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Matthew 12:17
17This happened so that what the prophet Isaiah had spoken long ago became true. Isaiah wrote what God said:
Matthew 12:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
- New International Version (NIV)This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
- English Standard Version (ESV)This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
- New King James Version (NKJV)that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
Context of Matthew 12:17
15Jesus knew that the Pharisees wanted to kill him. So he went away from that place. A large crowd of people followed him. He made all the sick people become well again. 16He said to these people, ‘You must not tell anyone about me.’ This happened so that what the prophet Isaiah had spoken long ago became true. Isaiah wrote what God said: 18‘Here is my servant. I have chosen him to serve me. I love him and he makes me very happy. I will give him the strength of my Spirit. He will tell all the nations that I will judge them fairly. 19He will not argue with people. He will not shout at them. People will not hear his loud voice in the streets.
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ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος·Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Matthew 12:17
- Matthew 8:17Jesus did this so that the words of the prophet Isaiah would become true: ‘He took away everything that makes us weak. He carried away everything that makes us ill.’
- Matthew 13:35So what God's prophet had said long ago now became true: ‘I will use stories when I speak to them. And I will teach them secret things. People have never learned these things before, since the world began.’
- Matthew 21:4A prophet had spoken a message from God about this long ago. Now it became true.
- Isaiah 41:22Bring your idols into court. Let them tell us what will happen in future years. Let them tell us what happened in the past. Then we can think about those things. We will understand what happened in the end. Or ask them to tell us about future events!
- Isaiah 42:9Everything that I promised in the past has happened as I said that it would happen. Now I will tell you about new things. Before they start to happen, I will tell you about them.’
- Isaiah 44:26But I do the things that my servants say will happen. I show that my prophets' messages are true. I say about Jerusalem, “People will live there again.” I say about the towns in Judah, “I will cause people to build them again, so that they are no longer heaps of stones.”
- Luke 21:22This is when God will punish Israel's people. Then all the things will happen that his servants wrote about in the Bible.
- Luke 24:44Then he said to them, ‘I told you about these things while I was still with you. Everything that God's servants wrote about me in the Bible had to happen. Moses wrote about me in his book of God's Law. The prophets also wrote about me. The book called Psalms also tells about me. And now it has become true.’
- John 10:35God called the people to whom he spoke “gods”. And you know that the Bible always remains true.
- John 12:38This showed that the prophet Isaiah had spoken true words when he said: ‘Lord, has anyone believed our message? You have shown how powerful you are, but nobody has really understood.’
- John 19:28After this, Jesus knew that everything was now finished. Then he said, ‘I am thirsty.’ He said this so that things would happen in the way the Bible already said.
- Acts 13:27The people who were living in Jerusalem, and their leaders, did not understand about Jesus. They did not know that he was God's special man. Every Jewish day of rest, someone reads aloud the messages of God's prophets. But the people in Jerusalem did not understand. Instead, they said that Jesus had done bad things. They said that he should die. In that way, they caused the message of the prophets to become true.
- Isaiah 42:1‘Here is my servant. I give him strength. I have chosen him. He makes me very happy. I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
Commentaries on Matthew 12:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14-21Verses 14-21 This account is found also in Mark 3:6-12. Matthew 12:14 The Pharisees held a council - Mark adds that the Herodians also took a part in this plot. They were probably a “political” party attached firmly to Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, tetrarch of Galilee. He was the same man who had imprisoned and beheaded John the Baptist, and to whom the Saviour, when arraigned, was sent by Pilate. See the notes at Luke 3:1. He was under Roman…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-21Verses 14-21 The Pharisees took counsel to find some accusation, that Jesus might be condemned to death. Aware of their design, as his time was not come, he retired from that place. Face does not more exactly answer to face in water, than the character of Christ drawn by the prophet, to his temper and conduct as described by the evangelists. Let us with cheerful confidence commit our souls to so kind and faithful a Friend. Far from breaking, he will…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-21This summary of the ministry of Jesus explains that Jesus is the Messiah, God's servant who will bring salvation to all nations (see Isaiah 42:1–4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying--(Is 42:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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