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Verse Matthew 2:6. _AND THOU BETHLEHEM_, IN _THE LAND OF JUDA_] To
distinguish it from Bethlehem, in the tribe of Zebulon. Joshua 19:15.
Matthew 2:1.
_ART NOT THE LEAST_] In...
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BY THE PROPHET - The Sanhedrin answered without hesitation. The
question where he would be born had been settled by prophecy. This
prophecy is found in Micah 5:2. In that prophecy both the place of hi...
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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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AND THOU BETHLEHEM.
The quotation is made freely from the Septuagint version (Greek) which
was in common use, and from which the Savior and his apostles
constantly quoted. The Hebrew is literally, "Bu...
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THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE KING (Matthew 2:1-2)...
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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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JUDA. Judah.
ART NOT THE LEAST. Figure of speech _Tapeinosis_, in order to magnify
the place.
NOT. by no means. Greek. _oudamos._ Occurs only here.
AMONG. See App-104.
PRINCES. Put by the Figure o...
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_And thou Bethlehem, &c._ Micah 5:2. The quotation nearly corresponds
with the Hebrew text, the literal translation of which is: BUT THOU
BETHLEHEM EPHRATAH, THOUGH THOU BE LITTLE TO BE AMONG THE THOU...
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ΚΑῚ ΣῪ ΒΗΘΛΕΈΜ Κ.Τ.Λ. Micah 5:2. The quotation (as
usually in passages cited by St Matthew alone) nearly corresponds with
the Hebrew text, the literal translation of which is: ‘But thou
Bethlehem Ephr...
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THE VISIT OF THE MAGI
Recorded by St Matthew only....
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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...
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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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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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And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the
princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall
rule my people Israel.
AND THOU, BETHLEHEM, [IN] THE LAND OF...
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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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2:6 who (g-27) _ Hostis_ , 'who is such as.' see ch. 7.24....
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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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AND THOU BETHLEHEM.... — The Evangelist is not quoting the prophecy
of Micah himself, but recording it as it was quoted by the scribes.
This in part explains the fact that he does not give either the...
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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 answer of the experts_. οἱ δὲ εἶπον, etc. This is not
a Christian opinion put into the mouth of the scribes. It was the
answer to be expected from them as reflecting the current opinion of
the ti...
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_Visit of the Magi._...
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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...
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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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And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the (f) least among
the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that (g)
shall rule my people Israel.
(f) Though you are a small tow...
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And thou Bethlehem, &c. This was a clear prophecy concerning the
Messias, foretold by Micheas; (chap. v. 2,) yet the words which we
read in the evangelist are not quite the same as we find in the
prop...
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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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And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the
princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall
rule my people Israel.
It is very blessed to behold, how the Lor...
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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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6._And thou, Bethlehem _The scribes quoted faithfully, no doubt, the
words of the passage in their own language, as it is found in the
prophet. But Matthew reckoned it enough to point out the passage;...
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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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AND THOU BETHLEHEM IN THE LAND OF JUDA,.... This prophecy, which the
chief priests and scribes produced, as pointing at the place of
Christ's birth, is owned by both ancient and later Jews y to be a
p...
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And thou Bethlehem, _in_ the land of Juda, art not the least among the
princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall
rule my people Israel.
Ver. 6. _And thou Bethlehem, in the la...
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_Thou Bethlehem_, &c., _art not the least among the princes of Juda_
It is justly observed by Dr. Doddridge, after Erasmus, here, that
“when this and several other quotations from the Old Testament,
w...
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a. And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, art not the least among
the princes of Judah.
Their opinion was given without hesitation; it reflected the current
opinion and agreed with Talmudic traditi...
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Herod's measures to meet the emergency:...
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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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RULE:
Or, feed...
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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...
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Ver. 5,6. It was (as it seems) so received a tradition, and
interpretation of MICAH 5:2, that they gave him an answer without any
hesitation, telling him he was to be born IN BETHLEHEM OF JUDEA; this...
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Origen Against Celsus Book I
Now the Scripture speaks, respecting the place of the Saviour's
birth-that the Ruler was to come forth from Bethlehem-in the following
manner: "And thou Bethlehem, house...
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Matthew 2:6 But G2532 you G4771 Bethlehem G965 land G1093 Judah G2448
Are G1488 (G5748) not G3760 least...
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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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“And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are in no wise least
among the princes of Judah, for out of you will come forth a governor,
who will be shepherd of my people Israel.”
We have no evidence el...
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Matthew 2:6. AND THOU BETHLEHEM. Freely quoted from the Greek version
(the Septuagint) then in common use. The Hebrew is literally: ‘But
thou Bethlehem Ephratah, too small to be among the thousands of...
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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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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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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 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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BETHLEHEM, IN THE LAND OF JUDAH. This quotation is from the (Greek)
Septuagint translation of the Old Testament (the version in common
use, and which Jesus and his disciples commonly quoted). The
(Mas...
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_A Governor._
MESSIAH’S GOVERNMENT
I. The character of the Governor,
1. His dignity (Romans 9:5; Colossians 2:9; Jeremiah 33:6;...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 2:5 BETHLEHEM. See Micah 5:2.
⇐...
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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 2:1. 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...
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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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1 Chronicles 5:2; Colossians 1:18; Ephesians 1:22; Ezekiel 34:23;...
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Land of Judah. To distinguish it from Bethlehem in the territory of
Zebulon.
Shall be shepherd of [π ο ι μ α ν ε ι], from poimhn, a
shepherd. So Rev., rightly, instead of shall rule. The word involves...
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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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Thou art in nowise the least among the princes of Judah — That is,
among the cities belonging to the princes or heads of thousands in
Judah. When this and several other quotations from the Old Testame...
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How can we explain Matthew’s apparent misquotation of Micah 5:2?
PROBLEM: Matthew 2:6 quotes Micah 5:2. However, the words Matthew uses
are different than those used by Micah.
SOLUTION: Although Matt...