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Matthew 4:14

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

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  • WEB World English Bible

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

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    to fulfill that whiche was spoken by Esay the Prophet sayinge:

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the Propet, saying,

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Cross-references (13)

Passages linked to Matthew 4:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Isaiah 9:1-2 But there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.
  • Matthew 2:23 and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets that he will be called a Nazarene.
  • Luke 24:44 He said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.”
  • Matthew 2:15 and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
  • Matthew 12:17-21 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations. He will not strive, nor shout; neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets. He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory. In his name, the nations will hope.”
  • Luke 22:37 For I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled in me: ‘He was counted with transgressors.’ For that which concerns me has an end.”
  • Matthew 1:22 Now all this has happened that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
  • Matthew 8:17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.”
  • Matthew 26:54 How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?”
  • Matthew 26:56 But all this has happened that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.
  • John 15:25 But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’
  • John 19:28 After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I am thirsty.”
  • John 19:36-37 For these things happened that the Scripture might be fulfilled, “A bone of him will not be broken.” Again another Scripture says, “They will look on him whom they pierced.”

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken…

14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

Ver. 14. That it might be fulfilled, &c.] The two Testaments may be fitly resembled to the double doors of the temple, one whereof infolded another: the Old is the New infolded; the New is the Old explicated. (Jerome in nom. Hebraicis.) For there are over two hundred and sixty places in the Old Testameat cited in the New: so that almost in every needful point the harmony is expressed.

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By the prophet Esaias] That evangelical prophet, that speaketh of Christ’s nativity, preaching, persecution, apprehension, death, resurrection, ascension, and second coming to judgment, so lively as no evangelist goes beyond him. (Bulling in Isa., praef.)

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The text in Isa 9:1,2, where the words are,…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The people which sat in darkness,.... The inhabitants of…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Mat 4:14-15. That it might be fulfilled. — Or,…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain That it might be fulfilled ... - This place…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 14. Which was spoken by Esaias the prophet —…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. Esaias] Read the whole of the prophecy (ch.…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (14) The light in which the fact of the…
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 14. That it might be fulfilled. Matthew's way of…
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain The evangelist locates the city only sufficiently exactly to…
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