Matthew 12:15-23 - The Testimony Of Deeds Of Mercy
A reed is not of much account. You may see hundreds of them encircling a stagnant pond and bending before the breeze. A bruised reed is still more worthless to the eye of the world. Yet the Master does not despise a bruised or broken reed. No, He bends over it and tries to restore its shape. He makes out of it a reed-organ for music, or the paper manufacturers weave it into paper on which are printed His messages.
Flax does not burn readily. It only smolders. The spark runs feebly up the fibers; and anything like a flame is impossible. Such is our poor love. It sometimes seems but a spark. Yet Jesus does not despise it. So far from quenching it, He breathes on it, places it in the oxygen of His love, and screens it from the wind that would extinguish it.
How gentle, quiet and unobtrusive is our Master's behavior! He is so frugal of His resources, so careful that nothing be wasted, so eager to make the most of us. And it is out of such materials that He makes His ever-victorious army. [source]
Chapter Summary: Matthew 12
1Jesus reproves the blindness of the Pharisees concerning the Sabbath, 3by scripture, 9by reason, 13and by a miracle 22He heals a man possessed that was blind and mute; 24and confronting the absurd charge of casting out demons by Beelzebub, 32he shows that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall never be forgiven 36Account shall be made of idle words 38He rebukes the unfaithful, who seek after a sign, 46and shows who is his brother, sister, and mother
Greek Commentary for Matthew 12:17
That it might be fulfilled [ινα πληρωτηι] The final use of ινα hina and the sub-final just before (Matthew 12:16). The passage quoted is Isaiah 42:1-4 “a very free reproduction of the Hebrew with occasional side glances at the Septuagint” (Bruce), possibly from an Aramaic collection of Testimonia (McNeile). Matthew applies the prophecy about Cyrus to Christ. [source]
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular
Root: Ἠσαί̈ας
Sense: a famous Hebrew prophet who prophesied in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah.
Greek Commentary for Matthew 12:17
The final use of ινα hina and the sub-final just before (Matthew 12:16). The passage quoted is Isaiah 42:1-4 “a very free reproduction of the Hebrew with occasional side glances at the Septuagint” (Bruce), possibly from an Aramaic collection of Testimonia (McNeile). Matthew applies the prophecy about Cyrus to Christ. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Matthew 12:17
The Hebrew word for young woman is translated by virgin See note on Matthew 2:15, Matthew 2:23; Matthew 4:14-17; Matthew 8:17; Matthew 12:17-21; Matthew 13:35; Matthew 21:4.; John 12:38.; John 13:18; John 19:24, John 19:28, John 19:36. [source]