Mat 11:4-6 | RWP | e4.org | The things which ye do hear and see ( α ακουετε κα βλεπετε ). This symbolical message was for John to interpret, not for them.

‏ Matthew 11:4-6

The things which ye do hear and see ( α ακουετε κα βλεπετε ). This symbolical message was for John to interpret, not for them.

And the dead are raised up ( κα νεκρο εγειροντα ). Like that of the son of the widow of Nain. Did he raise the dead also on this occasion? "Tell John your story over again and remind him of these prophetic texts, Isa 35:5; 61:1" (Bruce). The items were convincing enough and clearer than mere eschatological symbolism. "The poor" in particular have the gospel, a climax.

Whosoever shall find none occasion of stumbling in me ( ος αν μη σκανδαλισθη εν εμο ). Indefinite relative clause with first aorist passive subjunctive. This beatitude is a rebuke to John for his doubt even though in prison. Doubt is not a proof of superior intellect, scholarship, or piety. John was in the fog and that is the time not to make serious decisions. "In some way even the Baptist had found some occasion of stumbling in Jesus" (Plummer).