Herod called. secret meeting. This cunning and ruthless man had gained one point. He knew where the Messiah was to be born. Now he hopes to learn his age. The exact time of the star. It had been seen first about two years before (implied in Matthew 2:16).
PRIVILY - Secretly, privately. He did this to ascertain the time when Jesus was born. DILIGENTLY - Accurately, exactly. He took pains to learn the precise time when the star appeared. He did this bec...
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...
THEN HEROD PRIVILY CALLED THE WISE MEN. The crafty and cruel king had gained one point; he now knew where the Christ was to be born. In order to compass his murderous design, and get out of the way o...
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)...
PRIVILY. secretly. enquired... diligently. enquired... accurately Compare Deuteronomy 19:18. Greek. _akriboo._ Occurs only here and in Matthew 2:16. WHAT TIME, &C. This was the second of the two impor...
_inquired of them diligently_ Rather, HAVING ACCURATELY ASCERTAINED; the word is used of scientific exactness. The reason of this inquiry appears in Matthew 2:16. _what time the star appeared_ Litera...
ΤΌΤΕ, a favourite word of transition with St Matthew. It occurs more frequently in this gospel alone than in all the rest of the N.T. The modes of transition in the several Evangelists are interesting...
THE VISIT OF THE MAGI Recorded by St Matthew only....
7. THEN HEROD, WHEN HE HAD PRIVILY CALLED THE WISE MEN, ENQUIRED OF THEM DILIGENTLY WHAT TIME THE STAR APPEARED. 8. AND HE SENT THEM TO BETHLEHEM, AND SAID, "GO AND SEARCH DILIGENTLY FOR THE YOUNG CHI...
_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...
ΛΆΘΡΣΙ (G2977) _adv._ тайно, ΚΑΛΈΣΑΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) пот. masc. sing. от_ ΚΑΛΈΩ (G2564) звать, ΉΚΡ ΒΩΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΡΙΒΌΩ (G198) знать достоверно, точно (RWP). ΦΑΙΝΟΜΈΝΟΥ _praes...
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,...
Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. THEN HEROD, WHEN HE HAD PRIVILY CALLED THE WISE MEN. Herod has so far succeeded in his...
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...
2:7 inquired (h-8) Or 'learned.' so ver. 16. appearing; (i-19) It is evident that the star had not been all the way, but now reappeared. see ver. 10. 'The time' is practically when it appeared; 'how l...
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...
WHEN HE HAD PRIVILY CALLED. — True to his nature to the last — himself probably a believer in astrology, and haunted by fears of what the star portended — the king’s next measure is to ascertain the l...
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...
_Herod's next step_. τότε Ἡρώδης … ἀστέρος : τότε, frequent formula of transition with our evangelist, _cf._ Matthew 2:16-17; Matthew 4:1; Matthew 4:5;...
_Visit of the Magi._...
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...
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 he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. I would beg the Reader to...
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...
7._Then Herod, having secretly called the Magi _The tyrant did not dare to avow his fear and uneasiness, lest he might give fresh courage to a people, by whom he knew that he was hated. In public, the...
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 HAD PRIVATELY CALLED THE WISE MEN,.... As soon as he had got the intelligence of the place of the Messiah's birth, he called, or ordered the wise men to be brought into his presenc...
Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. Ver. 7. _Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently...
_Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men_, &c. He thought it prudent to keep the matter as close as possible, lest the Jews, understanding the time of the birth of the Messiah, should, fro...
THEN HEROD, WHEN HE HAD PRIVILY CALLED THE WISE MEN, ENQUIRED OF THEM DILIGENTLY WHAT TIME THE STAR APPEARED. It was a secret conference, just fitting in with his political trickery. Had he made his i...
Herod's measures to meet the emergency:...
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 having heard the answer of the priests and scribes, did not think fit to make any noise of it amongst the people; he knew the Jews were apt enough to rebel, and being so little a conqueror had n...
Matthew 2:7 Then G5119 Herod G2264 secretly G2977 called G2564 (G5660) men G3097 determined G198 (G5656) from...
‘Then Herod privately called the Magi, and learned of them exactly what time the star appeared.' Having learned from his own ‘wise men' what he wanted to know, Herod now summoned the Magi in private...
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...
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...
Matthew 2:7. PRIVATELY. This indicates his evil purpose, and is quite characteristic of political suspicion. LEARNED OF THEM EARNED. He probably drew some inference from what they told him, and took...
THEN HEROD PRIVILY CALLED THE WISE MEN (τοτε Hηρωιδης λαθρα καλεσας τους μαγους). He had manifestly not told members of the Sanhedrin why he was concerned about the Messiah. So he conceals his motiv...
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...
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...
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...
_Search diligently._ I. Wicked men often cloak their evil designs under the appearance of religion. They attempt to deceive those who are really good, and to make them suppose that they have the same...
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 Samuel 18:21; Exodus 1:10; Ezekiel 38:10; Ezekiel 38:11; Isaiah 7:5
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, 1. How Herod clokes his intended cruelty with disguised hypocrisy: he had. murder in his heart, when he pretended to worship Christ with his mouth. There is no villainy so great, but wil...