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Matthew 12:15
But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew Himself from thence; and great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all,
But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew Himself from thence; and great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all,
MATTHEW 12:15 @o;cloi# polloi, {C} While it is possible that through homoeoteleuton o;cloi may have accidentally fallen out, it is slightly more probable that scribes, influenced by the familiar phra...
Verse Matthew 12:15. _JESUS - WITHDREW HIMSELF FROM THENCE_] It is the part of prudence and Christian charity not to provoke, if possible, the blind and the hardened; and to take from them the occasi...
This account is found also in Mark 3:6. 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 attache...
9. THE REJECTION CONSUMMATED AND THE BROKEN RELATIONSHIP. CHAPTER 12 1. The Hungry Disciples and the Accusing Pharisees. (Matthew 12:1 .) 2. The Man with the Withered Hand Healed.(Matthew 12:10 .) 3...
MIRACLES OF HEALING (Mark 3:7 *, Luke 6:17). Mt. first condenses five verses of Mk. into one (the compression makes Jesus heal all who followed Him), and, fixing attention on Jesus-' avoidance of publ...
CRISIS (Matthew 12:1-50) In Matthew 12:1-50 we read the history of a series of crucial events in the life of Jesus. In every man's life there are decisive moments, times and events on which the whole...
Because Jesus knew this, he withdrew from there: and many followed him and he healed them all; and he strictly enjoined them not to surround him with publicity. All this happened that there might be f...
FROM THENCE. thence, as in Matthew 12:9....
_he withdrew himself from thence_ See ch. Matthew 10:23. Jesus follows the principle which He laid down for His disciples" guidance....
ἈΝΕΧΏΡΗΣΕΝ ἘΚΕΙ͂ΘΕΝ. See ch. Matthew 10:23. Jesus follows the principle which He laid down for his disciples’ guidance....
THE PHARISEES PLOT AGAINST JESUS, WHO RETIRES Mark 3:6-12; Luke 6:11-12...
Ver 14. 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...
_THE PHARISEES REJECTED THE SAVIOR MATTHEW 12:1-21_ : The Bible is plain in showing that it is wrong to fail to be as strict as God intents. But, the Bible also shows that it is wrong to be stricter t...
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BUT WHEN JESUS KNEW IT— _But Jesus knowing it withdrew._...
SECTION 27 JESUS THE HEALING SERVANT OF JEHOVAH (Parallel: Mark 3:7-12) TEXT: 12:15-21 15. And Jesus perceiving _it_ withdrew from thence: and many followed him; and he healed them all, 16. and...
But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; BUT WHEN JESUS KNEW IT, HE WITHDREW HIMSELF FROM THENCE - where, our Evangelist s...
27 See Joh_3:35; Joh_17:2. 28 It is this God-consciousness, this recognition of His hand in all things, and more especially in that which is opposed to His apparent will, which gives His slaves heart'...
12:15 knowing (a-3) _ Ginosko_ , ver. 15, objective knowledge. In ver. 25 it is _ Oida_ , conscious knowledge. See Note, 1 Corinthians 8:1 ....
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. It is...
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 mentions that this took place on another sabbath....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 12 QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE GOD’S REST DAY 12:1-14 Matthew gives two examples of the ‘*yoke’ of the *Jewish law: 1. The *disciples...
HE WITHDREW HIMSELF FROM THENCE. — The coalition of the two dominant parties led to a temporary retirement from Capernaum as the usual scene of His labours. In this matter He was setting forth in act,...
Chapter 10 The Shadow of the Cross - Matthew 11:1; Matthew 12:1 I-DISCOURAGEMENTS. Matthew 11:1 HITHERTO almost everything has been hopeful and encouraging in our Evangelist's record of the Saviour'...
_Jesus retires; prophetic portraiture of His character_. Matthew 12:15-16 are abridged from Mark 3:7-12, which contains an account of an extensive healing ministry. The sequel of the Sabbatic encounte...
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 still more...
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 Sabba...
CHAPTER 14 JESUS RETURNS TO GALILEE Matthew 12:1-18; Mark 2:23-28, and Luke 6:1-5. We find that our Lord spent but two weeks at Jerusalem during this tour, preaching and working miracles all the time...
CHAPTER 15 THE FIRST AND SECOND COMING OF CHRIST Matthew 12:15-21. _“And Jesus, knowing, departed thence [i.e., when He ascertained that the Pharisees and Herodians were counseling to kill Him, He de...
"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 healed...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
_THE GENTLENESS OF CHRIST_ ‘Then the Pharisees went out … till He send forth judgment unto victory.’ Matthew 12:14 There are numbers of people who want far less words of reproof than words of sympa...
At length the rejection of the nation, in consequence of their contempt of the Lord, is plainly shewn, as well as the cessation of all His relations with them as such, in order to bring out on God's p...
BUT WHEN JESUS KNEW IT,.... Their consultation against him, as he did, not by any discovery made to him by men, but as the omniscient God; he withdrew himself from thence; from the synagogue and city,...
But when Jesus knew _it_, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; Ver. 15. _Great multitudes followed him_] Maugre the malice of earth and hell. Th...
_Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him_ They were so incensed at the affront which they imagined they had received, in our Lord's neglecting their censure, and intimating his kno...
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 t...
14-21 The Pharisees took counsel to find some accusation, that Jesus might be condemned to death. Aware of their design, as his time was not come, he retired from that place. Face does not more exact...
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Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI And again in another place, as the multitudes stood in need of healing, it is said, "Many multitudes followed Him and He healed them."[31]...
Matthew 12:15 But G1161 Jesus G2424 knew G1097 (G5631) withdrew G402 (G5656) there G1564 And G2532 great...
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 12:50 ...
‘And Jesus perceiving it withdrew from there, and many followed him, and he healed them all, and charged them that they should not make him known.' Jesus, perceiving the attitude of the Pharisees, wit...
THE MAN WITH THE WITHERED HAND (12:9-16). Having described the rejection of Himself and John by the general people, the rejection of His Messianic signs by the local towns, and the hostility of the P...
CONTROVERSY WITH THE PHARISEES ABOUT THE SABBATH. THE SON OF MAN IS LORD OF THE SABBATH (12:1-16). In the last passage Matthew has depicted words of Jesus concerning the heavy burden of the Law and th...
CHRONOLOGY. Mark and Luke place the events of this section just before the _choice of the Twelve_, which occurred during our Lord's retirement. The season of the year may have been April, at which tim...
Matthew 12:15. WITHDREW. Not from fear, but to carry out His ministry without interruption from these plotters. MANY. ‘Multitudes' is to be omitted. It is evident that our Lord did not wish to avoid...
PERCEIVING (γνους). Second aorist active participle of γινωσκω. Jesus read their very thoughts. They were now plain to any one who saw their angry countenances....
CONTENTS: Jesus announces Himself Lord of Sabbath, Controversy with Pharisees. Healing of the withered hand. A demoniac healed. The unpardonable sin. Death and resurrection foretold. Deficiency of sel...
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 fea...
WHEN JESUS HEARD ABOUT IT. Jesus had a special work to do, so he avoided confrontation with these people at this time, by leaving Capernaum....
_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 withdrew...
LARGE CROWDS FOLLOW JESUS MATTHEW 12:15-21; MARK 3:7-12; MATTHEW 12:15 But when Jesus knew [_it_], he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;...
1-50 CHAPTER XII. _At that time Jesus went through the corn fields_ (Through the crops of corn becoming white, or ripe), &c. Luke adds that this Sabbath was the first from the second (_Vulg_.); which...
_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 judicia...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 12:1 The opposition that our Lord met with (1) from his enemies (Matthew 12:1); (2) from his relations (Matthew 12:46-4
Shall we turn to the twelfth chapter of the gospel of Matthew? Jesus was not one to follow traditions. He's already pointed out in the Sermon on the Mount, that through their interpretation of the law...
1 Peter 2:21; Galatians 6:9; John 10:40; John 11:54; John 7:1;...