Matthew 12:17 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) so what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled when he said, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This was in fulfillment of what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah, American Standard Version (1901) that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, Common English Bible so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled: Catholic Public Domain Version Then what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah was fulfilled, saying: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias the prophet, saying: |
[Isa. 13:1ff] “Look, see my [i.e., God’s] servant whom I have chosen; my dear One [i.e., Jesus] with whom my soul is very pleased: I will put my Holy Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim judgment to the [unconverted] Gentiles.
[This was] so that what was spoken by the prophet would be fulfilled, when he said [Psa. 78:2], “I will open my mouth [to speak] with parables. I will say things that have been hidden from the beginning of time.”
Now this will happen in order to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,
This was in order to fulfill what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, [Isa. 53:4], “[He] Himself took [care of] our [physical] weaknesses and carried [away] our diseases.”
For these are times for punishment [i.e., to be inflicted on Jerusalem], so that everything written [i.e., by the prophets] may be fulfilled [i.e., about Jerusalem’s destruction. See Dan. 9:26-27].
Then Jesus said to the apostles, “These are the words that I told you while I was still with you, [when I said] that everything written in the Law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms about me needed to be fulfilled.”
If God called those people, to whom His message came, “gods” (and Scripture cannot be set aside),
This was so that these words, which Isaiah the prophet had spoken, would be fulfilled [Isa. 53:1], “Lord, who has believed our message? And who has the Lord’s power been shown to?”
Now Jesus knew that everything had been completed [i.e., relating to His crucifixion], so then He said, in order to fulfill Scripture [Psa. 69:21], “I am thirsty.”
For the people living in Jerusalem, together with their ruling officials, did not understand [that Jesus was the Messiah] or what the message of the prophets, which is read every Sabbath day, really meant. So, [because of this] they [actually] made these Scripture predictions come true by condemning Jesus.