Matthew 12:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ὅπως πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν διὰ Ἠσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου, λέγοντος,

Transliteration

So that might be plērōthē the rhēthen through Ēsaiou the prophētou, legontos,

Grammar Details

• *plērōthē*: aorist passive subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might be fulfilled/completed
• *rhēthen*: aorist passive participle, nominative, neuter, singular - spoken/said
• *Ēsaiou*: genitive, masculine, singular - Isaiah
• *prophētou*: genitive, masculine, singular - prophet
• *legontos*: present active participle, genitive, masculine, singular - saying

Word Meanings

• *plērōthē*: might be fulfilled/might be completed/might come to pass
• *rhēthen*: spoken/said/declared
• *prophētou*: prophet/spokesperson
• *legontos*: saying/speaking/declaring

Referenced Verses

• Isa 42:1-4 : 1 Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles. 2 He will not cry, nor lift up his voice, nor cause it to be heard in the street. 3 A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth. 4 He will not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.
• Isa 42:9 : 9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.
• Isa 44:26 : 26 that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited; and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places thereof;
• Matt 8:17 : 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.
• Matt 13:35 : 35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.
• Matt 21:4 : 4 Now this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
• Luke 21:22 : 22 For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
• Luke 24:44 : 44 And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
• John 10:35 : 35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot {G3756} be broken),
• John 12:38 : 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
• John 19:28 : 28 After this Jesus, knowing that all things are now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, saith, I thirst.
• Acts 13:27 : 27 For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every {G2596} sabbath, fulfilled [them] by condemning [him].
• Isa 41:22-23 : 22 Let them bring forth, and declare unto us what shall happen: declare ye the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come. 23 Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.