Matthew 2:1
And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold, magi from the east came to Jerusalem,
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Genesis 10:30and their dwelling is from Mesha, [in] your coming toward Sephar, a mountain of the east.
Genesis 49:10The scepter does not turn aside from Judah, || And a lawgiver from between his feet, || Until his Seed comes; And His [is] the obedience of peoples.
1 Kings 4:30and the wisdom of Solomon is greater than the wisdom of any of the sons of the east, and [greater] than all the wisdom of Egypt;
Job 1:3and his substance is seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pairs of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, and a very abundant service; and that man is greater than any of the sons of the east.
Isaiah 11:10And there has been, in that day, || A Root of Jesse that is standing for an ensign of peoples, || Nations seek Him, || And His rest has been glorious!
Daniel 9:24Seventy periods of seven are determined for your people and for your holy city, to shut up the transgression, and to seal up sins, and to cover iniquity, and to bring in continuous righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophet, and to anoint the Holy of Holies.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 2:1
In this chapter, we have the history of our Saviour's infancy, where we find how early he began to suffer, and that in him the word of righteousness was fulfilled, before he himself began to fulfil all righteousness. Here is, I. The wise men's solicitous enquiry after Christ, ver. 1-8 . II. Their devout attendance on him, when they found out where he was, ver. 9-12 . III. Christ's flight into Egypt, to avoid the cruelty of Herod, ver. 13-15 . IV. The barbarous murder of the infants of Bethlehem, ver. 16-18 . V.… Read the whole commentary →