My beloved (ο αγαπητος μου). This phrase reminds one of Mt 3:17 (the Father's words at Christ's baptism).

My servant. This refers to the Me iah, the Lord Jesus, who is called a servant because he took the form of a servant—meaning he w…

Behold my servant — The mysterious “servant of the Lord,” who is the central figure of the last part of Isaiah’s propheci…

It is in Isaiah 42:1-4 that we read words which are quoted in their full sense, if not literally, by the evangelist. The Servant of God, elect, bel…

St. Hilary of Poitiers: The Pharisees were moved by jealousy at what had been done. Because they saw only the outward body of…

This quotation from Isa 42:1–4 is the longest one in Matthew. Jesus is God’s “chosen” (GK 1721) or elect Servant, the one on whom God has poured ou…

Lo, my servant, whom I have chosen. To fix our attention more closely on his will, God points out by the finger, as it were, the person wh…

Behold, my servant whom I have chosen
These are the words of God the Father, speaking to the church, concerning Chri…

The Pharisees took counsel to find some accusation, that Jesus might be condemned to death. Aware of their design, as his time was not yet come, he…