This passage has always seemed to be a bit confusing because Jesus must have lifted up his voice, at least when preaching to the 4,000 and the 5,000, although this was not in the street but in the countryside. But the principle would still hold. It is possible that Jesus spoke quietly and the Spirit carried his voice a fair distance. Jesus also spoke many times in the Synagogues and the Temple and certainly there were times that he lifted up his voice. But this passage really is referring to the Gentile testimony and not to that of the Jews, which means that it is the continuing ministry of the Spirit of Christ that Isaiah is referring to here. That the Spirit continues the work of Christ throughout the centuries silently impressing upon the hearts of men the truths of the Gospel. “Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. HE SHALL NOT CRY, NOR LIFT UP, NOR CAUSE HIS VOICE TO BE HEARD IN THE STREET. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law .” Isa 42:1-4 This then has no conflict with the following, “What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.“ Mt 10:27 Where it is obvious that Jesus commands his disciples to proclaim his words upon the house of the streets and obviously loudl
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