for St. Mark expressly tells us, Mar 11:11 that it was evening by the time he got thither, and had looked round on all things: whence we learn, that the market in the temple, which he intended to prohibit, was over. It seems he stayed in Jerusalem but a little while. Having made his public appearance in the metropolis, received the title of Messiah openly from the multitude, and surveyed the temple, he left the city without doing any thing, to the great discouragement of the throng who had come in with him, expecting that he was immediately to have laid hold on the reins of government.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
Ver. 11. The prophet of Nazareth, &c. ] The arch-prophet they acknowledge him; but of Nazareth of Galilee. They had not profited so much, or made so far progress in the mystery of Christ, as to know him to have been born a Bethlehemite. And to nourish this error in the people it was, that the devil, that old impostor, Mar 1:24 , though he confessed Christ to be the “holy one of God,” yet he calleth him “Jesus of Nazareth.” Satan etsi semel videatur verax, millies est mendax et semper fallax, Satan never speaks truth, but with a mind to deceive.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
of = from. Greek. apo.
Nazareth. See note on Mat 2:23. App-169.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Mat 21:11. , the Prophet) Jesus was first acknowledged as a Prophet, then as Priest and King.- , of Nazareth) This was a customary appellation [for Him].
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
This: Mat 16:13, Mat 16:14, Deu 18:15-19, Luk 7:16, Joh 7:40, Joh 9:17, Act 3:22, Act 3:23, Act 7:37
of Nazareth: Mat 2:23, Joh 1:45, Joh 1:46, Joh 6:14
Reciprocal: Mat 21:46 – because Mat 26:69 – Jesus Mar 6:15 – a prophet Mar 10:47 – Jesus Mar 14:67 – Jesus Luk 18:36 – he Luk 24:19 – Concerning Joh 7:39 – Of Joh 18:5 – Jesus Act 2:7 – are
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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The multitude means the group that had been witnessing the entrance of Jesus into the city. They were aware of what was going on and what connection it had with the iden tity of Jesus, and they gave the information to the citizens.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Mat 21:11. The prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee. The Galileans may have spoken of him with some pride as a well known prophet, but they do not now declare that He is the Messiah. The question who is this? may have dampened their enthusiasm.