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Mat_11:1. Ἐκεῖθεν ] from where the sending out of the apostles took place. It is impossible to define the locality further; at all events Capernaum is not intended, but some open space (Mat_9:36) on the road, along which Jesus was at that time prosecuting His journey through Galilee (Mat_9:35). Whilst the Twelve were out on their missionary tour, Jesus continued His labours by Himself; and it was during this interval also that He was visited by the messengers from the Baptist. Where these latter happened to find Him, it is impossible to say. For the return of the Twelve, see note on Mat_11:25.
αὐτῶν ] in the towns of those to whom He came (the Galileans). Comp. Mat_4:23, Mat_9:35, Mat_12:9. Fritzsche refers αὐτῶν to the apostles: in which the apostles had already published the knowledge of the kingdom. Incorrectly, for the μετέβη , κ . τ . λ ., follows at once and immediately upon the conclusion of the instructions to the Twelve.
On the following section, see Wieseler in the Göttingen Vierteljahrschr. 1845, p. 197 ff.; Gams, Joh. d. T. im Gefängn. 1853; Gademann, in d. Luth. Zeitschr. 1852, 4; Grote, ibid. 1857, 3, p. 518 ff. Comp. also Erlang. Zeitschr. 1857, p. 167 ff.; Keim, II. p. 355 ff.