| Geneva Study Bible And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. People's New Testament 12:21 In his name. In him as the Messiah. Shall the Gentiles trust. He shall be the Christ of the world, and not of the Jews alone. Compare Joh 4:42. The prophets clearly and many times declare that the Messiah shall be, not a Jewish, but a world's Savior. The Jews strangely overlooked this. Wesley's Notes 12:21 In his name - That is, in him. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 21. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust-Part of His present audience were Gentiles-from Tyre and Sidon-first-fruits of the great Gentile harvest contemplated in the prophecy. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 12:14-21 The Pharisees took counsel to find some accusation, that Jesus might be condemned to death. Aware of their design, as his time was not come, he retired from that place. Face does not more exactly answer to face in water, than the character of Christ drawn by the prophet, to his temper and conduct as described by the evangelists. Let us with cheerful confidence commit our souls to so kind and faithful a Friend. Far from breaking, he will strengthen the bruised reed; far from quenching the smoking flax, or wick nearly out, he will rather blow it up into a flame. Let us lay aside contentious and angry debates; let us receive one another as Christ receives us. And while encouraged by the gracious kindness of our Lord, we should pray that his Spirit may rest upon us, and make us able to copy his example. | 
