When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.
Matthew 11:1. And it happened that when Jesus had made an end In this passage Matthew means nothing more than that Christ did not desist from the exercise of his office, while the Apostles were laboring in another direction. As soon, therefore, as he sent them away, with the necessary instructions, to perambulate Judea, he performed the duties of a teacher in Galilee.
Christ's commission to His disciples was a binding command, not mere permission, necessity was laid upon them. When He departed from their company, He was like a nurse withdrawing her hand so the child learns to walk; they must learn to work without His bodily presence, gradually prepared for the day He would be gone much longer.
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Commenting on Matthew 11:1-6
MATTHEW CHAPTER 11 Verse 1. And it came to pass, etc. The directions to his apostles were given in the vicinity of Capernaum. He went from thence to preach in their cities; that is, in the cities in the vicinity of Capernaum, or in Galilee. He did not vet go into Judea.