Matthew 2:1
Now after Yehoshua was born in Beit-Lechem Yehudah, in the days of Herod + 2:1 the Great, the Roman client king — hinei! — chachamim from eretz Mizrach (the land of the East) arrived in Yerushalayim,
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Genesis 10:30And their moshav (dwelling) was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar har hakedem.
Genesis 49:10The shevet (sceptre) shall not depart from Yehudah, 1 nor a Mekhokek (Lawgiver) from between his raglayim, 1 until Shiloh come; 1 and unto him shall be the obedience of the amim (peoples, nations). 1
Job 1:3His possessions also were seven thousand tzon and three thousand gemalim, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-donkeys, and very many avadim; so that this ish was the greatest of kol bnei kedem.
Isaiah 11:10And in Yom HaHu there shall be a Shoresh Yishai, which shall stand for a nes (banner) for the peoples; to Him + 11:10 Moshiach will the Goyim seek; and His menucha (resting place) shall be kavod.
Daniel 9:24Shivi'im heptads is decreed upon thy people and upon thy Ir Kodesh (Holy City), to restrain the peysha (transgression), and to make an end of chattat (sin), and to make kapporah for avon, and to bring in Tzedek Olamim (Everlasting Righteousness), and to seal up the chazon and navi, and to anoint the Kodesh HaKodashim.
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 →