Matthew 11:8
But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.
KJV
ἀλλὰ τί ἐξήλθατε ἰδεῖν; ἄνθρωπον ἐν μαλακοῖς ἠμφιεσμένον; ἰδοὺ οἱ τὰ μαλακὰ φοροῦντες ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις τῶν βασιλέων.
Greek NT
Sed quid existis videre ? hominem mollibus vestitum ? Ecce qui mollibus vestiuntur, in domibus regum sunt.
Vulgate
But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft raiment are in kings’ houses.
ASV
But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
βασιλεύς
basileus
noun · 115×
μαλακός
malakos
adjective · 4×
οἶκος
oikos
noun · 115×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
φορέω
phoreo
verb · 6×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀμφιέννυμι
amphiennumi
verb · 4×
ἄνθρωπος
anthropos
noun · 549×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: μαλακοῖς | WH/Treg/NIV: μαλακοῖς | RP: + ἱματίοις
- μαλακοῖς — SBLGNT
- μαλακοῖς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἱματίοις — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: βασιλέων | WH/Treg/NIV: βασιλέων | RP: βασιλείων
- βασιλέων — SBLGNT
- βασιλέων — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- βασιλείων — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: εἰσίν | Treg/NIV/RP: εἰσίν
- εἰσίν — SBLGNT
- εἰσίν — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Homilies on Matthew · 2 passages
2. Now that on this account Christ came to His baptism, is from this evident. But wherefore was this baptism devised for Him? For that not of himself did the son of Zacharias proceed to this, but of God who moved him — this Luke also declares, when he says, The word of the Lord came unto him, Luke 3:2 that is, His commandment. And he himself too says, He that sent me to baptize…
2. When therefore as well by the place, as by his garments, and by their concourse unto Him, He had delineated his character, He proceeds to bring in the prophet. For having said, Why went ye out? To see a prophet? Yea I say unto you, and more than a prophet; He goes on, For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before Your face, which shall prepare Your…
1. There are two kinds of consolation, apparently opposed to one another, but yet contributing great strength each to the other; both of which he has here put forward. The one is when we say that persons have suffered much: for the soul is refreshed, when it has many witnesses of its own sufferings, and this he introduced above, saying, Call to mind the former days, in which af…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 22:10 — And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied befo
- 1Tim 2:9 — In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
- 2Cor 11:27 — In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
- 2Kgs 1:8 — And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
- Esth 5:1 — Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in t
- Esth 8:15 — And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced an
- Isa 20:2 — At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
- John 4:38 — I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
- Matt 3:4 — And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
- Matt 3:4 — And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
- Zech 13:4 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: