Abstract: There are many quotations or allusions in the Gospel of Matthew from the Old Testament (OT). He used to mention in his Gospels quotations from the OT which were undergoing such fulfillment in the events recorded before the quotation. This is also understood in the sense of allowing for a complete fulfillment at a later date. Another feature is that all parts of the scriptures as quoted by Matthew are fulfilled. The long fulfillment quote of Isa. 42:1-4 in Matthew chapter 12 meets both standards. In this article, we explore whether paying attention to Matthew’s redactional emphasis in the preceding narrative (12:14-16) can help explain the citation so that it conforms to Matthew’s normal way of using fulfilled OT quotations. There ...