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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 12:17

‘That it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,'

The whole of Jesus' ministry (from Matthew 3:3 to Matthew 20:28) is at this point seen by Matthew to be a fulfilment of Isaiah's prophecy, leading up to Matthew 20:28. He continually and distinctively cites Isaiah's prophecies  by name, while outside this cluster he only mentions Jeremiah (even when citing Isaiah), who, as the one who was called from the womb (Jeremiah 1:5), and was famed as the weeping prophet (Jeremiah 9:1), was most suitable to connect with the commencement and end of the life of Jesus (Matthew 12:17; Matthew 27:9). See introduction. This particular quotation from Isaiah covers the points made in the above summary. It is also a summary of all that is to follow.

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