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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Berean Literal 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,

Smith's Literal Translation
For all the prophets, And the law prophesied till John.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John:

Catholic Public Domain Version
For all the prophets and the law prophesied, even until John.

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

New Revised Standard Version
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John came;
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
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.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
For all the prophets and the law prophesied till John;

Godbey New Testament
For all the prophets and the law prophesied till John.

Haweis New Testament
For all the prophets and the law until John, foretold this.

Mace New Testament
for all the prophets and the law were your guides, till the coming of John.

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

Worrell New Testament
for all the prophets and the law prophesied until John;

Worsley New Testament
For all the prophets, and the law, did no more than prophesy, till John came:

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
Luke 16:16
The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

Galatians 3:24
So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Hebrews 1:1-2
On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets. / But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.

Romans 3:21
But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets.

John 1:17
For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Acts 10:43
All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”

1 Peter 1:10-12
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully, / trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. / It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

Romans 10:4
For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.

Luke 24:44
Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”

John 5:39
You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

Acts 3:18
But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.

2 Corinthians 3:14-16
But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed. / And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. / But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

Isaiah 53:1-12
Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? / He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him. / He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. ...

Jeremiah 31:31-34
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. / It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD. / “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. ...

Malachi 3:1
“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.


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.














For all the prophets and the Law
This phrase refers to the entirety of the Old Testament, which is often summarized as "the Law and the Prophets." The "Law" (Torah) includes the first five books of the Bible, traditionally attributed to Moses, and the "Prophets" encompass the writings of the prophets who spoke God's word to Israel. This phrase underscores the continuity of God's revelation from the Old Testament to the New Testament. The Greek word for "prophets" (προφῆται, prophētai) indicates those who were divinely inspired to speak God's truth, often foretelling future events. Historically, the Law and the Prophets were the foundation of Jewish religious life, guiding moral, ceremonial, and civil conduct.

prophesied
The Greek word used here is "προεφήτευσαν" (proephēteusan), which means to foretell or speak under divine inspiration. This indicates that the messages delivered by the prophets were not merely human words but were inspired by God. The act of prophesying in the biblical context often involved calling people back to faithfulness to God, warning of judgment, and offering hope of future redemption. The prophets served as God's mouthpieces, and their messages were integral to preparing the way for the coming of the Messiah.

until John
This phrase marks a significant transition in the biblical narrative. John the Baptist is seen as the last of the Old Testament prophets and the forerunner to Christ. The Greek word "ἕως" (heōs) means "until," indicating a point of culmination. John's ministry was pivotal because he directly prepared the way for Jesus, the Messiah, fulfilling the prophecies of the Old Testament. Historically, John is a bridge between the old covenant and the new, heralding the arrival of the Kingdom of Heaven. His role was unique, as he not only prophesied about the coming Messiah but also identified Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

(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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