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Verse Matthew 2:16. _SLEW ALL THE CHILDREN_] This cruelty of Herod
seems alluded to in very decisive terms by _Macrobius_, who flourished
toward the conclusion of the fourth Century. In his chapter _...
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THEN HEROD, WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS MOCKED OF THE WISE MEN - When he
saw that he had been deceived by them; that is, that they did not
return as he had expected. It does not mean that they did it for...
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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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THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT AND THE MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS. While Mt.
says Jesus was born before Herod's death (how long before he does not
say), Lk. suggests, by his reference to Quirinius, that it was...
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II. THE MURDER OF THE INNOCENTS.
16. THEN HEROD, WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS MOCKED.
He had directed the wise men to report to him after their visit to
Bethlehem. Their return to their own country withou...
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THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE KING (Matthew 2:1-2)...
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The Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, and he sent
and slew all the children in Bethlehem, and in all the districts near
by. He slew every child of two years and under, reckoning from...
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SAW. App-133.
MOCKED. deceived.
WROTH. Greek. _thumoomai._ Occurs only here.
ALL. The number could not have been great.
CHILDREN. boys. Plural of _pais._ App-108.
COASTS. borders.
TWO YEARS. Gree...
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The Slaying of the Children at Bethlehem
16. _and sent forth, and slew_ i. e. he sent assassins to slay.
_all the children_ Lit. ALL THE MALE CHILDREN.
_coasts_ i. e. borders or neighbourhood.
_fro...
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ἈΝΕΙ͂ΛΕΝ, ‘slew.’ The verb occurs here only in Matthew.
It is frequent in the Acts, occurring rarely elsewhere. Out of a great
variety of classical meanings the Hellenistic usage nearly confines
the w...
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VER 16. THEN HEROD, WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS MOCKED OF THE WISE MEN,
WAS EXCEEDING WROTH, AND SENT FORTH, AND SLEW ALL THE CHILDREN THAT
WERE IN BETHLEHEM, AND IN ALL THE COASTS THEREOF, FROM TWO YEARS...
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_THE MURDER OF THE INFANTS IN BETHLEHEM MATTHEW 2:16-18:_ The wicked
act of King Herod in killing all these babies must have broken the
hearts of many families. From this sad section of scripture we
o...
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DISCOURSE: 1281
THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INFANTS
Matthew 2:16; Matthew 2:18. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked
of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the
children that...
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THEN HEROD, WHEN HE SAW, &C.— _Perceiving that he was mocked by the
Magi—slew all the children—entering on the second year and under,
according to the time which he had exactly learned,_ &c. Knatchbul...
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SECTION 4. THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT AND RETURN
TEXT: 2:13-23
13. Now when they were departed, behold, an angel of the Lord
appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child
and his...
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Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was
exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were
in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old an...
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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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MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS (peculiar to St. Matthew). The incident is
fully in accordance with what is known of Herod's character, and could
not have been suggested by the prophecy in Matthew 2:18, whi...
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ALL THE MALE (RV) CHILDREN] 'Considering the population of Bethlehem,
their number could only have been small—probably twenty at most.'
The massacre is not mentioned by Josephus, but 'the murder of a...
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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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The fact of the slaughter of the infants of Bethlehem is not mentioned
by Josephus, or by any other writer, and has on that ground been
called in question. It is admitted, however, on all hands, that...
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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 massacre_. Τότε : ominous _then_. When he was certain that
the Magi were not going to come back to report what they had found at
Bethlehem, Herod was enraged as one who had been befooled
(ἐνεπαίχ...
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_Flight to Egypt, massacre in Bethlehem, return to Nazareth_. These
three stories have one aim. They indicate the omens which appear in
beginnings _omina principiis inesse solent_ (Ovid). The fortunes...
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“OUT OF EGYPT DID I CALL MY SON”
Matthew 2:16-23
The death of those little children was very pathetic. From the first
it seemed as though our Lord's advent would bring not peace, but the
sword. Their...
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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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By this example, we learn how great credit we owe to the Church in
canonizing saints, and celebrating their holydays: by whose only
warrant, without any word of Scripture, these holy Innocents have be...
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SLAUGHTER OF THE INFANTS
16-18. Herod's cruelty was simply horrific, killing his wife and three
sons Antipater, only five days before he died; all the Maccabean
family; and all others who were even su...
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In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great
mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted,
because they are not.
Here is opened the mystery of iniquity...
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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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_SLAIN FOR CHRIST’S SAKE_
‘Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was
exceeding wroth.’
Matthew 2:16
The Festival of the Innocents dates as far back as the third century.
Its c...
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16._Then Herod when he saw _Matthew speaks according to what Herod
felt and thought about the matter. He believed that the Magi had
deceived him, because they did not choose to take part in his wicked...
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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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THEN HEROD, WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS MOCKED,.... Herod, having waited a
proper time for the return of the wise men, and they not coming,
concluded he was tricked by them; though, no doubt, when they pr...
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Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was
exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were
in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and...
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Mat. 2:16. "Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise
men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, _and slew all the children _
that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from tw...
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_Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men_ The word
ενεπαιχθη, here rendered, _was mocked_, “properly signifies
_was played with_, and well expresses the view in which the pride of
H...
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HAD DILIGENTLY INQUIRED; Herod, supposing that the time of the
appearance of the star, which he had accurately learned from the Magi,
must agree with the age of Jesus, determined to destroy all the
ch...
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THEN HEROD, WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS MOCKED OF THE WISE MEN, WAS
EXCEEDING WROTH, AND SENT FORTH, AND SLEW ALL THE CHILDREN THAT WERE
IN BETHLEHEM, AND IN ALL THE COASTS THEREOF, FROM TWO YEARS OLD AND...
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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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13-15 Egypt had been a house of bondage to Israel, and particularly
cruel to the infants of Israel; yet it is to be a place of refuge to
the holy Child Jesus. God, when he pleases, can make the worst...
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OLBGrk;
Herod now expounds what he meant by his coming and worshipping Christ
also, which he talked of MATTHEW 2:8. WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS MOCKED,
&C; really mocked by their coming no more to him; no...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
For this cause, too, He suddenly removed those children belonging to
the house of David, whose happy lot it was to have been born at that
time, that He might send t...
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Matthew 2:16 Then G5119 Herod G2264 saw G1492 (G5631) that G3754
deceived G1702 (G5681) by G5259 men...
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‘Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Magi, was
extremely angry, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that
were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old...
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JESUS IS DRIVEN INTO EXILE AND FINALLY RETURNS TO LOWLY NAZARETH
(2:12-23).
As a result of a warning dream the Magi did not return to Herod but
slipped out of the country ‘another way', while Joseph s...
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Matthew 2:16. The beginning of the persecutions which culminated in
the crucifixion.
THEN HEROD WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS TRIFLED WITH, _i.e.,_ duped,
according to his view of the case, BY THE MAGI, WA...
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CHRONOLOGY. We place the flight into Egypt a _fter_ the presentation
in the temple (Luke 2:22-39). The latter took place on the fortieth
day, and the interval which this allows is too brief for the ev...
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SLEW ALL THE MALE CHILDREN THAT WERE IN BETHLEHEM
(ανειλεν παντας τους παιδας τους εν
Βηθλεεμ). The flight of Joseph was justified, for Herod was
violently enraged (εθυμωθη λιαν) that he had been mo...
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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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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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WHEN HEROD REALIZED. The Magi disobeyed his order to report to him,
and returned home by a different route. ORDERS TO KILL. Herod was
brutal! He ordered the murder of those boys in Bethlehem and its
n...
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_Slew all the children._
THE HOLY INNOCENTS
The narrative presents sharp contrasts of character and history.
I. Christ the terror of the tyrant even when a helpless babe.
II. The tyrant’s utmost e...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 2:16 ALL THE MALE CHILDREN IN BETHLEHEM...
TWO YEARS OLD OR UNDER. The small village may have had 10 to 30 boys
of that age. Herod the Great’s question to the wise men about th...
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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 2:13. EGYPT.—At all times the readiest place of refuge for
the Israelites, whether from famine or from political oppression. In
Alexandria the Jews numbered a fifth of the po...
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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 Kings 8:12; Daniel 3:13; Daniel 3:19; Daniel 3:20; Genesis 39:14;...
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The children [τ ο υ ς π α ι δ α ς]. Male children, as is
indicated by the masculine form of the article, and so Rev....
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Then Herod, seeing that he was deluded by the wise men — So did his
pride teach him to regard this action, as if it were intended to
expose him to the derision of his subjects. Sending forth — a party...
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Observe here, How Herod, having played the fox before, acts the lion
now; his secret policy not succeeding, he breaks out into open and
inhuman cruelty.
Learn, That when fraud and subtilty fail the en...