MATTHEW 12:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.”
Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. The opening of the Isaiah Servant Song identifies the Servant with the language of the baptism (Matthew 3:17): my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. The Spirit put upon him was given at the baptism. The proclaiming of justice to the Gentiles anticipates the universal scope of the commission that Matthew 28 will make explicit.
Church Fathers on Matthew 12:18
The Pharisees are moved with jealousy at what had been done; because beholding the outward body of a man, they did not recognize the God in His works; 'The Pharisees sent out and sought counsel against him, how they ought destroy him.'
He says, 'went out' because their mind was alien from the Lord. They took counsel how they might destroy life, not how themselves might find life.
Knowing, that is, their designs against Him withdrew Himself, that He might remove from the Pharisees all opportunity of sin.
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