Matthew 12:20

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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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he (d) send forth judgment unto victory. (d) He will pronounce sentenc...
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 fo...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

O smoking. Greek. tuphoomai. Occurs only here. 1 Timothy 3:6 ; 1 Timothy 6:4 ; 2 Timothy 3:4 . send forth . bring forth (what was before hid...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. Till he send out judgment into victory. The words of the prophet are a little different, he will bring forth the judgment unto truth....
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 i...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. A bruised reed shall he not break...
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, th...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And smoking flax, &c.— And a dimly burning taper he will not extinguish, till he render his laws victorious; or, till he hath made justice v...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. A bruised reed shall he no...
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 begin...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 men...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The bruised reed and the smoking flax (or, rather, 'dimly burning wick') in this connexion are the persons weak in body whom Jesus healed, and th...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A bruised reed shall he not break. — The prophet’s words described a character of extremest gentleness. The “bruised reed” is the type of one broke...
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...
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 b...
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 peop...
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 thenc...
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 peo...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A bruised reed shall he not break ,.... Various are the thoughts of interpreters, about what is meant by this, and by the smoking flax shall he no...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. Ver. 20. A bruised reed shall...
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 w...
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 re...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Malice of the Pharisees; Christ Withdraws Himself. 14 Then the Pharisees went...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He shall carry on his work with so little noise, that if he trod upon a bruised reed he should not break it. Or, he shall not despise the afflicted,...
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 t...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“A bruised reed he will he not break, and smoking flax he will not quench.” John was not a reed shaken with the wind ( Matthew 11:7 ), although a sl...
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...
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 b...
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 wer...
The Biblical Illustrator

A bruised reed shall He not break. The tenderness of Christ 1. The originality of Christ. It is easy to smile on the strong and prosperous: Chr...
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 (...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jesus retires:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A bruised reed shall He not break, and smoking flax shall He not quench, till He send forth judgment unto victory.
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A bruised reed — A convinced sinner: one that is bruised with the weight of sin: smoking flax — One that has the least good desire, the faintest sp...

²⁰ A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 12:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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