By this example, we learn how great credit we owe to the Church in canonizing saints, and celebrating their holydays: by whose only warrant, without any word of Scripture, these holy Innocents have been honoured as martyrs, and their holyday kept ever since the apostles' time, although they died not voluntarily, nor all, perhaps, circumcised, and some even children of pagans. (St. Augustine, ep. 28.; Origen, hom. iii. in diversos.) (Bristow)
Verse Matthew 2:16. _SLEW ALL THE CHILDREN_] This cruelty of Herod seems alluded to in very decisive terms by _Macrobius_, who flourished toward the conclusion of the fourth Century. In his chapter _...
THEN HEROD, WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS MOCKED OF THE WISE MEN - When he saw that he had been deceived by them; that is, that they did not return as he had expected. It does not mean that they did it for...
2. THE KING WORSHIPPED BY GENTILES; Jerusalem in Ignorance of Him; the Child Persecuted. 1. The Visit of the Wise Men.(Matthew 2:1 .) 2. The Flight into Egypt. (Matthew 2:13 .) 3. The Return from Eg...
THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT AND THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS. While Mt. says Jesus was born before Herod's death (how long before he does not say), Lk. suggests, by his reference to Quirinius, that it was...
II. THE MURDER OF THE INNOCENTS. 16. THEN HEROD, WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS MOCKED. He had directed the wise men to report to him after their visit to Bethlehem. Their return to their own country withou...
THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE KING (Matthew 2:1-2)...
The Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, and he sent and slew all the children in Bethlehem, and in all the districts near by. He slew every child of two years and under, reckoning from...
SAW. App-133. MOCKED. deceived. WROTH. Greek. _thumoomai._ Occurs only here. ALL. The number could not have been great. CHILDREN. boys. Plural of _pais._ App-108. COASTS. borders. TWO YEARS. Gree...
The Slaying of the Children at Bethlehem 16. _and sent forth, and slew_ i. e. he sent assassins to slay. _all the children_ Lit. ALL THE MALE CHILDREN. _coasts_ i. e. borders or neighbourhood. _fro...
ἈΝΕΙ͂ΛΕΝ, ‘slew.’ The verb occurs here only in Matthew. It is frequent in the Acts, occurring rarely elsewhere. Out of a great variety of classical meanings the Hellenistic usage nearly confines the w...
VER 16. THEN HEROD, WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS MOCKED OF THE WISE MEN, WAS EXCEEDING WROTH, AND SENT FORTH, AND SLEW ALL THE CHILDREN THAT WERE IN BETHLEHEM, AND IN ALL THE COASTS THEREOF, FROM TWO YEARS...
_THE MURDER OF THE INFANTS IN BETHLEHEM MATTHEW 2:16-18:_ The wicked act of King Herod in killing all these babies must have broken the hearts of many families. From this sad section of scripture we o...
ΊΔΏΝ _aor. act. part. temp. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть, ΈΝΕΠΑΊΧΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΕΜΠΑΊΖΩ (G1702) высмеивать, выставлять на цосмешище, издеваться, обманывать, проводить (BAGD). Употребляется в Exod...
DISCOURSE: 1281 THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INFANTS Matthew 2:16; Matthew 2:18. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that...
THEN HEROD, WHEN HE SAW, &C.— _Perceiving that he was mocked by the Magi—slew all the children—entering on the second year and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned,_ &c. Knatchbul...
SECTION 4. THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT AND RETURN TEXT: 2:13-23 13. Now when they were departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his...
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old an...
1 David 1 Ozias 2 Solomon 2 Joatham 3 Roboam 3 Achaz 4 Abijah 4 Hezekiah 5 Asaph 5 Manasseh 6 Josaphat 6 Amos 7 Joram 7 Josiah [Ahaziah] [Jehoahaz] [Jehoash] [Jehoiakim] [Amaziah] [Jechon...
THE WISE MEN 1-12. The star in the east and the visit of the Magi (peculiar to St. Matthew). The incident fits well into secular history. About the time when the star appeared (7 or 6 b.c.), Herod the...
ALL THE MALE (RV) CHILDREN] 'Considering the population of Bethlehem, their number could only have been small—probably twenty at most.' The massacre is not mentioned by Josephus, but 'the murder of a...
MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS (peculiar to St. Matthew). The incident is fully in accordance with what is known of Herod's character, and could not have been suggested by the prophecy in Matthew 2:18, whi...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 2 WISE MEN VISIT JESUS 2:1-12 V1 Jesus was born in the town called Bethlehem. This was in Judea district. At this time, Herod was th...
The fact of the slaughter of the infants of Bethlehem is not mentioned by Josephus, or by any other writer, and has on that ground been called in question. It is admitted, however, on all hands, that...
CHAPTER 2 His Reception - Matthew 2:1 THIS one chapter contains all that St. Matthew records of the Infancy. St. Mark and St. John tell us nothing, and St. Luke very little. This singular reticence h...
_The massacre_. Τότε : ominous _then_. When he was certain that the Magi were not going to come back to report what they had found at Bethlehem, Herod was enraged as one who had been befooled (ἐνεπαίχ...
_Flight to Egypt, massacre in Bethlehem, return to Nazareth_. These three stories have one aim. They indicate the omens which appear in beginnings _omina principiis inesse solent_ (Ovid). The fortunes...
“OUT OF EGYPT DID I CALL MY SON” Matthew 2:16-23 The death of those little children was very pathetic. From the first it seemed as though our Lord's advent would bring not peace, but the sword. Their...
The Kingdom was not ready for the King, so a reception for Him was not arranged and organized by those who should have been waiting for Him. They were in rebellion. The King's advent was heralded by a...
SLAUGHTER OF THE INFANTS 16-18. Herod's cruelty was simply horrific, killing his wife and three sons Antipater, only five days before he died; all the Maccabean family; and all others who were even su...
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. Here is opened the mystery of iniquity...
God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
_SLAIN FOR CHRIST’S SAKE_ ‘Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth.’ Matthew 2:16 The Festival of the Innocents dates as far back as the third century. Its c...
16._Then Herod when he saw _Matthew speaks according to what Herod felt and thought about the matter. He believed that the Magi had deceived him, because they did not choose to take part in his wicked...
Thus born, thus characterised by the angel and fulfilling the prophecies that announced the presence of Emmanuel, He is formally acknowledged King of the Jews by the Gentiles, who are guided by the wi...
THEN HEROD, WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS MOCKED,.... Herod, having waited a proper time for the return of the wise men, and they not coming, concluded he was tricked by them; though, no doubt, when they pr...
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and...
Mat. 2:16. "Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, _and slew all the children _ that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from tw...
_Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men_ The word ενεπαιχθη, here rendered, _was mocked_, “properly signifies _was played with_, and well expresses the view in which the pride of H...
HAD DILIGENTLY INQUIRED; Herod, supposing that the time of the appearance of the star, which he had accurately learned from the Magi, must agree with the age of Jesus, determined to destroy all the ch...
THEN HEROD, WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS MOCKED OF THE WISE MEN, WAS EXCEEDING WROTH, AND SENT FORTH, AND SLEW ALL THE CHILDREN THAT WERE IN BETHLEHEM, AND IN ALL THE COASTS THEREOF, FROM TWO YEARS OLD AND...
The deeply interesting account of Gabriel's announcement to Mary that she would be the mother of her Lord, the details as to His birth in Bethlehem, the visit of the shepherds to the manger in which H...
13-15 Egypt had been a house of bondage to Israel, and particularly cruel to the infants of Israel; yet it is to be a place of refuge to the holy Child Jesus. God, when he pleases, can make the worst...
OLBGrk; Herod now expounds what he meant by his coming and worshipping Christ also, which he talked of MATTHEW 2:8. WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS MOCKED, &C; really mocked by their coming no more to him; no...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III For this cause, too, He suddenly removed those children belonging to the house of David, whose happy lot it was to have been born at that time, that He might send t...
Matthew 2:16 Then G5119 Herod G2264 saw G1492 (G5631) that G3754 deceived G1702 (G5681) by G5259 men...
‘Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Magi, was extremely angry, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old...
JESUS IS DRIVEN INTO EXILE AND FINALLY RETURNS TO LOWLY NAZARETH (2:12-23). As a result of a warning dream the Magi did not return to Herod but slipped out of the country ‘another way', while Joseph s...
CHRONOLOGY. We place the flight into Egypt a _fter_ the presentation in the temple (Luke 2:22-39). The latter took place on the fortieth day, and the interval which this allows is too brief for the ev...
Matthew 2:16. The beginning of the persecutions which culminated in the crucifixion. THEN HEROD WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS TRIFLED WITH, _i.e.,_ duped, according to his view of the case, BY THE MAGI, WA...
SLEW ALL THE MALE CHILDREN THAT WERE IN BETHLEHEM (ανειλεν παντας τους παιδας τους εν Βηθλεεμ). The flight of Joseph was justified, for Herod was violently enraged (εθυμωθη λιαν) that he had been mo...
Matthew 2:1. _Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,_ Probably from that Assyria which is joined with Is...
CONTENTS: Visit of the Magi, flight into Egypt, Herod's slaughter of the innocents. Return of Joseph and Mary to Nazareth. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Joseph, Mary, Herod, chief priests, scribes, wise me...
Matthew 2:1. _Jesus was born in Bethlehem,_ as is illustrated in Micah 5:2. _In the days of Herod the king,_ the son of Antipater, and father of Archelaus, who succeeded him on the throne. Herod, who...
WHEN HEROD REALIZED. The Magi disobeyed his order to report to him, and returned home by a different route. ORDERS TO KILL. Herod was brutal! He ordered the murder of those boys in Bethlehem and its n...
_Slew all the children._ THE HOLY INNOCENTS The narrative presents sharp contrasts of character and history. I. Christ the terror of the tyrant even when a helpless babe. II. The tyrant’s utmost e...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 2:16 ALL THE MALE CHILDREN IN BETHLEHEM... TWO YEARS OLD OR UNDER. The small village may have had 10 to 30 boys of that age. Herod the Great’s question to the wise men about th...
CHAPTER 2 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Juda in the days of king Herod. It is better to read here in the Greek _in Bethlehem-Juda_. Juda means the tribe of Judah, to which, after the schism...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 2:13. EGYPT.—At all times the readiest place of refuge for the Israelites, whether from famine or from political oppression. In Alexandria the Jews numbered a fifth of the po...
EXPOSITION JESUS THE CHRIST BY HIS EARLY HISTORY answering to the word of God by the prophets. This is shown by four particulars, for each of which a corresponding prophecy is adduced. (1) The place...
Chapter Two Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king (Matthew 2:1), This is Herod the Great, that little short monster. He was a little over four feet tall, and as...
2 Kings 8:12; Daniel 3:13; Daniel 3:19; Daniel 3:20; Genesis 39:14;...
The children [τ ο υ ς π α ι δ α ς]. Male children, as is indicated by the masculine form of the article, and so Rev....
Then Herod, seeing that he was deluded by the wise men — So did his pride teach him to regard this action, as if it were intended to expose him to the derision of his subjects. Sending forth — a party...
Observe here, How Herod, having played the fox before, acts the lion now; his secret policy not succeeding, he breaks out into open and inhuman cruelty. Learn, That when fraud and subtilty fail the en...