Herod. was very upset. Herod did not rightfully hold the throne. A rival, legitimate, who would be accepted by the Jews, was bad news to him. Everyone else in Jerusalem. This was the capitol, the seat of his power. Herod's backers were there.
Verse Matthew 2:3. _WHEN HEROD - HEARD_ THESE THINGS, _HE WAS TROUBLED_] Herod's consternation was probably occasioned by the agreement of the account of the _magi_, with an opinion predominant throu...
HAD HEARD THESE THINGS - Had heard of their coming, and of the star, and of the design of their coming. HE WAS TROUBLED - Herod had obtained the kingdom by great crimes, and by shedding much blood. He...
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...
HEROD... HE WAS TROUBLED. The trouble of Herod is easily accounted for. He was. usurper, not of the royal line, hated by the Jewish nation, near the close of his reign and anxious to continue the roy...
When Herod the king heard or this he was disturbed, and so was all Jerusalem with him. So he collected all the chief priests and scribes of the people, and asked them where the Anointed One of God was...
THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE KING (Matthew 2:1-2)...
WHEN. But. HAD HEARD. on hearing. WAS TROUBLED. The enemy used this for another attempt to prevent the fulfillment of Genesis 3:15. See App-23. ALL JERUSALEM. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the...
_all Jerusalem with him_ Fearing some fresh outbreak of cruelty....
THE VISIT OF THE MAGI Recorded by St Matthew only....
ἘΤΑΡΆΧΘΗ. Herod, with the instincts of a tyrant, would be alarmed for his throne. His subjects (πᾶσα Ἱεροσόλυμα) had learnt to dread his outbreaks of passion. μετʼ αὐτοῦ not σὺν αὐτῷ, they did not sym...
3. WHEN HEROD THE KING HAD HEARD THESE THINGS, HE WAS TROUBLED, AND ALL JERUSALEM WITH HIM. 4. AND WHEN HE HAD GATHERED ALL THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND SCRIBES OF THE PEOPLE TOGETHER, HE DEMANDED OF THEM 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...
ΆΚΟΎΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) пот. masc. sing. от_ ΑΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать. "Услышав это, Ирод..." ΈΤΑΡΆΧΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΤΑΡΆΣΣΩ (G5015) взбалтывать, будоражить; фигур, будоражить, беспокоить,...
HE WAS TROUBLED— _Alarmed._ Our translation suits well to Herod, jealous for his crown, but not to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who were oppressed by him; and (according to their notions of a Messiah...
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,...
When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. WHEN HEROD THE KING HEARD THESE THINGS, HE WAS TROUBLED - viewing this as a danger to his own throne: perha...
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...
AND ALL JERUSALEM] They had good reason to be troubled. Only two years before, in a similar fit of jealous fear, Herod had slaughtered all the leading Pharisees (Jos. 'Antiq.' 17. 2). the Second Miss...
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...
HEROD THE KING. — When the Magi reached Jerusalem, the air was thick with fears and rumours, The old king (the title had been given by the Roman Senate in B.C. 40) was drawing to the close of his long...
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._...
ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἡρώδης ἐταράχθη : βασιλεὺς before the name, not after, as in Matthew 2:1, the emphatic position suggesting that it was as king and because king that Herod was troubled. The foreigner and us...
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...
When Herod the king had heard [these things], he was (c) troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. (c) Was much moved, for he was a foreigner, and became ruler by force; and the Jews were troubled; for w...
Through fear of losing his kingdom, he being a foreigner, and had obtained the sovereignty by violence. But why was all Jerusalem to be alarmed at the news of a king so long and so ardently expected?...
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?...
When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. That Herod should be troubled at this intelligence was natural enough; and from the character which follows in...
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...
_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...
3._Herod the king was troubled _Herod was not unacquainted with the predictions, which promised to the Jews a King, who would restore their distressful and ruinous affairs to a prosperous condition. H...
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...
WHEN HEROD THE KING HAD HEARD THESE THINGS,.... That is, the report made by the wise men of the appearance of an unusual star, and of the birth of the king of the Jews, which they affirmed with all ce...
When Herod the king had heard _these things_, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. Ver. 3. _When Herod the King heard these things he was troubled_] At that wherein the sages and shepherds re...
_When Herod heard_, &c. _he was troubled_ Or, _alarmed_, as Dr. Waterland renders εταραχθη. The word properly signifies a great emotion of mind, whatever the cause thereof be. Being a prince of a very...
TROUBLED; Herod feared a rival, and his trouble caused the people to be troubled....
The message of the Magi was brief:...
WHEN HEROD THE KING HAD HEARD THESE THINGS, HE WAS TROUBLED, AND ALL JERUSALEM WITH HIM. The consternation of Herod may be explained in two ways. As king, because of his position as king, Herod was tr...
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...
Herod was hardly warm in his kingdom, and had taken Jerusalem by force, and was therefore much concerned to hear that there was a new King born; and supposing him to have been all his life acquainted...
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews For thus it is written in the prophet: "And thou, Bethlehem, are not the least in the leaders of Judah: for out of thee shall issue a Leader who shall feed my People...
Matthew 2:3 When G1161 Herod G2264 king G935 heard G191 (G5660) troubled G5015 (G5681) and G2532 all...
‘And when Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.' The arrival of such men in Jerusalem asking questions about a royal birth and speaking of a ‘King of the Jews' would so...
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 2:3. HEROD THE KING; the reigning king WAS TROUBLED, fearing for his throne, as might be expected from his jealous disposition. AND ALL JERUSALEM WITH HIM. Either: at the same time with him,...
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...
HE WAS TROUBLED, AND ALL JERUSALEM WITH HIM (εταραχθη κα πασα Ιεροσολυμα μετ' αυτου). Those familiar with the story of Herod the Great in Josephus can well understand the meaning of these words. Her...
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...
_Herod._ HEROD 1. Blind. 2. Luxurious. 3. Revengeful. 4. Flattered. 5. An habitual sinner. (_J. M. Ashley._) 1. The shortness of kingdoms. 2. The fear of an evil conscience. 3. Various uses o...
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...
1 Kings 18:17; 1 Kings 18:18; Acts 16:20; Acts 16:21; Acts 17:6;...
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...
Observe here, That when Christ came into the world to save men, it cast the world into. consternation, and caused wonderful disturbances. Herod is first concerned, and next ALL JERUSALEM WITH HIM; Her...