Matthew 11:3 (DRB)

Passage

Art thou he that art to come, or look we for another?

Nearby Context

Matthew 11:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he passed from thence, to teach and to preach in their cities.

Matthew 11:2 Now when John had heard in prison the works of Christ: sending two of his disciples he said to him:

Matthew 11:3 Art thou he that art to come, or look we for another?

Matthew 11:4 And Jesus making answer said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen.

Matthew 11:5 The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "come", "look", and "another". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "Now when John had heard in prison..." into verse 4's "And Jesus making answer said to them...", so "thou" and "come" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.