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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 2:1-23

SECTION 2. THE BIRTH AND RISE OF JESUS THE MESSIAH (THE CHRIST) (1:18-4:25). In this section, following the introduction, Matthew reveals the greatness of Jesus the Christ. He will now describe the unique birth of Jesus, the homage paid to Him by important Gentiles, His exile and protection in Egypt followed by His subsequent bringing forth out of Egypt to reside in lowly Nazareth, His being drenched with the Holy Spirit as God’s beloved Son and Servant, His temptations in the wilderness which... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 2:8

‘And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, “Go and search out exactly concerning the young child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I also may come and pay him homage him.’ Having discovered from them what he wanted to know he then informed them that their destination must be Bethlehem, no doubt knowledgeably citing the Scripture to them so as to impress them. Then he earnestly told them to seek out what they could about the young child, and then bring him back word so that he too... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 2:1-12

Matthew 2. Three Incidents of Christ’ s Childhood. Matthew 2:1-2 Kings : . The Visit of the Magians.—“ The religion of the Magi well deserved the double honour of stimulating the growth of the doctrine of the Future Life in Judaism, and of offering the first homage of the Gentile world to the Redeemer” (J. H. Moulton, “ Magi,” HSDB). [See on the relations of this story to Magianism, J. H. Moulton’ s Early Zoroastrianism, pp. 282– 285. He says, “ The narrative might have been composed by a... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 2:8

He tells the wise men that Bethlehem was the place, wherein his wise men had informed him that the King of the Jews was to be born, and sends them thither with these instructions: That they should go, and search diligently there for the young Child, whom he doth not call King; thereby dissembling his bloody mind, and making as if he had no jealousy of him; yet withal he suggests to them that he was like to be a great Prince, or else he would never have pretended that he had a design, when once... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 2:1-8

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 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 year 3 before the Christian Era has been fixed almost beyond a doubt as the date of the Nativity.” Bethlehem of Judæa, situate on a limestone ridge, six miles from Jerusalem, south by west. Called Bethlehem of Judæa, to distinguish it from Bethlehem in Zebulon (Joshua 19:15). A very ancient place.... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 2:1-23

Chapter TwoNow 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 really short little guys probably suffered a tremendous ego problem. And thus significantly everything he did was big. I mean, he built great fortresses out of great rocks. I stood next to a rock that is along the Western Wall in Jerusalem that Herod had built as a retaining wall, to build up the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 2:1-23

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 was an Idumean, or an alien, is named here to indicate the time of our Saviour’s birth, and to show that the sceptre was departed from Judah, and from the Asmonæn family, who were often rulers, and honoured as descendants of David’s house. Behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 2:8

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, that I may come and worship him also. Ver. 8. And he sent them to Bethlehem ] It was a wonder he went not himself, or sent not some assassin underhand, to despatch the child immediately. But God befooled him. The Germans have a proverb, "Where God intends to blind any man, he first closes his eyes." a So the apostle, 1 Corinthians 3:19 , He taketh the... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 2:8

go: 1 Samuel 23:22, 1 Samuel 23:23, 2 Samuel 17:14, 1 Kings 19:2, Job 5:12, Job 5:13, Psalms 33:10, Psalms 33:11, Proverbs 21:30, Lamentations 3:37, 1 Corinthians 3:19, 1 Corinthians 3:20 that: Matthew 26:48, Matthew 26:49, 2 Samuel 15:7-2 Kings :, 2 Kings 10:18, 2 Kings 10:19, Ezra 4:1, Ezra 4:2, Psalms 12:2, Psalms 12:3, Psalms 55:11-Ezra :, Proverbs 26:24, Proverbs 26:25, Jeremiah 41:5-Judges :, Luke 20:20, Luke 20:21 Reciprocal: Genesis 34:14 - uncircumcised 1 Samuel 15:15 - to 1 Kings... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 2:8

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, that I may come and worship him also.And if ye find him, bring me word - Probably Herod did not believe he was born; otherwise would not so suspicious a prince have tried to make sure work at once? read more