Mattheüs 12:17

17 Opdat vervuld zou worden, hetgeen gesproken is door Jesaja, den profeet, zeggende:

Mattheüs 12:17 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 12:17

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the
prophet, saying.
] ( Isaiah 42:1-4 ) not that Christ gave the above charge with this view, that this passage in Isaiah might have its accomplishment: but this is an observation of the evangelist, that what was now done by Christ, by his private departure from the Pharisees, being unwilling to irritate them more; by his preaching to the Idumeans, Tyrians, and Sidonians; by healing their diseases, and shunning all ostentation and popular applause; and prohibiting to tell who and where he was, was a fulfilling of this prophecy; in which the Holy Spirit foreknowing the disposition and actions of Christ, predicted them: which, when considered, must be looked upon as a very large proof of the truth of his being the Messiah. For that this prophecy belongs to the Messiah, is owned by the Jews themselves ^F11.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Targum & Kimchi in loc. Abarbinel Mashmia Jeshua, fol. 9. 1, 2. & 10. 1, 2. & 21. 2. & in Is. fol 64. 3, 4. R. Isaac Chizzuk Emuna, p. 299.

Mattheüs 12:17 In-Context

15 Maar Jezus, dat wetende, vertrok van daar, en vele scharen volgden Hem, en Hij genas ze allen.

16 En Hij gebood hun scherpelijk, dat zij Hem niet openbaar maken zouden;

17 Opdat vervuld zou worden, hetgeen gesproken is door Jesaja, den profeet, zeggende:

18 Ziet, Mijn Knecht, Welken Ik verkoren heb, Mijn Beminde, in Welken Mijn ziel een welbehagen heeft; Ik zal Mijn Geest op Hem leggen, en Hij zal het oordeel den heidenen verkondigen.

19 Hij zal niet twisten, noch roepen, noch zal er iemand Zijn stem op de straten horen.