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Mat_11:2 ff. Comp. Luk_7:18 ff., where the account is introduced somewhat earlier, and where nothing is said about the prison (but see Luk_3:20).
ἀκούσας , κ . τ . λ .] Occasion of the message. See the note after Mat_11:5.
ἐν τῷ δεσμωτ .] in the fortress of Machaerus. Joseph. Antt. xviii. 5. 2. See on Mat_14:3. How John could hear anything of Jesus’ works in prison was possible in various ways; most naturally it was through his disciples, with whom he was permitted to have intercourse. Luk_7:18.
τὰ ἔργα ] are the deeds, the first element in the ποιεῖν τε καὶ διδάσκειν (Act_1:1). These were for the most part miracles, though there is no reason to suppose that they were exclusively so. See on Joh_5:36.
πέμψας ] absolutely, Xen. Anab. vii. 1. 2; Hell. iii. 2. 9; Thuc. i. 91. 2; Bornem. Schol. in Luc. p. lxv. The following διὰ τῶν μαθητ . αὐτοῦ belongs to εἶπεν αὐτῷ , not to πέμψας (de Wette), because this latter connection would involve the supposition of a Hebraism, ùÑÈìÇç áÌÀéÇã , 1Sa_16:20, 1Ki_2:25, Exo_4:13, which is in itself unnecessary.