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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Matthew 2:16

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 been honoured as martyrs, and their holyday kept ever since the apostles' time, although they died not voluntarily, nor all, perhaps, circumcised, and some even children of pagans. (St. Augustine, ep. 28.; Origen, hom. iii. in diversos.) (Bristow) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 2:1-8

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 direct men unto him. We must learn of Christ by attending to the word of God, as a light that shineth in a dark place, and by seeking the teaching of the Holy Spirit. And those in whose hearts the day-star is risen, to give them any thing of the knowledge of Christ, make it their business to worship... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 2:9-12

9-12 What joy these wise men felt upon this sight of the star, none know so well as those who, after a long and melancholy night of temptation and desertion, under the power of a spirit of bondage, at length receive the Spirit of adoption, witnessing with their spirits that they are the children of God. We may well think what a disappointment it was to them, when they found a cottage was his palace, and his own poor mother the only attendant he had. However, these wise men did not think... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 2:13-18

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 of places serve the best of purposes. This was a trial of the faith of Joseph and Mary. But their faith, being tried, was found firm. If we and our infants are at any time in trouble, let us remember the straits in which Christ was when an infant. Matthew 2:16-18 Herod killed all the male children,... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Matthew 2:1-99

Matthew 2 THE OPENING VERSES of chapter 2 throw a strong and searching light upon the conditions that prevailed in those days amongst the Jews found in Jerusalem, the descendants of those who had returned under Zerubbabel, Ezra and Nehemiah. The King of the Jews was born in Bethlehem and yet for weeks they knew nothing about it. That Herod the king should be in ignorance was not at all surprising, for he was no Israelite but an Idumean. But of all people the chief priests should have been... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Matthew 2:1

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 circumstances surrounding the birth of the Savior with the story of the adoration of the Magi. It is an account of the "reception given by the world to the new-born Messianic king. Homage from afar, hostility at home; foreshadowing the fortunes of the new faith: acceptance by the Gentiles, rejection by... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Matthew 2:2-3

The message of the Magi was brief: v. 2. Saying, Where is He that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East, and are come to worship Him. There was an assertion contained in their question. Their knowledge was definite as to His having been born. It was a fact beyond question or discussion. A Child has been born that is King of the Jews; His kingship is even now established beyond a doubt. The evidence which the Magi adduce for their belief is sensational. They had seen... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Matthew 2:4-7

Herod's measures to meet the emergency: v. 4. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. Not the entire Sanhedrin, or Great Council of the Jewish people, for that included also the elders, many of whom Herod had put to death, but the chief priests, the present incumbent of the office as well as former high priests; and the scribes, who were also political officers, assisting the civil magistrates in the... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Matthew 2:8

Herod carried out his scheme: v. 8. And he sent them to Bethlehem and said. Go and search diligently for the young Child; and when ye have found Him, bring me word again. Eager for the success of his plans, he nevertheless manages to make his guileless visitors feel that he has nothing but the favorable outcome of their quest at heart. The text implies the idea of great haste. He sent them off at once with the urgent entreaty, almost command: Go and search. Leave nothing undone, make your... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Matthew 2:9

In simple trustfulness, the Magi proceed to act according to the king's words: v. 9. When. they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star which they saw in the East went before them, till it came and stood, over where the young Child was. They left Jerusalem, apparently all alone and with only general directions to guide them. Herod wanted no talebearers from among those that patterned after him. But the Magi, looking up to heaven, once more see their guide in the sky; they... read more

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Matthew 2:16

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 2:1-8

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 2:9-12

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 2:13-18

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Matthew 2:1-99

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Matthew 2:1

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Matthew 2:2-3

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Matthew 2:4-7

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Matthew 2:8

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Matthew 2:9

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