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16 giving them strict instructions not to tell people about him. 17 This was so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might come true:

18 Look! Here’s my servant, whom I chose;
my beloved one, my heart’s delight.
My spirit I will place on him,
and he’ll announce true judgment
to the whole wide world.

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16 He warned them not to tell others about him.(A) 17 This was to fulfill(B) what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

18 “Here is my servant whom I have chosen,
    the one I love, in whom I delight;(C)
I will put my Spirit on him,(D)
    and he will proclaim justice to the nations.

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