Isa 42:2 | JFB | STEP | 2. Matthew [ ] marks the kind of "cry" as that of altercation by quoting it, "He shall not strive " ( ). street —the Septuagint translates "outside." An image from an altercation in a house, loud enough to be heard in the street outside: appropriate of Him who "withdrew Himself" from the public fame created by His miracles to privacy ( ; , there, shows another and sterner aspect of His character, which is also implied in the term "judgment").

Isaiah 42:2

2. Matthew [Mt 12:19] marks the kind of "cry" as that of altercation by quoting it, "He shall not strive" (Isa 53:7).

street—the Septuagint translates "outside." An image from an altercation in a house, loud enough to be heard in the street outside: appropriate of Him who "withdrew Himself" from the public fame created by His miracles to privacy (Mt 12:15; Mt 12:34, there, shows another and sterner aspect of His character, which is also implied in the term "judgment").