Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ
let them keep their gold to themselves.[19]
Peter of Alexandria Canonical Epistle
For "being warned of God in a dream," he says, "that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way."[56]
Gospel of Nicodemus I The Acts of Pilate
The Jews therefore cried out, saying: We wish Caesar to be king over us, not Jesus, because Jesus received gifts[95]
Verse Matthew 2:11. _THEY PRESENTED UNTO HIM GIFTS_] The people of the east never approach the presence of kings and great personages, without a _present_ in their hands. This custom is often noticed...
THE HOUSE - The place where he was born, or the place where they lived at that time. FELL DOWN - This was the usual way of showing respect or homage among the Jews, Esther 8:3; Job 1:20;...
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...
AND THEY CAME INTO THE HOUSE. Not, probably, the stable where the Lord was born, but. temporary home obtained after the crowd had left Jerusalem. Many commentators suppose that Joseph and Mary remaine...
And, behold, the star, which they had seen in its rising, led them on until it came and stood over the place where the little child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy....
THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE KING (Matthew 2:1-2)...
INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. INTO THE HOUSE. Not therefore at Bethlehem, for that would have been into the stable. See note Matthew 2:1. There is no "discrepancy" here. CHILD. Greek. _paidion._ See...
_the house_ St Matthew gives no hint that "the house" was an inn, or that the babe was lying in a manger. Perhaps here as in other places we are misled by the ideas suggested by great pictures; and in...
ΕἾΔΟΝ for εὗρον, with all the leading MSS. and versions. εὗρον influenced by Matthew 2:8. 11. ΕἸΣ ΤῊΝ ΟἸΚΊΑΝ. St Matthew gives no hint that ‘the house’ was an inn, or that the babe was lying in a mang...
THE VISIT OF THE MAGI Recorded by St Matthew only....
10. WHEN THEY SAW THE STAR, THEY REJOICED WITH EXCEEDING GREAT JOY. 11. AND WHEN THEY WERE COME INTO THE HOUSE, THEY SAW THE YOUNG CHILD WITH MARY HIS MOTHER, AND FELL DOWN, AND WORSHIPPED HIM: AND WH...
_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...
ΈΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ (G2064) _aor. act. part. (temp.) пот. masc. pl._ от ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ идти, "когда они вошли" ΕΊΔΟΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Matthew 2:2. ΠΕΣΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. от_ ΠΊΠΤΩ (G4098) падать. Part, образа...
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,...
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold...
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...
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...
OPENED THEIR TREASURES. — The word points to caskets, or chests, which they had brought with them. GOLD, AND FRANKINCENSE, AND MYRRH. — These were natural enough as the traditional gifts of homage to...
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 Magi enter and do homage_. καὶ ε. ε. τ. οἰκίαν : the _house_. In Luke the shepherds find the holy family in a _stable_, and the holy child lying in a manger; reconcilable by assuming that the Mag...
_Visit of the Magi._...
GOD RULES AND OVERRULES Matthew 2:9-15 The suggestion has been hazarded that “the star” was an unusual combination of three planets; but this would conflict with the disappearance and reappearance of...
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...
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and (h) fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their (i) treasures, they presented unto him gift...
And going into the house. Several of the Fathers in their homilies, represent the wise men adoring Jesus in the stable, and in the manger. yet others, with St. John Chrysostom take notice, that before...
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?...
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold,...
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...
_CHRIST IN COMMON LIFE_ ‘When they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary His mother, and fell down, and worshipped Him.’ Matthew 2:11 Think of those Magi, great men in their...
_THE THREEFOLD GIFT_ ‘And when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto Him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.’ Matthew 2:11 Let us put ourselves in the place of the Magi. What g...
11._They found the young child _So revolting a sight might naturally have created an additional prejudice; for Christ was so far from having aught of royalty surrounding him, that he was in a meaner a...
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...
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME INTO THE HOUSE,.... Which they entered without making any inquiry, being fully assured by the star's standing right over it, that this was the house, and here was the king of t...
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold,...
Mat. 2:11. "And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshipped Him: _and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto Him...
_When they saw the star_ Thus standing over where the child was, _they rejoiced with exceeding great joy_ The original expression, εχαρησαν χαραν μεγαλην σφοδρα, is remarkably emphatical, and might be...
AND WHEN THEY WERE COME INTO THE HOUSE, THEY SAW THE YOUNG CHILD WITH MARY, HIS MOTHER, AND. FELL DOWN, AND WORSHIPED HIM. So vivid is Matthew's description that the words fairly gush forth in a joyfu...
The effect of its appearance upon the Magi;...
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...
PRESENTED: Or, offered...
9-12 What joy these wise men felt upon this sight of the star, none know so well as those who, after a long and melancholy night of temptation and desertion, under the power of a spirit of bondage, a...
How long the virgin Mary and her holy Child had been there is not expressed; those that think these wise men came within six weeks or two months, judge that Joseph and Mary came thither from Jerusalem...
Matthew 2:11 And G2532 come G2064 (G5631) into G1519 house G3614 saw G2147 (G5627) (G5625)...
‘And they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and paid him homage, and opening their treasures they offered to him gifts, gold and frankincense and myr...
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...
Matthew 2:11. THE HOUSE. Probably not the place where Jesus was born, but temporary lodgings, in which they remained until ‘the forty days of purification' were accomplished. If the event falls within...
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...
OPENING THEIR TREASURES (ανοιξαντες τους θησαυρους αυτων). Here "treasures" means "caskets" from the verb (τιθημ), receptacle for valuables. In the ancient writers it meant "treasury" as in 1Macc. 3...
Matthew 2:11 I. In proportion to the obscurity which hangs about this story as a fact is its clearness and usefulness when considered as a symbol. To Christ and before His throne in heaven vain it wer...
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, saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? f...
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...
THEY WENT INTO THE HOUSE. Not the stable, but a temporary home. Many think Joseph and Mary stayed in Bethlehem until the forty days of purification were completed; the young child then presented in th...
_Worshipped Him-Gold and frankincense and myrrh._ ACTION, PRAYER, SORROW I. Gold may be taken as representing our substance, our goods, our material wealth. All work, all material, have their worth...
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS GIFT They offered unto him gifts. Matthew 2:11. The happy Christmas-time has come round once more, and for the past few weeks there have been little under-currents of excitement...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 2:11 The wise men arrived up to two years after Jesus’ birth. By then Jesus lived in a HOUSE. WORSHIPED HIM. Because of their pagan background, the wise men may not have unders...
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 2:11. HOUSE.—It is not reasonable to suppose that the holy family would require to stay long in the public khan or caravanserai, where the infant Saviour was born. WORSHIPPED....
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...
1 Kings 10:10; 1 Kings 10:2; 1 Samuel 10:27; Acts 10:25; Acts 10:26;...
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...
They presented to him gifts — It was customary to offer some present to any eminent person whom they visited. And so it is, as travellers observe, in the eastern countries to this day. Gold, frankince...