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Mat_12:15 ff. Mat_12:17-21 are peculiar to Matthew.
αὐτοὺς πάντας ] all the sick who were among the multitudes. Indefinite expression. On the condensed style of Matthew , 15 f., comp. Mar_3:7 ff.; Luk_6:17 ff.
Mat_12:16. He gave them strict injunctions, in order that, and so on (Mat_16:20, Mat_20:31); for He did not wish, by creating too great a sensation, to provoke His enemies to proceed to extremities before the time. Comp. on Mat_8:4.
Mat_12:17. This ἐπετίμ . αὐτοῖς was designed, in accordance with the divine order in history, to fulfil the prophecy that the Messiah was to act without anything like ostentatious display in His proceedings. On the silent majesty of Jesus, comp. Dorner, Jesu sündlose Vollkommenh. p. 28 ff.