Mat 12 | TSK | STEP | Christ reproves the blindness of the Pharisees concerning the breach of the sabbath, by scripture, by reason, and by a miracle. He heals a man possessed that was blind and dumb; and confuting the absurd charge of casting out devils by Beelzebub, he shows that blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall never be forgiven. Account shall be made of idle words. He rebukes the unfaithful, who seek after a sign, and shows who is his brother, sister, and mother. went. to pluck.

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.

Lu 13:15-17; 14:5

and if.

Ex 23:4,5; De 22:4

is a.

6:26; Lu 12:24

it is.

Mr 3:4; Lu 6:9

and it.

Lu 13:13; Ac 3:7,8

went.

27:1; Mr 3:6; Lu 6:11; Joh 5:18; 10:39; 11:53,57

held a council. or, took counsel.

he withdrew.

10:23; Lu 6:12; Joh 7:1; 10:40-42; 11:54

great.

4:24,25; 19:2; Mr 3:7-12; 6:56; Lu 6:17-19; Joh 9:4; Ga 6:9

1Pe 2:21

9:30; 17:9; Mr 7:36; Lu 5:14,15

it.

8:17; 13:35; 21:4; Isa 41:22,23; 42:9; 44:26; Lu 21:22; 24:44

Joh 10:35; 12:38; 19:28; Ac 13:27

saying.

Isa 42:1-4

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.

Isa 49:5,6; 52:13; 53:11; Zec 3:8; Php 2:6,7

whom I.

Ps 89:19; Isa 49:1-3; Lu 23:35; 1Pe 2:4

my beloved.

3:17; 17:5; Mr 1:11; 9:7; Lu 9:35; Eph 1:6; Col 1:1,13; *marg:

2Pe 1:17

I will.

3:16; Isa 11:2; 59:20,21; 61:1-3; Lu 3:22; 4:18; Joh 1:32-34; 3:34

Ac 10:38

and he.

Isa 32:15,16; 49:6; 60:2,3; 62:2; Jer 16:19; Lu 2:31,32; Ac 11:18

Ac 13:46-48; 14:27; 26:17,18; Ro 15:9-12; Eph 2:11-13; 3:5-8

11:29; Zec 9:9; Lu 17:20; Joh 18:36-38; 2Co 10:1; 2Ti 2:24,25

bruised.

11:28; 2Ki 18:21; Ps 51:17; 147:3; Isa 40:11; 57:15; 61:1-3

La 3:31-34; Eze 34:16; Lu 4:18; 2Co 2:7; Heb 12:12,13

till.

Ps 98:1-3; Isa 42:3,4; Ro 15:17-19; 2Co 2:14; 10:3-5; Re 6:2

Re 19:11-21

Isa 11:10; Ro 15:12,13; Eph 1:12,13; Col 1:27

was.

9:32; Mr 3:11; Lu 11:14

he healed.

Mr 7:35-37; 9:17-26

blind.

Ps 51:15; Isa 29:18; 32:3,4; 35:5,6; Ac 26:18

the people.

9:33; 15:30,31

Is not.

9:27; 15:22; 21:9; 22:42,43; Joh 4:29; 7:40-42

when.

9:34; Mr 3:22; Lu 11:15

Beelzebub. Gr. Beelzebul, and so.

Jesus.

9:4; Ps 139:2; Jer 17:10; Am 4:13; Mr 2:8; Joh 2:24,25; 21:17

1Co 2:11; Heb 4:13; Re 2:23

Every kingdom.

Isa 9:21; 19:2,3; Mr 3:23-26; Lu 11:17,18; Ga 5:15; Re 16:19

Re 17:16,17

his.

Joh 12:31; 14:30; 16:11; 2Co 4:4; Col 1:13; 1Jo 5:19; Re 9:11

Re 12:9; 16:10; 20:2,3

Beelzebub.

by whom.

Mr 9:38,39; Lu 9:49,50; 11:19; Ac 19:13-16

they.

12:41,42; Lu 19:22; Ro 3:19

I cast.

18; Mr 16:17; Lu 11:20; Ac 10:38

then.

6:33; 21:31,43; Isa 9:6,7; Da 2:44; 7:14; Mr 1:15; 11:10

Lu 1:32,33; 9:2; 10:11; 11:20; 16:16; 17:20,21; Ro 14:17; Col 1:13

Heb 12:28

Isa 49:24; 53:12; Mr 3:27; Lu 11:21,22; 1Jo 3:8; 4:4; Re 12:7-10

Re 20:1-3,7-9

that is.

6:24; Jos 5:13; 24:15; 1Ch 12:17,18; Mr 9:40; Lu 9:50; 11:23

2Co 6:15,16; 1Jo 2:19; Re 3:15,16

gathereth.

Ge 49:10; Ho 1:11; Joh 11:52

All.

Isa 1:18; 55:7; Eze 33:11; 1Ti 1:13-15; Heb 6:4; *etc:

Heb 10:26,29; 1Jo 1:9; 2:1,2

blasphemy.Blasphemy, [blasphemia ,] either from [blapto ten phemen,] to hurt, or blast the reputation, or from [ballo 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.

but.

Mr 3:28-30; Lu 12:10; Ac 7:51; 1Jo 5:16

whosoever.

11:19; 13:55; Lu 7:34; 23:34; Joh 7:12,52; Ac 3:14,15,19

Ac 26:9-11; 1Ti 1:13,15

but.

Joh 7:39; Heb 6:4-6; 10:26-29

it shall not.

Job 36:13; Mr 3:29; Lu 16:23-26

make the good tree.

23:26; Eze 18:31; Am 5:15; Lu 11:39,40; Jas 4:8

and his fruit good.

3:8-10; 7:16-20; Lu 3:9; 6:43,44; Joh 15:4-7; Jas 3:12

generation.

3:7; 23:33; Lu 3:7; Joh 8:44; 1Jo 3:10

how.

1Sa 24:13; Ps 10:6,7; 52:2-5; 53:1; 64:3,5; 120:2-4; 140:2,3

Isa 32:6; 59:4,14; Jer 7:2-5; Ro 3:10-14; Jas 3:5-8

for.

Lu 6:45

good man.

13:52; Ps 37:30,31; Pr 10:20,21; 12:6,17-19; 15:4,23,28

Pr 16:21-23; 25:11,12; Eph 4:29; Col 3:16; 4:6

and an.

every.

Ec 12:14; Ro 2:16; Eph 6:4-6; Jude 1:14,15; Re 20:12

idle word.[Rhema ,] [argos ,] i.e., [ergo--work/act/deed,] from a, privative, and [ergon ,] 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.

Pr 13:3

justified.

Jas 2:21-25

Master.

16:1-4; Mr 8:11,12; Lu 11:16,29; Joh 2:18; 4:48; 1Co 1:22

adulterous.

Isa 57:3; Mr 8:38; Jas 4:4

no sign.

16:4; Lu 11:29,30

as.

Jon 1:17

so.

16:21; 17:23; 27:40,63,64; Joh 2:19

in the heart.

Ps 63:9; Jon 2:2-6

men.

Lu 11:32

rise.

42; Isa 54:17; Jer 3:11; Eze 16:51,52; Ro 2:27; Heb 11:7

this.

39,45; 16:4; 17:17; 23:36

because.

Jon 3:5-10

behold.

6,42; Joh 3:31; 4:12; 8:53-58; Heb 3:5,6

queen.

1Ki 10:1-13; 2Ch 9:1-12; Lu 11:31,32; Ac 8:27,28

hear.

1Ki 3:9,12,28; 4:29,34; 5:12; 10:4,7,24

behold.

3:17; 17:5; Isa 7:14; 9:6,7; Joh 1:14,18; Php 2:6,7; Heb 1:2-4

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.

the unclean.

Lu 11:24; Ac 8:13

he.

Job 1:7; 2:2; 1Pe 5:8

dry.

Ps 63:1; Isa 35:6,7; 41:18; Eze 47:8-12; Am 8:11-13

seeking.

8:29; Mr 5:7-13; Lu 8:28-32

my.

29; Lu 11:21,22; Joh 13:27; Eph 2:2; 1Jo 4:4

he findeth.

13:20-22; Ps 81:11,12; Ho 7:6; Joh 12:6; 13:2; Ac 5:1-3; 8:18-23