Matthew 12:18
HEN AVDI ETMACH BO, BECHIRI RATZTAH NAFSHI, NATATI RUCHI ALAV, MISHPAT LAGOYIM YOTZI, (Here is my Servant, whom I uphold, my Chosen One in whom my Soul delights, I will put my Spirit on him, he will bring Justice to the Nations),
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17This was to fulfill what was spoken through Yeshayah HaNavi, saying,
Cross References
Psalms 89:19For Hashem is our mogen; 1 and the Kadosh Yisroel is Malkeinu (our king). 1
Isaiah 32:15Until the Ruach + 32:15 Hakodesh be poured 1 upon us from on high, 1 and the midbar become a carmel (fruitful field), 1 and the carmel become a ya'ar (forest). 1
Isaiah 49:1Listen, O iyim (islands), unto Me; + 49:1 Moshiach 1 and pay heed, ye nations afar off; 1 Hashem hath called Me from the beten (belly, womb), + 49:1 See Isa 7:14; Gn 3:15; Ps 22:9 f; Mic 5:1-2 1 from the inward parts of immi hath He remembered My Shem. 1
Isaiah 52:13Hinei, Avdi + 52:13 Moshiach, see Zech 3:8 shall act wisely, 1 he shall be raised and be lifted up, and be highly exalted. 1
Isaiah 59:20And the Go'el (Redeemer, Moshiach) shall come to Tziyon, 1 and unto them that make teshuva and turn from peysha (rebellion) in Ya'akov, 1 saith Hashem. + 59:20 See Ro 11:26
Isaiah 61:1The Ruach + 61:1 Hakodesh of Adonoi Hashem is upon me, + 61:1 Moshiach 1 because Hashem mashach (hath anointed) me + 61:1 Moshiach 1 to preach besurah (good news, glad tidings) unto the anavim (meek, poor, oppressed); 1 He hath sent me to bind up the nishberei lev (the brokenhearted), 1 to proclaim deror (freedom, liberty) for the shevuyim ([Golus] captives), 1 and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 1
Matthew Henry on Matthew 12:15-22
The Malice of the Pharisees; Christ Withdraws Himself. 14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. 15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; 16 And charged them that they should not make him known: 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him,… Read the whole commentary →