Matthew 2:15

That it might be fulfilled, &c.— So that what the Lord had spoken by the prophet was verified. Campbell. The reader will remember the general observation which has been made on Matthew 1:22 respecting the phrase, that it might be fulfilled, and will refer to Hosea 11:1 concerning this text; which Grotius, Heinsius, and many of the best critics, both ancient and modern, understand asa mere allusion. SeeCalmet on the verse. The editors of the Prussian Testament observe, that the words out of Egypt, &c. belong, in their proper and literal sense, to the people of Israel, as appears from the beginning of the verse in Hosea. Compare Exodus 4:22.Numbers 24:8. St. Matthew applies them to the Lord Jesus Christ, according to the method of the Jewish doctors, who considered several particulars in the Old Testament as relating to the Messiah typically, though, in a literal sense, they referred to other matters.