Matthew 11:2

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“Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples”

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BSBPD

“Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent by his disciples”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 11:2 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 1:17In all, then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ.
  2. Matthew 4:12When Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee.
  3. Matthew 9:14At that time John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
  4. Matthew 14:3Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
  5. Mark 6:17For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
  6. Luke 3:19But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,
  7. Luke 7:18Then John’s disciples informed him about all these things.
  8. John 3:24(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
  9. John 4:1When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
  10. Acts 19:1While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples

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