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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"But when Jesus knew their devices, He withdrew Himself," it is said, "from them." Where now are they who say, miracles ought to be done? Nay, by these things He signified, that the uncandid soul is not even thereby persuaded; and He made it plain that His disciples too were blamed by them without cause. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
He does not want to be made known so that He might soften the spite of the Pharisees, for He was eager to heal them in any way possible.
Western Saints
Jerome
What does it mean that it is written in Matthew: 'A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench' (Matthew 12:20). For the explanation of this passage, the whole testimony that Matthew takes from the Prophet Isaiah must be set forth, even the words of Isaiah (Isaiah 42): according to the Septuagint interpreters and the Hebrew itself, to which Theodotus, Aquila, and Symmachus agree. …
Hilary of Poitiers
And He knowing their plots withdrew, that He might be far from the counsels of the evil hearted, as it follows, Jesus knowing it departed thence.
Thomas Aquinas
Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Here he states how he escaped their snare: first, the departure is mentioned; secondly, the fruit. Why did he depart? Because it was not yet the time to suffer. He also departed in order to give his own the occasion for fleeing, as was stated above (c. 10). Likewise, to show that he was man; and in order not to incite them. …
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