Robertson's Word Pictures of the NT
Matthew 12:18
My beloved
(ο αγαπητος μου). This phrase reminds one of Matthew 3:17 (the Father's words at Christ's baptism).
My beloved
(ο αγαπητος μου). This phrase reminds one of Matthew 3:17 (the Father's words at Christ's baptism).
Verse Matthew 12:18. _BEHOLD MY SERVANT_] This title was given to our blessed Lord in several prophecies. See Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 53:2. Christ assumes it,...
This account is found also in Mark 3:6. 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 attache...
9. THE REJECTION CONSUMMATED AND THE BROKEN RELATIONSHIP. CHAPTER 12 1. The Hungry Disciples and the Accusing Pharisees. (Matthew 12:1 .) 2. The Man with the Withered Hand Healed.(Matthew 12:10 .) 3...
MIRACLES OF HEALING (Mark 3:7 *, Luke 6:17). Mt. first condenses five verses of Mk. into one (the compression makes Jesus heal all who followed Him), and, fixing attention on Jesus-' avoidance of publ...
Because Jesus knew this, he withdrew from there: and many followed him and he healed them all; and he strictly enjoined them not to surround him with publicity. All this happened that there might be f...
CRISIS (Matthew 12:1-50) In Matthew 12:1-50 we read the history of a series of crucial events in the life of Jesus. In every man's life there are decisive moments, times and events on which the whole...
BEHOLD, &C. Quoted from Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 42:1. See App-107. SERVANT. Greek. _pais._ See App-108. CHOSEN. Greek. _hairetizo._ Occurs only here. IN. Greek. _eis_ (App-104.); but. A WH omit. Tr. re...
_my servant_ Israel as a nation is called the servant of Jehovah, Isaiah 41:8. Here the same title is given to Jesus, as the representative of the nation. _judgment_ The Hebrew word is used in a wider...
THE PHARISEES PLOT AGAINST JESUS, WHO RETIRES Mark 3:6-12; Luke 6:11-12...
Ὁ ΠΑΙ͂Σ ΜΟΥ. ‘My servant.’ In Isaiah’s prophecy, either (1) ‘the chosen one,’ whom Jehovah raised ‘from the north’ (Isaiah 41:25) _to do his will_, and bring about His people’s deliverance from the Ba...
Ver 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...
_THE PHARISEES REJECTED THE SAVIOR MATTHEW 12:1-21_ : The Bible is plain in showing that it is wrong to fail to be as strict as God intents. But, the Bible also shows that it is wrong to be stricter t...
ΠΑΊΣ (G3816) ребенок, слуга, подчиненный (TDNT). ΉΡΈΤΙΣΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΑΊΡΕΤΊΖΩ (G140) выбирать, ΕΎΔΌΚΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΕΎΔΟΚΈΩ (G2106) быть довольным чем-л., благоволить, находить удов...
DISCOURSE: 1352 THE COMPASSION OF CHRIST TOWARDS THE WEAK Matthew 12:18. Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall...
THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED, &C.— Concerning this prophesy, we refer the reader to the notes on Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 42:25 just observing, that it is not quoted here exactly according to the Hebrew orig...
SECTION 27 JESUS THE HEALING SERVANT OF JEHOVAH (Parallel: Mark 3:7-12) TEXT: 12:15-21 15. And Jesus perceiving _it_ withdrew from thence: and many followed him; and he healed them all, 16. and...
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. BEHOLD MY SERVANT, WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN...
27 See Joh_3:35; Joh_17:2. 28 It is this God-consciousness, this recognition of His hand in all things, and more especially in that which is opposed to His apparent will, which gives His slaves heart'...
PLUCKING CORN ON THE SABBATH. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST 1-8. Plucking the corn on the sabbath (Mark 2:23; Luke 6:1). This chapter begins the period of active conflict with the Pharisees. It is...
ANOTHER SABBATH CONTROVERSY. THE MAN WITH THE WITHERED HAND (Mark 3:1; Luke 6:6). The sequence is the same in all the evangelists. St. Luke mentions that this took place on another sabbath....
MY SERVANT] i.e. 'the Messiah.' Jesus is so called frequently in the Acts (Acts 3:13; Acts 3:26 RV; Acts 4:27; Acts 4:30 RV), also in the 'Didache.' He is hardly ever so call
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 12 QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE GOD’S REST DAY 12:1-14 Matthew gives two examples of the ‘*yoke’ of the *Jewish law: 1. The *disciples...
BEHOLD MY SERVANT. — The mysterious “servant of the Lord,” who is the central figure of the last part of Isaiah’s prophecies, appears sometimes as the representative of Israel’s righteousness, sometim...
Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1; Matthew 12:1 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1 HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our Evangelist's record of the Saviour'...
_Jesus retires; prophetic portraiture of His character_. Matthew 12:15-16 are abridged from Mark 3:7-12, which contains an account of an extensive healing ministry. The sequel of the Sabbatic encounte...
THE TESTIMONY OF DEEDS OF MERCY Matthew 12:15-23 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...
This chapter chronicles direct attacks on Christ. The first was petty and foolish. It is on the question of the Sabbath. The Master gives to His people the true conception of the sanctity of the Sabba...
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew (c) judgment to the Gentiles. (c) By judgment is meant a godly kin...
Behold my servant, &c. The words are out of the prophet Isaias, Chap. xli. 1. And it is observed that the Jews, before the coming of Jesus, used to expound them of their Messias. (Witham) --- Our Lord...
CHAPTER 15 THE FIRST AND SECOND COMING OF CHRIST Matthew 12:15-21. _“And Jesus, knowing, departed thence [i.e., when He ascertained that the Pharisees and Herodians were counseling to kill Him, He de...
CHAPTER 14 JESUS RETURNS TO GALILEE Matthew 12:1-18; Mark 2:23-28, and Luke 6:1-5. We find that our Lord spent but two weeks at Jerusalem during this tour, preaching and working miracles all the time...
"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...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_THE GENTLENESS OF CHRIST_ ‘Then the Pharisees went out … till He send forth judgment unto victory.’ Matthew 12:14 There are numbers of people who want far less words of reproof than words of sympa...
18._Lo, my servant, whom I have chosen. _To fix our attention more closely on his will, God points out by the finger, as it were, the person whom he is about to send; and this is the design of the exc...
At length the rejection of the nation, in consequence of their contempt of the Lord, is plainly shewn, as well as the cessation of all His relations with them as such, in order to bring out on God's p...
BEHOLD, MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN,.... These are the words of God the Father, speaking to the church, concerning Christ, as mediator; who, as such, is God's servant, employed by him, and obedient...
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. Ver. 18. _Behold my servant_] My servant...
_And charged them that they should not make him known_ Partly that he might avoid the envy and rage of his persecutors, and partly because the time was not yet come for him to declare himself openly t...
CHOSEN; to be the Messiah. SHOW JUDGMENT; make known the truth to the Gentiles, and thus bring them into obedience to himself and become their Lord and Judge. Compare Isaiah 2:2-4; Isaiah 11:10; Isaia...
BEHOLD MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN, MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL IS WELL PLEASED: I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM, AND HE SHALL SHOW JUDGMENT TO THE GENTILES....
Jesus retires:...
We have seen that Matthew groups events with a dispensational end in view, and chapter 12 shows a building up on Israel's part to a state of utter rejection of their Messiah. The expression "at that t...
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 exact...
OLBHeb;OLBGrk; The alteration is very little, and we must not expect to meet with quotations out of the Old Testament verbatim: it is enough that the sense is the same. BEHOLD MY SERVANT, WHOM I HAVE...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III and in His name shall the Gentiles trust."[140] Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments 3. Do you wish then to know in what manner the Word of God, who was...
Matthew 12:18 Behold G2400 (G5628) My G3450 Servant G3816 whom G3739 chosen G140 (G5656) My G3450 Beloved...
JESUS IS THE SERVANT OF YHWH AS PROMISED BY ISAIAH (12:15-21). The quotation from Isaiah in this passage is the central point in the chiasmus of this whole section from Matthew 11:1 to Matthew 12:50 ...
“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased.” The quotation tells us first to consider the One of Whom it speaks. He is the chosen Servant of YHWH, the One Who...
Matthew 12:18. BEHOLD MY SERVANT. The Greek word means both ‘son' and ‘servant' Christ as Messiah was obedient as a ‘servant' and dear as a ‘Son.' The latter thought comes into prominence in the next...
CHRONOLOGY. Mark and Luke place the events of this section just before the _choice of the Twelve_, which occurred during our Lord's retirement. The season of the year may have been April, at which tim...
GENTILES This too is most significant. The rejected King of Israel will turn to the Gentiles. Compare (Matthew 10:5). In fulfilment this awaited the official rejection, crucifixion, and resurrectio...
CONTENTS: Jesus announces Himself Lord of Sabbath, Controversy with Pharisees. Healing of the withered hand. A demoniac healed. The unpardonable sin. Death and resurrection foretold. Deficiency of sel...
Matthew 12:2. _Thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath- day._ The pharisees did not find fault with eating a few ears of barley in their hunger, while others enjoyed their fea...
HERE IS MY SERVANT. Christ came as a servant. (Philippians 2:6-11) I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT ON HIM. See Matthew 3:16-17. TO ALL PEOPLES. Not just to the Jews. Compare Mark 3:8....
_That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet: _ ISAIAH’S DESCRIPTION OF CHRIST I. When our Lord knew that the Pharisees were plotting His destruction, it is saw that he withdrew...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 12:18 MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN, MY BELOVED. The Father expresses this same delight in his Son at Jesus’ baptism (Matthew 3:17) and at
LARGE CROWDS FOLLOW JESUS MATTHEW 12:15-21; MARK 3:7-12; MATTHEW 12:15 But when Jesus knew [_it_], he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;...
1-50 CHAPTER XII. _At that time Jesus went through the corn fields_ (Through the crops of corn becoming white, or ripe), &c. Luke adds that this Sabbath was the first from the second (_Vulg_.); which...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 12:18. JUDGMENT.—The idea embodied in the prediction is that it would be the aim of the Messiah, as universal Judge, to put all things to rights among all nations. The judicia...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 12:1 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies (Matthew 12:1); (2) from his relations (Matthew 12:46-4
Shall we turn to the twelfth chapter of the gospel of Matthew? Jesus was not one to follow traditions. He's already pointed out in the Sermon on the Mount, that through their interpretation of the law...
1 Peter 2:4; 2 Peter 1:17; Acts 10:38; Acts 11:18; Acts 13:46;...
He shall show judgment to the heathens — That is, he shall publish the merciful Gospel to them also: the Hebrew word signifies either mercy or justice. Isaiah 42:1, &c....