Matthew 12:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. ”

• Matthew 12:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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...

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• Matthew 12:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Miracles of Healing ( Mark 3:7-12 *, Luke 6:17-19 ). Mt. first condenses five verses of Mk. into one (the compression makes Jesus heal all who followed Him), and, fixing attention on Jesus-' avoi...

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• Matthew 12:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  strive . contend. Greek. erizo. Occurs only here. Cry . make outcry or clamour.

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• Matthew 12:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  19. He will not strive The general meaning is, that the coming of Christ will not be attended by noise, will have nothing of royal splendor and magnificence. He presently adds, that this wil...

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• Matthew 12:19 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1352 THE COMPASSION OF CHRIST TOWARDS THE WEAK Matthew 12:18-21 . Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, and...

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• Matthew 12:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. He shall not strive, nor cry - The spirit of Christ is not a spirit of contention, murmuring, clamor, or litigiousne...

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• Matthew 12:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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...

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• Matthew 12:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.

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• Matthew 12:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Matthew 12:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  He shall not strive, nor cry. — The words point to the pervading calmness which had impressed itself upon the mind of the Evangelist, and which stood out in marked contrast to the wrangling of Jewi...

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• Matthew 12:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1-30 ; Matthew 12:1-50 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1-30 HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our Evangelist's recor...

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• Matthew 12:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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 stil...

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• Matthew 12:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 Sabb...

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• Matthew 12:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  "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 heale...

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• Matthew 12:19 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  THE GENTLENESS OF CHRIST ‘Then the Pharisees went out … till He send forth judgment unto victory.’ Matthew 12:14-20 There are numbers of people who want far less words of reproof than words...

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• Matthew 12:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  He shall not strive ,.... Or contend in a wrangling way, as the disputers of this world do about words to no profit, and for the sake of victory only, and popular applause, but shall choose rather t...

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• Matthew 12:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. Ver. 19. He shall not strive ] To bear away the bell from others. Nor cry ] "Nor lift up his voice," saith t...

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• Matthew 12:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Matthew 12:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Matthew 12:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Malice of the Pharisees; Christ Withdraws Himself.       14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they mig...

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• Matthew 12:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  These words declare the meekness, and gentleness, and modesty of our blessed Saviour. His meekness, that he should not do his work in any passion or roughness, nor carry on his kingdom with any strif...

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• Matthew 12:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Matthew 12:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 j...

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• Matthew 12:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Matthew 12:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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 with...

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• Matthew 12:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Matthew 12:1-40 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies ( Matthew 12:1-40 ); (2) from his relations ( Matthew 12:46-40 ); ,and the manner in which he de...

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• Matthew 12:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Jesus retires:

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• Matthew 12:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Corinthians 10:1 ; 2 Timothy 2:24 ; 2 Timothy 2:25 ; John 18:36-38 ; Luke 17:20 ; Matthew 11:29 ; Zechariah 9:9

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• Matthew 12:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  He shall not strive, nor clamour; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets — That is, he shall not be contentious, noisy, or ostentatious: but gentle, quiet, and lowly. We may observe ea...

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