Matthew 12:7-50
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.]
bruised <4937> [bruised.]
until <2193> [till.]
they brought <4374> [was.]
healed <2323> [he healed.]
blind <5185> [blind.]
crowds <3793> [the people.]
Pharisees <5330> [when.]
Beelzebul <954> [Beelzebub. Gr. Beelzebul, and so.]
<2424> [Jesus.]
Every kingdom <3956 932> [Every kingdom.]
his <846> [his.]
Beelzebul <954> [Beelzebub.]
by ... by whom <1722 5101> [by whom.]
them <846> [they.]
I cast out <1473 1544> [I cast.]
then <686> [then.]
<5607> [that is.]
does ... gather <4863> [gathereth.]
for every <3956> [All.]
blasphemy .... blasphemy <988> [blasphemy.]
Blasphemy, [blasphemia <\\See definition 988\\>,] either from [blapto <\\See definition 984\\> ten phemen,] to hurt, or blast the reputation, or from [ballo <\\See definition 906\\> tais phemais,] to smite with words, or reports, when applied to men denotes injurious speaking, or calumny, and when used in reference to God signifies speaking impiously of his nature, attributes, and works.
the <1161> [but.]
Whoever ............. But <3739 1161> [whosoever.]
Whoever <3739> [but.]
will be forgiven ......... will not be forgiven <863 3756> [it shall not.]
Make .... good ....... good ... make <4160 2570> [make the good tree.]
good and its fruit .... good ....... and its fruit ............ fruit <2570 2532 846 2590> [and his fruit good.]
Offspring <1081> [generation.]
How <4459> [how.]
For <1063> [for.]
good person ... good things ..... good ...... person <444 18> [good man.]
and ... evil .... evil things ..... evil <2532 4190> [and an.]
every <3956> [every.]
an account .... worthless <692 4487> [idle word.]
[Rhema <\\See definition 4487\\>,] [argos <\\See definition 692\\>,] i.e., [ergo--work/act/deed,] from a, privative, and [ergon <\\See definition 2041\\>,] work, a word that produces no good effect, and is not calculated to produce any. "Discourse," says Dr. Doddridge, "tending to innocent mirth, to exhilarate the spirits, is not idle discourse; as the time spent in necessary recreation is not idle time."
For by ......... by <1063 1537> [For by.]
you will be justified <1344> [justified.]
Teacher <1320> [Master.]
adulterous <3428> [adulterous.]
a sign ... no sign ......... sign <4592 3756> [no sign.]
just as <5618> [as.]
so <3779> [so.]
in ..................... in ... heart <1722 2588> [in the heart.]
people <435> [men.]
will stand up <450> [rise.]
<5026> [this.]
because <3754> [because.]
now <2400> [behold.]
queen <938> [queen.]
to hear <191> [hear.]
now <2400> [behold.]
When <3752> [when.]
Had there been no reality in demoniacal possessions, as some have supposed, our Lord would scarcely have appealed to a case of this kind here, to point out the real state of the Jewish people, and their approaching desolation. Had this been only a vulgar error, of the nonsense of which the learned scribes and wise Pharisees must have been convinced, the case, not being in point, because not true, must have been treated with contempt by the very people for whose conviction it was designed.
an unclean <169> [the unclean.]
it passes <1330> [he.]
waterless <504> [dry.]
looking <2212> [seeking.]
<3450> [my.]
it finds <2147> [he findeth.]
seven <2033> [seven.]
more evil <4191> [more.]
and ............ and .......... last state <2532 2078> [and the.]
way <3779> [Even.]
And so it was; for they became worse and worse, as if totally abandoned to diabolical influence, till the besom of destruction swept them away.
<1161> [yet.]
Jesus ........ his mother ........... to him <3384 846> [his.]
Who ...... who <5101 2076> [Who is.]
his disciples <846 3101> [his disciples.]
does <4160> [do.]
<846> [the same.]
and sister and <2532 79> [and sister.]
and ... and mother <2532 3384> [and mother.]
