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Matthew 11:10-12
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Matthew 11:10-12
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
10 This one is about whom it has been written [in Mal 3:1]: ‘Behold— I am sending-forth My messenger ahead of Your presence, who will make Your way ready in front of You’. 11 Truly I say to you, a greater[a] one than John the Baptist has not arisen among ones born of women. But the least[b] one in the kingdom of the heavens is greater[c] than he. 12 But the kingdom of the heavens is being treated-violently[d] from the days of John the Baptist until now, and violent ones are snatching it away.
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- Matthew 11:11 That is, greater in character, in obedience to God; or, greater in what John would know and do with regard to the Messiah.
- Matthew 11:11 Or, lesser.
- Matthew 11:11 That is, in privilege, as adult family members, co-heirs with the King. John belongs to the OT period of childhood.
- Matthew 11:12 treated violently... violent ones are snatching it away. That is, the kingdom is being attacked by enemies like Herod and the Pharisees, who are snatching away the people and the message of the kingdom; or, the kingdom is ‘forcefully advancing’ (or passively, is being forced, taken by storm), and the ‘forceful’ (in a positive sense, the spiritually bold) are ‘seizing hold’ of it; or, the kingdom is ‘suffering violence’, and the violent ones (like the Zealots) are trying to establish it by force.
Disciples’ Literal New Testament (DLNT) 
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing
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