John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:33
Either make the tree good, and his fruit good ,.... That is, either assert them both good, or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt : say they are both evil, for the contrary cannot be affirmed with any consistency and propriety: the matter is easy to be determined, for the tree is known by his fruit ; fruit will discover what a tree is, and accordingly judgment may be made. No man will say a tree is good, and its fruit corrupt; or say, that a tree is corrupt, and its... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Matthew 12:32
And whosoever speaketh a word against the son of man ,.... By whom is meant, not any man, as Grotius thought, but the Lord Jesus Christ, so often called "the son of man", on account of his human nature, in which he appeared in great meanness and obscurity. Now many might, through ignorance of him, thinking him to be a mere man, and taking up with common fame, speak evil of him, deny him to be the Messiah, reproach him for the meanness of his parentage and education, and for the freedom of... read more