Matthew 9:12 - Exposition

But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole. οἱἰσχύοντες may include an arriere-pensee of moral self-assertion which St. Luke entirely loses by his alteration to οἱὑγιαίνοντες : cf. 1 Corinthians 4:10 . Need not; have no need of (Revised Version). These are the emphatic words in the sentence. Christ takes the Pharisees at their own estimate of themselves, and, without entering into the question of whether this was right or wrong, shows them that on their own showing he would be useless to them . A physician, but they that are sick . " Sed ubi dolores sunt, air, illic festinat medicns ," Ephr. Syr., in his exposition of Tatian's 'Diatess.'.