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Verse Matthew 2:9. _IN THE EAST_] Or, _at its rise_. Matthew 2:2,
Matthew 2:2.
_STOOD OVER WHERE THE YOUNG CHILD WAS._] _Super caput pueri_, Over
the head of the child,
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THE STAR ... WENT BEFORE THEM - From this it appears that the star was
a luminous meteor, perhaps at no great distance from the ground. It is
not unlikely that they lost sight of it after they had com...
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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...
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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...
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THEY WENT THEIR WAY.
They probably departed immediately after their interview with king
Herod, and as the appearance of the star as soon as they started
indicates that it was night, they probably saw...
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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....
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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...
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THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE KING (Matthew 2:1-2)...
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HAD HEARD. having heard.
DEPARTED: to Nazareth (not to Bethlehem). App-169.
THEY SAW. When in the east. See Matthew 2:2.
WENT BEFORE. kept going before (Imperfect). Therefore not an
astronomical ph...
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THE VISIT OF THE MAGI
Recorded by St Matthew only....
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ἘΣΤΆΘΗ for ἔστη (אBCD). The passive implies agency, here
divine agency: see ch. Matthew 27:11....
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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...
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9. AND, LO, THE STAR, WHICH THEY SAW IN THE EAST, WENT BEFORE THEM,
TILL IT CAME AND STOOD OVER WHERE THE YOUNG CHILD WAS.
Pseudo-Chrys.: This passage shews, that when the star had brought the
Magi ne...
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_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...
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ΆΚΟΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.), см._ Matthew 2:3.
"Выслушав". Скорее, царь должен был
услышать и помочь им (Bengel).
ΈΠΟΡΕΎΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.), см._ Matthew 2:8.
ΙΔΟΎ _aor. imper. act...
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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,...
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When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which
they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over
where the young child was.
WHEN THEY HAD HEARD THE KING, TH...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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WHICH THEY SAW.... — The words would seem to imply that they started
in the evening, and, as they started, saw the star in the direction of
Bethlehem. In popular language it served to guide them, and...
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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...
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_The Magi go on their errand to Bethlehem_. They do not know the way,
but the star guides them. ἰδοὺ ὁ ἀστὴρ : looking up to
heaven as they set out on their journey, they once more behold their
heaven...
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_Visit of the Magi._...
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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...
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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...
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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?...
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When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
It appears that Herod had so disguised his intentions, that the wise
men had no consciousness of it. So is it in common life. But the Lo...
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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...
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_THE GUIDING STAR_
‘The Star … went before them.’
Matthew 2:9
When God would make an Epiphany of His Son to the Gentiles, there were
evidently two ways in which He might do it. He might send Him to...
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9._But they, having heard the King, departed _It is truly an instance
of base sluggishness, that not one of the Jews offers himself as an
escort to those foreigners, to go and see the King who had bee...
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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...
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WHEN THEY HAD HEARD THE KING,.... With great care and attention, what
he had told them of the birth place of the young child; the strict
charge he had given them to search diligently for him, and then...
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When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which
they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over
where the young child was.
Ver. 9. _And, lo, the star_] A sta...
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_When they had heard the king, they departed_ Viz., from Jerusalem,
without the least suspicion, it seems, of his treacherous and cruel
designs. As these sages came from a distant country into Judea u...
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WENT BEFORE THEM; in their journey from Jerusalem to Bethlehem.
STOOD OVER WHERE THE YOUNG CHILD WAS; so that they were guided by it
to the exact spot....
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In simple trustfulness, the Magi proceed to act according to the
king's words: WHEN. THEY HAD HEARD THE KING, THEY DEPARTED; AND, LO,
THE STAR WHICH THEY SAW IN THE EAST WENT BEFORE THEM, TILL IT CAME...
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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...
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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...
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THEY DEPARTED toward Bethlehem Judah; how long their journey was we
cannot tell: some wonder that none of the Jews did attend them in
their journey, coming out of their own country upon such a discove...
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Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments
I did not unfold divine grace. I was known by my mother, and I was not
announced by a star.[387]...
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Matthew 2:9 When G1161 heard G191 (G5660) king G935 departed G4198
(G5675) and G2532 behold G2400 ...
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‘And they, having heard the king, went their way, and lo, the star,
which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood
over where the young child was.'
Having heard what the king had...
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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...
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Matthew 2:9. THEY WENT THEIR WAY. The interview seems to have taken
place in the evening, and they set out immediately afterwards, but
night travelling is customary in the east.
LO, THE STAR, etc. Th...
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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...
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WENT BEFORE THEM
(προηγεν αυτους). Imperfect tense, kept on in front of
them, not as a guide to the town since they now knew that, but to the
place where the child was, the inn according to Luke 2:...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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WITH THIS THEY LEFT. Probably immediately. The appearance of the star
implied that it was night, and that their meeting with Herod was in
the evening. WENT AHEAD OF THEM. A miraculous appearance is im...
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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...
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_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....
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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...
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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...
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2 Peter 1:19; Matthew 2:2; Proverbs 2:1; Proverbs 8:17; Psalms 25:12
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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...
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Observe here, 1. How the star, which for some time disappeared now
appears again, to their farther direction in finding Christ: teaching
us, That God will not be wanting to such as are on the way to s...