And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people [or 'multitude' ho (G3588 ) ochlos (G3793 )], rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. This remark of the Evangelist attests its own artless truth: the resistless force and pungency of the rebuke not only stung His adversaries, but made them feel themselves thoroughly exposed; while the instantaneous cure of this chronic malady, and more than all, the outburst of divine benevolence which vindicated the act, from its own intrinsic superiority to all acts of mercy toward the lower creation, carried the acclaim of the unsophisticated people.
For remarks on this section, see the notes at Matthew 12:9-21, Remarks 1, 2, 4, at the close of that section.