Come to Me
After Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and preach in their cities. Matthew 11:1 · Berean Standard Bible
After finishing His instructions to the twelve disciples, Jesus continued on His way, teaching and preaching in the surrounding towns.
This is a transition moment in the story. Jesus has sent His disciples out and now continues His own public ministry.
Matthew the narrator is providing a bridge between two parts of the story.
With His disciples now equipped and sent out, Jesus does not rest. He presses on with His own mission, modeling the very work He just commissioned His followers to do.
This transitional verse marks the conclusion of Jesus' second major discourse (the missionary discourse) with the formulaic phrase 'when Jesus had finished' (hote etelesen), then notes His departure to teach and preach in 'their cities.'
Matthew uses this formula five times to close each of Jesus' major discourses. The shift from 'instructing' (diatassein) the Twelve to public teaching and preaching signals a new narrative section.
The narrator (Matthew) provides a transition between the missionary discourse and the next narrative section.
Matthew signals that a new phase begins: having equipped the Twelve, Jesus Himself continues His itinerant ministry of teaching and preaching in the towns of Galilee.
1After Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.
2Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples
3to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
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