Matthew 12:17
New International Version
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

New Living Translation
This fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah concerning him:

English Standard Version
This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

Berean Standard Bible
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

Berean Literal Bible
so that it might be fulfilled that having been spoken by the prophet Isaiah, saying:

King James Bible
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

New King James Version
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:

New American Standard Bible
This happened so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled:

NASB 1995
This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:

NASB 1977
in order that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, might be fulfilled, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
in order that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled, saying,

Amplified Bible
This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

Christian Standard Bible
so that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

American Standard Version
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

Contemporary English Version
So God's promise came true, just as Isaiah the prophet had said,

English Revised Version
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So what the prophet Isaiah had said came true:

Good News Translation
He did this so as to make come true what God had said through the prophet Isaiah:

International Standard Version
This was to fulfill what was declared by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

Majority Standard Bible
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

NET Bible
This fulfilled what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet:

New Heart English Bible
This was to fulfill what had been spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,

Weymouth New Testament
that those words of the Prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled,

World English Bible
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

Berean Literal Bible
so that it might be fulfilled that having been spoken by the prophet Isaiah, saying:

Young's Literal Translation
that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

Smith's Literal Translation
So that that spoken by the prophet Esaias might be completed, saying,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying:

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah was fulfilled, saying:

New American Bible
This was to fulfill what had been spoken through Isaiah the prophet:

New Revised Standard Version
This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
So that what was said by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, who said,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
That the thing would be fulfilled that was spoken by Isaiah the Prophet which says:
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
that the word might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:

Godbey New Testament
In order that the word spoken by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying,

Haweis New Testament
That what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, saying,

Mace New Testament
so that what was said by Esaias the prophet, was fulfill'd;

Weymouth New Testament
that those words of the Prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled,

Worrell New Testament
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

Worsley New Testament
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Behold my servant whom I have chosen,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
God's Chosen Servant
16warning them not to make Him known. 17This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: 18“Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.…

Cross References
Isaiah 42:1-4
“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations. / He will not cry out or raise His voice, nor make His voice heard in the streets. / A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice. ...

Matthew 8:17
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”

John 12:38-41
This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” / For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says: / “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.” ...

Romans 15:8-12
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs, / so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.” / Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.” ...

Isaiah 53:1-3
Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? / He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him. / He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

1 Peter 2:22-24
“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.” / When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly. / He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

Luke 4:17-21
the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written: / “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed, / to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” ...

Acts 8:32-35
The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth. / In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.” / “Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” ...

Hebrews 2:14-17
Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil, / and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. / For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham. ...

Isaiah 11:1-5
Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit. / The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD. / And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear, ...

Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, / to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn, / to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Philippians 2:6-8
Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, / but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. / And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.

Isaiah 49:1-6
Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me. / He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver. / He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.” ...

Romans 10:16-21
But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” / Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. / But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.” ...


Treasury of Scripture

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

it.

Matthew 8:17
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.

Matthew 13:35
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

Matthew 21:4
All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

saying.

Isaiah 42:1-4
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles…

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Matthew 12
1. Jesus reproves the blindness of the Pharisees concerning the Sabbath,
3. by scripture,
9. by reason,
13. and by a miracle.
22. He heals a man possessed that was blind and mute;
24. and confronting the absurd charge of casting out demons by Beelzebub,
32. he shows that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall never be forgiven.
36. Account shall be made of idle words.
38. He rebukes the unfaithful, who seek after a sign,
46. and shows who is his brother, sister, and mother.














This was to fulfill
The phrase "This was to fulfill" indicates a direct connection between the actions of Jesus and the prophecies of the Old Testament. The Greek word for "fulfill" is "plēroō," which means to complete or bring to full expression. In a conservative Christian perspective, this highlights the divine orchestration of events, showing that Jesus' life and ministry were not random but were the culmination of God's redemptive plan as foretold by the prophets. It underscores the reliability and authority of Scripture, affirming that God's promises are trustworthy and will come to pass.

what was spoken
The phrase "what was spoken" emphasizes the oral tradition and the prophetic utterances that were later recorded in Scripture. The Greek word "laleō" is used here, which means to speak or to utter words. This reflects the importance of the spoken word in the Jewish tradition, where prophets were seen as the mouthpieces of God. In a historical context, this underscores the continuity of God's revelation from the Old Testament to the New Testament, affirming that Jesus is the fulfillment of the prophetic word.

through the prophet
The phrase "through the prophet" refers to the human instrumentality in the delivery of divine messages. The Greek word "dia" (through) indicates agency, showing that while the prophets were human, their messages were divinely inspired. This highlights the role of prophets as intermediaries between God and His people. From a conservative Christian viewpoint, this affirms the belief in the inspiration of Scripture, where God used human authors to convey His eternal truths.

Isaiah
Isaiah is one of the major prophets in the Old Testament, known for his messianic prophecies. The mention of Isaiah here is significant because his writings contain some of the most explicit predictions about the coming Messiah. Historically, Isaiah's prophecies were given during a tumultuous time in Israel's history, offering hope and pointing to a future deliverer. In the context of Matthew 12:17, referencing Isaiah serves to validate Jesus' messianic identity and mission, showing that He is the promised Savior who fulfills the ancient prophecies. This connection between Jesus and Isaiah's prophecies is a powerful testament to the divine plan of salvation that spans both Testaments.

(17) That it might be fulfilled.--The quotation of Isaiah 42:1 (not from the LXX., but in a free translation from the Hebrew) in reference to this reserve and reticence, and therefore in a sense which seems to us to fall far short of its full meaning, shows how deep an impression it had made on the mind of the Evangelist in connection with our Lord's conduct. One who united thus the attributes of divine power with such entire freedom from the ostentation of ambition could be none other than the true ideal King.

Verse 17. - That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying (Isaiah 42:1-4). The following quotation is not taken from the LXX., but from the Hebrew, and this it largely paraphrases.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
This was
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

to fulfill
πληρωθῇ (plērōthē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4137: From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc.

what
τὸ (to)
Article - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

was spoken
ῥηθὲν (rhēthen)
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2046: Probably a fuller form of rheo; an alternate for epo in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. Speak or say.

through
διὰ (dia)
Preposition
Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

prophet
προφήτου (prophētou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 4396: From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet.

Isaiah:
Ἠσαΐου (Ēsaiou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2268: Isaiah, the prophet. Of Hebrew origin; Hesaias, an Israelite.


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