Matthew 12:17
This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
In Context
16and warned them not to make him known.
Cross References
Matthew 13:35This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables; I will declare things hidden from the foundation of the world.”
Luke 21:22For those will be days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.
John 10:35If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
John 19:28After this, when Jesus saw that everything was now finished, in order to fulfill the Scripture he said, “I am thirsty.”
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 →