Matthew 12:15

Matthew 12:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
• English Standard Version (ESV)Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. And many followed him, and he healed them all
• New King James Version (NKJV)But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all.
• New Living Translation (NLT)But Jesus knew what they were planning. So he left that area, and many people followed him. He healed all the sick among them,

Context of Matthew 12:15

13Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other. 14But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus. Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. 16He warned them not to tell others about him. 17This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

Matthew 12:15 word by word

Ὁ δὲ Ἰησοῦς γνοὺς ἀνεχώρησεν ἐκεῖθεν, καὶ ἠκολούθησαν αὐτῷ ὄχλοι πολλοί, καὶ ἐθεράπευσεν αὐτοὺς πάνταςRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But whenδέde · thenG1161
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• knewγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• he withdrew himselfἀναχωρέωanachōreō · to leaveG402
• from thenceἐκεῖθενekeithen · from thereG1564
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• greatπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• multitudesὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• followedἀκολουθέωakoloutheō · to followG190
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• he healedθεραπεύωtherapeuō · to serve/healG2323
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956

Cross-references for Matthew 12:15

• Matthew 10:23When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
• Luke 6:12One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.
• John 7:1After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him.
• John 10:40Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. There he stayed,
• John 11:54Therefore Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea. Instead he withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.
• Matthew 4:24News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them.
• Matthew 19:2Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.
• Mark 3:7Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.
• Mark 6:56And wherever he went—into villages, towns or countryside—they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.
• Luke 6:17He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon,
• John 9:4As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
• Galatians 6:9Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
• 1 Peter 2:21To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.

Commentaries on Matthew 12:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Jesus - withdrew himself from thence - It is the part of prudence and Christian charity not to provoke, if possible, the blind and the hardened; and to take from them the occasion of sin. A man of God is not afraid of persecution; but, as his aim is only to do good, by proclaiming every where the grace of the Lord Jesus, he departs from any place when he finds the obstacles to the accomplishment of his end are, humanly speaking, invincible, and that he…Read the comment
• 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. 1515. But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence--whither, our Evangelist says not; but Mark (Mr 3:7) says "it was to the sea"--to some distance, no doubt, from the scene of the miracle, the madness, and the plotting just recorded. and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all--Mark gives the following interesting details: "A great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from…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