MATTHEW 12:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.”
He will not quarrel or cry aloud, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. The Servant's manner of ministry — no quarreling, no public clamor, no street-corner announcement — is the profile that Jesus' withdrawal and secrecy commands fulfill. The contrast with the Pharisees' public accusations communicates the Servant's different approach: he does not fight for visibility but works within the divine timing.
Church Fathers on Matthew 12:19
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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