Matthew 12:17

“That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying.] (<234201>Isaiah 42:1-4) not that Christ gave the above charge with this view, that this passage in Isaiah might have its accomplishment: but this is an observation of the evangelist, that what was now done by Christ, by his private departure from the Pharisees, being unwilling to irritate them more; by his preaching to the Idumeans, Tyrians, and Sidonians; by healing their diseases, and shunning all ostentation and popular applause; and prohibiting to tell who and where he was, was a fulfilling of this prophecy; in which the Holy Spirit foreknowing the disposition and actions of Christ, predicted them: which, when…”

“That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying-- (Isa 42:1).”

“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 authority, and was a strong advocate of Roman power. All the friends of the family of Herod were opposed to Christ, and ever ready to join any plot against his life. They remembered, doubtless, the attempts of Herod the Great against him when he was…”

“it: Mat 8:17, Mat 13:35, Mat 21:4; Isa 41:22, Isa 41:23, Isa 42:9, Isa 44:26; Luk 21:22, Luk 24:44; Joh 10:35, Joh 12:38, Joh 19:28; Act 13:27 saying: Isa 42:1-4 Matthew 12:18”