A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he sends forth justice unto victory.
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Theophylact of Ochrid
AD 1107
He could have crushed the Jews, he says, like a broken reed, and could have quenched their anger like a smoldering wick, but Jesus did not wish to do so until He had fulfilled His dispensation and defeated them in every way. For this is the meaning of what follows.
