Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 2:2
To do him homage — To pay him that honour, by bowing to the earth before him, which the eastern nations used to pay to their monarchs.
To do him homage — To pay him that honour, by bowing to the earth before him, which the eastern nations used to pay to their monarchs.
Verse Matthew 2:2. _WE HAVE SEEN HIS STAR_] Having discovered an unusual luminous appearance or meteor in the heavens, supposing these persons to have been Jews, and knowing the prophecies relative t...
WHERE IS HE ... - There was at that time a prevalent expectation that some remarkable personage was about to appear in Judea. The Jews were anxiously looking for the coming of the Messiah. By computin...
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...
MATTHEW 2. THREE INCIDENTS OF CHRIST'S CHILDHOOD. Matthew 2:1. The Visit of the Magians.The religion of the Magi well deserved the double honour of stimulating the growth of the doctrine of the Futur...
WHERE IS HE THAT IS BORN KING OF THE JEWS? Their question shows two things. 1. That they partook of the general expectation that about this time there would appear in the East. Ruler divinely appointe...
THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE KING (Matthew 2:1-2)...
When Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judaea, in the days of Herod the King, behold there came to Jerusalem wise men from the East. "Where," they said, "is the newly born King of the Jews? For we have s...
WHERE... ? This is the first question in the N.T. See note on the first question in the O.T. (Genesis 3:9). IS BORN. has been brought forth: see note on Matthew 1:2. WE HAVE SEEN. we saw: i.e. we be...
_King of the Jews_ A title unknown to the earlier history of Israel and applied to no one except the Messiah. It reappears in the inscription over the Cross (ch. Matthew 27:37). _his star in the east_...
THE VISIT OF THE MAGI Recorded by St Matthew only....
ΤΕΧΘΕΊΣ. This form is rarely if ever found in classical Attic; see Veitch sub voc. τίκτω and cp. Luke 2:11—the only other passage where this tense-form occurs in N.T. Ὁ ΤΕΧΘΕῚΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΎΣ. One who was...
1. NOW WHEN JESUS WAS BORN IN BETH-LEHEM OF JUDAEA IN THE DAYS OF HEROD THE KING, BEHOLD, THERE CAME WISE MEN FROM THE EAST TO JERUSALEM. 2. SAYING, WHERE IS HE THAT IS BORN KING OF THE JEWS? FOR WE H...
_THE WISE MEN VISIT THE KING MATTHEW 2:1-12_ : “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he...
ΤΕΧΘΕΊΣ _aor. part. pass._ от ΤΊΚΤΩ (G5088) рождать; _pass._ рождаться, ΕΪΔΟΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть, ΓΆΡ поскольку (объяснительное), ΆΣΤΈΡΑ _acc. sing. от_ ΆΣΤΉΡ (G792) звезда....
DISCOURSE: 1279 THE WISE MEN SEEKING CHRIST Matthew 2:1. _Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judζa, in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying,...
SAYING, &C.— Saying, _Where is this new-born king of the Jews?_ Campbell. There does not seem to be any need of supposing, with some of the fathers, that the wise men knew the signification of this _s...
CHAPTER 2 Section 3. THE VISIT OF THE WISE MEN TEXT: 2:1-12 1. Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, Wisemen from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,...
Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. SAYING, WHERE IS HE THAT IS BORN KING OF THE JEWS? From this it would seem the...
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IN THE EAST] better, 'at its rising.' WORSHIP] see on Jeremiah 39:11....
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...
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...
WHERE IS HE...? — The Magi express here the feeling which the Roman historians, Tacitus and Suetonius, tell us sixty or seventy years later had been for a long time very widely diffused. Everywhere th...
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...
_Visit of the Magi._...
Matthew 2:2, ποῦ … Ἰουδαίων : the inquiry of the Magi. It is very laconic, combining an assertion with a question. The assertion is contained in τεχθεὶς. That a king of the Jews had been born was thei...
THE WISE-MEN FOLLOW THE STAR Matthew 2:1-8 The expectation of the advent of a great king was far-spread at the time of the Nativity. It was probably founded, so far as the East was concerned, on the...
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...
We have seen his star. They knew it to be his star, either by some prophecy among them, or by divine revelation. This star was some lightsome body in the air, which at last seemed to point to them the...
THE ORIENTAL MAGI Matthew 2:1-12. _“Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold, the magi came from the East, saying, Where is He who was born King of the Jews?...
Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. I should be led to conceive, that this visit of the Wise Men was not immediately...
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...
_THE KING AND HIS CROWN_ ‘Where is He that is born King of the Jews?’ Matthew 2:2 He of whom our hearts are full was born a King, but wants to have His royalty acknowledged by each one of us, waits...
_LITTLE KNOWLEDGE, MUCH FAITH_ ‘We have seen His star in the east, and are come to worship Him.’ Matthew 2:2 The Wise Men offered to the Lord Jesus Christ the very best they possibly could; they ga...
2._Where is he who has been born King? _The notion of some commentators, that he is said to have been _born King, _by indirect contrast with one who has been _made _or _created _a king, appears to me...
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...
SAYING, WHERE IS HE THAT IS BORN KING OF THE JEWS?.... These words were spoken to the Jews, or rather to Herod the king, or his ministers and courtiers, or to each of them, as the wise men had the opp...
Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. Ver. 2. _Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews?_] As presupposing a...
_Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews_ That is, their lawful and hereditary sovereign, Herod not being such. The wise men are under no kind of doubts in their inquiry; but being fully per...
BORN KING OF THE JEWS; there was at this time, as we learn from heathen writers, a general expectation throughout the east, that one would be born in Judea who should possess universal dominion. Among...
SAYING, WHERE IS HE THAT IS BORN KING OF THE JEWS? FOR WE HAVE SEEN HIS STAR IN THE EAST, AND ARE COME TO WORSHIP HIM. There was an assertion contained in their question. Their knowledge was definite...
The message of the Magi was brief:...
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...
1-8 Those who live at the greatest distance from the means of grace often use most diligence, and learn to know the most of Christ and his salvation. But no curious arts, or mere human learning, can...
Jerusalem was the metropolis of Judea; thither they come, as to the most likely place where to receive satisfaction. Of whom they inquired the Scripture saith not, but it is observable that they took...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III But Matthew says that the Magi, coming from the east, exclaimed "For we have seen His star in the east, and are come to worship Him; "[76] The Testaments of the Tw...
Matthew 2:2 saying G3004 (G5723) Where G4226 is G2076 (G5748) born G5088 (G5685) King G935 Jews...
THE VISIT OF THE MAGI (2:1-11). The visit of the Magi/Eminent Astrologers to Jesus is important for a number of reasons. It emphasises: 1). That whereas the leading Jews in the main ignored His birt...
‘Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in t...
Matthew 2:2. WHERE IS HE THAT IS BORN KING OF THE JEWS? Confidence is implied in the question. The word ‘born' is emphatic; the one sought was not only newly born, but a born king, not one placed on t...
THE DATE OF OUR LORD'S BIRTH. See Introduction, § 8, pp. 16, 17. The visit of the Magi, while it does not determine the year of the birth of Christ, fixes a date _before_ which it must have taken plac...
FOR WE SAW HIS STAR IN THE EAST (ειδομεν γαρ αυτου τον αστερα εν τη ανατολη). This does not mean that they saw the star which was in the east. That would make them go east to follow it instead of we...
KING "The King" is one of the divine titles (Psalms 10:16) and so used in the worship of the Church (1 Timothy 1:17) but Christ is never called "King of the Church." He is "King of the Jews" (Matthew...
Matthew 2:1 I. We have, as it were, three classes gathered about us in this narrative, and the central figure of them all is Christ Himself. As we think of this story in connection with our Master, th...
Matthew 2:2 I. "Where is He?" Such was the cry of the old world before Christ came. Men had lost sight of God; even the Jews, the chosen people, had corrupted themselves with idols, till the God of th...
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, saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? f...
Matthew 2:1. _Now when Jesus was born is Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,_ Our Lord was born in Bethlehem, an inconsiderable...
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...
KING OF THE JEWS. They were expecting a baby who would become the Messiah. They must have known and read the Jewish Scriptures. But it seems they thought in terms of a temporal kingdom. HIS STAR. It i...
_Seen his star._ THE GUIDING STAR It was revealed to the shepherds and then to the wise men. 1. The Jews had the priority of time, so also they had a superiority in the manner of the declaration. T...
FOLLOW THE GLEAM Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and are come to worship him. Matthew 2:2. There are some stories that we never grow tired of, are there n...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 2:2 WE SAW HIS STAR WHEN IT ROSE. Through interaction with Jews in Babylon, the wise men would likely have been familiar with OT prophecy (e.g., Numbers 24
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 2:1. BORN.—The birth of Jesus has been assigned to “the fourth year before the common account called Anno Domini.” But Rev. A. Carr (Cambridge Bible for Schools) says, “the ye...
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...
Hebrews 1:6; Isaiah 32:1; Isaiah 32:2; Isaiah 60:3; Isaiah 9:6;...
The east [α ν α τ ο λ η]. Literally, the rising. Some commentators prefer to render at its rising, or when it rose. In Luke 1:78, the word is translated dayspring, or dawn. The kindred verb occurs in...
HOW THE FIRST CHRISTMAS WAS CELEBRATED Matthew 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction we are going to read a poem named "The Christmas Story" which was written several years ago. It is appro...
Why does the Bible commend the Magi for following the star, when it condemns astrology? PROBLEM: The Bible condemns the use of astrology (see Leviticus 19:26; Deuteronomy 18:10; Isaiah 8:19), yet God...
Observe here, 1. The enquiry that they make after Christ: they do not ask WHETHER he was born, but WHERE he was born; not doubting of the fact, but ignorant of the place. Observe, 2. The ground of the...