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CHAPTER II.
_Wise men come from the east to worship Christ_, 1, 2.
_Herod, hearing of the birth of our Lord, is greatly troubled_, 3;
_and makes inquiry of the chief priests and scribes, where the_...
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WHEN JESUS WAS BORN - See the full account of his birth in Luke 2:1.
IN BETHLEHEM OF JUDEA - Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christ, was a
small town about six miles south of Jerusalem. The word
“Bethleh...
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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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THE INFANT JESUS. -- Matthew 2:1-12.
GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his
people from their sins._ -- Matthew 1:21. TIME. --About B. C. 4. (It
is now conceded that th...
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THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE KING (Matthew 2:1-2)...
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When Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judaea, in the days of Herod the
King, behold there came to Jerusalem wise men from the East. "Where,"
they said, "is the newly born King of the Jews? For we have s...
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JESUS. See App-98.
IN. Greek. _en._ App-104.
BETHLEHEM. house of bread. Five miles south of Jerusalem. One of the
fenced cities of Rehoboam, originally called Ephrath (Genesis 35:16;
Genesis 35:19)....
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Matthew 2:1-12. The Visit of the Magi. Recorded by St Matthew only
1. _Jesus was born_ The year 3 before the Christian Era has been fixed
almost beyond a doubt as the date of the Nativity. The present...
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THE VISIT OF THE MAGI
Recorded by St Matthew only....
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ΤΟΥ͂ ΔῈ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂ ΓΕΝΝΗΘΈΝΤΟΣ. The year 3 before
the Christian era has been fixed almost beyond a doubt as the date of
the Nativity. The present year—1881—is therefore correctly A.D.
1884. The data on wh...
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1. NOW WHEN JESUS WAS BORN IN BETH-LEHEM OF JUDAEA IN THE DAYS OF
HEROD THE KING, BEHOLD, THERE CAME WISE MEN FROM THE EAST TO
JERUSALEM. 2. SAYING, WHERE IS HE THAT IS BORN KING OF THE JEWS? FOR
WE H...
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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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ΓΕΝΝΗΘΈΝΤΟΣ _aor. pass. part. gen. masc. sing. от_
ΓΕΝΝΆΩ (G1080) рождать; _pass._ быть
рожденным. _Gen. abs._ "После того как
Иисус..." ΒΑΣΙΛΕΎΣ (G935) царь. О жизни
Ирода Великого _см._ TJ, 17-35; Н...
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DISCOURSE: 1279
THE WISE MEN SEEKING CHRIST
Matthew 2:1. _Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judζa, in the
days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to
Jerusalem, saying,...
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BETHLEHEM OF JUDEA—WISE MEN, &C.— Bethlehem was a small town in
the tribe of Judah, which lay on the southof Jerusalem; there was a
city of the same name in Galilee, which belonged to the tribe of
Zeb...
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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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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,
The Wise Men reach Jerusalem-The Sanhedrim, on Herod's demand,...
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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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2:1 born (d-5) Lit. 'begotten,' but used for 'born.' In ver. 2 it is
the fact of being brought forth -- of course strictly of the mother.
It was the actual fact of his being born or brought forth that...
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BETHLEHEM] or Ephrathah, the city of David, Isaiah 5 m. S. of
Jerusalem: see Genesis 35:16; Genesis 35:19; Genesis 48:7;...
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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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II.
(1) IN THE DAYS OF HEROD THE KING. — The death of Herod took place
in the year of Rome A.U.C. 750, just before the Passover. This year
coincided with what in our common chronology would be B.C. 4...
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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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_Visit of the Magi._...
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ἐν Βηθλεὲμ : The first hint of the birthplace, and no hint
that Bethlehem is not the home of the family. τῆς
Ἰουδαίας : to distinguish it from another Bethlehem in
Galilee (Zebulon), named in Joshua 1...
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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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Now when (1) Jesus was born in Bethlehem of (a) Judaea in the days of
Herod the king, behold, there came (b) wise men from the east to
Jerusalem,
(1) Christ a poor child, laid down in a crib, and tho...
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King Herod the Great, surnamed Ascalonite, was a foreigner, but a
proselyte to the Jewish religion. St. Jerome. --- this city is called
Bethlehem of Juda, to distinguish it from another Bethlehem, whi...
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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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CONTENTS.
We have here related to us the birth of Christ; the visit of the Wise
Men from the East, led by a star to worship him; the consternation
induced in the minds of Herod, and the whole city of...
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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 GOODNESS OF CHRIST_
‘Behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem.’
Matthew 2:1
Let us try to see what the Story of the Magi is meant to teach us.
I. CHRIST’S CONDESCENSION.—In the...
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1._Now when Jesus had been born _How it came about that Jesus was born
in Bethlehem, Matthew does not say. The Spirit of God, who had
appointed the Evangelists to be his clerks, (177) appears purposel...
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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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NOW WHEN JESUS WAS BORN,.... Several things are here related
respecting the birth of Christ, as the place where he was born,
IN BETHLEHEM OF JUDEA; so called to distinguish it from another
Bethlehem...
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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,
Ver. 1. _Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem_] The house of brea...
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_Now when Jesus was born_ It is matter of great doubt when the
following remarkable occurrence happened. The received time of
celebrating the Epiphany imports that it was within thirteen days of
the b...
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OF JUDEA; to distinguish it from another Bethlehem, in Galilee.
HEROD; this Herod was an Edomite. He had been proselyted to the Jewish
religion, but was a very deceitful, wicked, and cruel man. Frien...
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THE WISE MEN FROM THE EAST.
v. 1. NOW WHEN JESUS WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM OF JUDEA, IN THE DAYS OF
HEROD THE KING.
The transition which the evangelist employs fitly connects the
narrative of the circums...
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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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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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MATTHEW CHAPTER 2 MATTHEW 2:1 Wise men from the east come to Jerusalem
to inquire after Christ. MATTHEW 2:3 Herod is alarmed. MATTHEW 2:9 The
wise men are directed by a star to Christ, and worship him...
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Tertullian An Answer to the Jews
Let those Eastern magi be believed, dowering with gold and incense the
infancy of Christ as a king;[136]
Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ
and let the wise men spar...
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Matthew 2:1 Now G1161 Jesus G2424 born G1080 (G5685) in G1722
Bethlehem G965 Judea G2449 in G1722 days...
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‘Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod
the king, behold, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,
“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in
t...
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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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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. See chap. Matthew 1:25. Further
details are given in Luke 2:1-21. The visit of the shepherds had
already taken place, the presentation in the temple was either sh...
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NOW WHEN JESUS WAS BORN
(του δε Ιησου γεννηθεντος). The fact of the birth
of Jesus is stated by the genitive absolute construction (first aorist
passive participle of the same verb γενναω used twice...
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HEROD THE KING
Called Herod the Great, son of Antipater, an Idumean (Genesis 36:1).
(_ See Scofield) - (Genesis 36:1) _
and Cypros, an Arabian woman. Antipater was appointed procurator of
Judea by...
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Matthew 2:1
I. We have, as it were, three classes gathered about us in this
narrative, and the central figure of them all is Christ Himself. As we
think of this story in connection with our Master, th...
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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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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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JESUS WAS BORN. Not Nazareth, but Bethlehem David's town. Pride in
"family records" sent Jews back to their "home city." (_See_ Luke
2:1-4). BETHLEHEM. Six miles south of Jerusalem, this was one of th...
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_Wise men from the East._
-They were wise, not so much for their learning, but because they
sought God diligently. Wisdom does not make unbelievers, but folly.
(_Wilmot Buxton._)
PHILOSOPHY AND THE...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 2:1 BETHLEHEM OF JUDEA. Located about 6
miles (9.7 km) south of Jerusalem. Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem marks
him as being from the tribe of Judah and from the city that produced...
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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 Kings 4:30; Daniel 9:24; Daniel 9:25; Genesis 10:30; Genesis 25:6;...
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Bethlehem. Hebrew, House of Bread, probably from its fertility. The
birthplace of him who calls himself the Bread of Life (John 6:35), and
identified with the history of his human ancestry through Rut...
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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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Bethlehem of Judea — There was another Bethlehem in the tribe of
Zebulon. In the days of Herod — commonly called Herod the Great,
born at Ascalon. The sceptre was now on the point of departing from
Ju...
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Observe here, 1. The place of our Lord's birth, Bethlehem; he was
born, not at Athens, not at Rome, not at Jerusalem, not in any opulent
or magnificent city, but in the meanest cities of Judah; thereb...