Mat 12:16. Ἵνα μὴ, that they should not) Such was the authority of Jesus, even commanding silence to the multitude.[558]
[558] Mat 12:17. ὅπως πληρωθῇ) The calm (placid) and most salutary mode of action, which Jesus employed, is intimated by these words.-Vers. Germ. How widely does this in truth differ from the ways and modes of action of His adversaries!-Harm., p. 310.