matthew-2:13-16,-luke-2:21-51-niv

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:13-23

The Lord's infancy. I. THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT . 1 . The dream of Joseph. The visit of the Wise Men, with their adoring worship and their costly gifts, is followed by persecution and distress. The opening life of the Lord exhibits those vicissitudes which were to occur again and again in the history of his Church and in the lives of individual Christians. The bright sunshine of success and popularity is soon clouded by seeming failure, by perplexity and persecution. It is what we... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:14

When he arose, he took ; Revised Version, and he arose and took. The ἐγερθείς here, as in Matthew 2:13 , precludes delay. The young Child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt . As St. Paul in after years was able to connect himself with fellow-craftsmen, and thus maintain himself ( Acts 18:3 ), so might Joseph reasonably expect to be able to do in Egypt, and the more so since the connexion there between those who worked at the same trade seems to have been even... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:15

And was there until the death of Herod . The Revised Version rightly joins this with the preceding, not with the following, clause. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying ( Matthew 1:22 , notes), Out of Egypt have I called (Revised Version, did I call ) my Son ( Hosea 11:1 , "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt"). Observe here: read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked ( ὅτι ἐνεπαίχθη ) . The verb which in the New Testament occurs only in the synoptists, and always in the strict sense of "mock" ( e.g. Matthew 20:19 ; Matthew 27:29 , Matthew 27:31 , Matthew 27:41 ), represents Herod's feelings, and perhaps his language, at his treatment by the Magi. It was more than deception; they had trifled with him. Of the Wise Men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children ; Revised... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:16-18

The slaughter of the innocents. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:16-18

The innocents. This is one of the most heartrending scenes in all history. The questions which it suggests are mysterious, and some of them quite unanswerable. I. HEROD 'S CRIME . People have said, "This is impossible!" But Herod's character, as painted by the secular historian, shows him to be gloomy and morose in his later days and capable of almost any cruelty. We execrate the enemies of Christ as monsters of wickedness. Herod and Judas are names that make us shudder, and we think... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:16-18

A notable instance of the vicarious in the human lot and in suffering. The great desirableness of reading Scripture and nature alike , observant of the facts of each, refusing to disguise the facts of either, attentively following them as far as may be possible, and, if this be not far enough to conduct to the vindication of the facts themselves, reverently storing them, as the things that await explanation. Therefore— I. THE ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THE PRESENT ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:16-18

Providence in evil. Josephus does not mention this massacre. The event occurred ninety-four years before he wrote; it was but one of the many frightful atrocities of Herod, and, not being apparently connected with any political event, was easily passed over by him. Lardner, however, cites Macrobius, a heathen author of the fourth century, who refers to it thus: "When he [Augustus Caesar] heard that among those male infants above two years old which Herod, the King of the Jews, ordered to be... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 2:13

The angel appeareth to Joseph in a dream - See Matthew 1:20.Flee into Egypt - Egypt is situated to the southwest of Judea, and is distant from Bethlehem perhaps about 60 miles. It was at this time a Roman province. There were many Jews there, who had a temple and synagogues (see the notes at Isaiah 19:18), and Joseph, therefore, would be among his own countrymen, and yet beyond the reach of Herod. The jurisdiction of Herod extended only to the River Sihon, or “river of Egypt,” and, of course,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 2:14

When he arose - Having arisen; that is, he arose immediately after awaking from his dream, and prepared at once to obey the command,By night - Thus he showed his prompt obedience to the command, and at the same time so concealed his departure as to render himself and Mary and the child safe from pursuit. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:13-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:16-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:16-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:16-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:16-18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 2:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 2:14

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