Matthew 12:1-19
went <4198> [went.]
to pick <5089> [to pluck.]
Look <2400> [Behold.]
you read <314> [Have.]
what <5101> [what.]
bread <740> [the shew-bread.]
<1508> [but.]
Sabbath <4521> [on.]
desecrate <953> [profane.]
If <1487> [if.]
I want <2309> [I will.]
That is, I desire, or require mercy, or acts of humanity, rather than sacrifice.
you would ... have condemned <2613> [condemned.]
entered <2064> [he went.]
had <2192> [which.]
Is it <1487> [Is it.]
so that <2443> [that.]
<5101> [what.]
This was an {argumentum ad hominem.} The Jews held that such things were lawful on the sabbath day, and our Saviour very properly appealed to their canons in vindication of his intention to heal the distressed man.
and <1161 2532 1437> [and if.]
a person <444> [is a.]
it is lawful <1832> [it is.]
He ..... and it was restored <2532 600> [and it.]
went out <1831> [went.]
plotted <4824 2983> [held a council. or, took counsel.]
he went away <402> [he withdrew.]
Great crowds <4183> [great.]
This fulfilled <4137> [it.]
<3004> [saying.]
Here <2400> [Behold.]
This prophecy is expressly referred to the Messiah by the Targumist, who renders, "Behold my servant the Messiah," etc., {ha avdi mesheecha;} and it was amply fulfilled in the gentle, lowly, condescending and beneficent nature of Christ's miracles and personal ministry, his perseverance in the midst of opposition, without engaging in contentious disputation, and his kind and tender dealing with weak and tempted believers.
my servant ........ I ..... I ........ my <3450 3816> [my servant.]
whom I have chosen ...... in whom <3739 140> [whom I.]
my ......... I love .... I ........ my <3450 27> [my beloved.]
I will put <5087> [I will.]
and he will proclaim <2532 518> [and he.]
