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Matthew 12:20 KJV
Matthew · chapter 12 · verse 20
A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.Matthew 12:20 · King James Version
Matthew 12:20 in context
18Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
19He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
20A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
21And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
22Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
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Key words (Strong's)
- judgmentkrisisa separating, sundering, separation, a trial, contest, selection, judgment, opinion or…G2920 →
- bruisedsyntribōbreak, to break in pieces, shiver, to tread down, to put Satan under foot and trample on…G4937 →
- smokingtyphōto cause or emit smoke, raise a smoke, to smokeG5188 →
- quenchsbennymito extinguish, quench, of fire or things on fire, to be quenched, to go out, metaph. to…G4570 →
- breakkatagnymito breakG2608 →
- forthekballōto cast out, drive out, to send out, with notion of violence, to drive out , to cast out…G1544 →
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As in the midst of Christ's greatest humiliations, there were proofs of his dignity, so in the midst of his greatest honours, he gave proofs of his humility; and when the mighty works he did gave him an opportunity of making a figure, yet he made it appear that he emptied himself, and made himself of no reputation.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-21