Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye hear and see:
And Jesus answering said to them, `Having gone, declare to John the things that ye hear and see,
And Jesus answering said to them, Go, report to John what ye hear and see.
Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Prophecy and fulfillment
Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
MannaFest topical index (legacy import; verified against ASV text 2026-07-21; founder-approved batch)
A picture of Christ
Isaiah 35:5The blind see, deaf hear, lame leap
MannaFest topical index (legacy import; verified against ASV text 2026-07-21; founder-approved batch)
Voices5
This last is no less than the first. And understand it as if it had been said, Even the poor; that so between noble and mean, rich and poor, there may be no difference in preaching. This approves the strictness of the master, this the truth of the teacher, that in His sight every one who can be saved is equal.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420patristic
Jesus answered and said unto them,.... Not by an express declaration, that he was the Messiah that was to come, and they were not to look for any other; but he bids them go, and show John again, those things which ye do hear and see.
John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed
Go and show John the things - ye do hear and see - Christ would have men to judge only of him and of others by their works. This is the only safe way of judging. A man is not to be credited because he professes to know such and such things; but because he demonstrates by his conduct that his pretensions are not vain.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
Now if the works of Christ agree with the words of the prophet, as it is plain they do, then no doubt but this is our God whom we have waited for, who shall come with a recompence; this is he who is so much wanted. (2.) Tell him what you hear of the preaching of his gospel, which accompanies his miracles. Faith, though confirmed by seeing, comes by hearing.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Art thou the Messiah promised, or not? It is taken for granted that the Messiah should come. It was one of the names by which he was known to the Old-Testament saints, he that cometh or shall come, Ps. cxviii.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The verses this one reaches5
Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me—or at least believe on account of the works themselves.
Large crowds came to Him, bringing the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and laid them at His feet, and He healed them.
The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.
