Matthew 2:10

When they saw the KOCHAV, they rejoiced with exceedingly great nachas (joy).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

In Context

9After they heard the king, they departed, and hinei! The KOCHAV they had seen in the Mizrach (East) was going ahead of them until it came and stood above the place where the yeled was.

11And, entering the bais (house), they beheld the yeled with Miryam, his Em, and prostrated themselves before him. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the high places of Eretz, 1 that he might eat the tenuvot sadeh (increase of the fields); 1 and He made to suckle him devash out of the rock, 1 and shemen out of the flinty rock; 1

Psalms 105:3Glory ye in the Shem Kadosh of Him; 1 let the lev of them that seek Hashem be glad. 1

Luke 2:20And the roim went back, and as they returned, they cried, Baruch Hashem! They gave kavod to G-d for all that they had heard and seen, just as it had been foretold to them.

Romans 15:9And in order that the Goyim might give praise to Hashem for His chaninah (mercy). As it is written, For this reason I will confess You among the Goyim and sing praises unto Your Name. + 15:9 Ps 18:49 [50]

Matthew Henry on Matthew 2:10-13

The Wise Men Worship Christ. 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. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. 12 And being warned of… Read the whole commentary →

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