Matthew 2

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:19-23

The return from Egypt and settlement in Nazareth. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:19-23

Providence in prophecy and history. Matthew, perhaps more constantly than any other New Testament writer, notes fulfilment of prophecy in events of history. His Gospel, which was the first written, was primarily intended for the Jews, who were familiar with this class of evidence, and would naturally look for it. The evidence is intrinsically very important, amongst other things evincing a Providence all-wise and all-powerful. I. THAT CANNOT BE A CHANCE WHICH IS ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:20

Saying, Arise, and take the young Child and his mother (so far verbally equivalent to Matthew 2:13 ). And go into the land. of Israel; any part of the holy and promised land ( 1 Samuel 13:19 ; Ezekiel 11:17 ). For they are dead which sought the young Child's life . The plural is difficult, and is perhaps best explained as an adaptation of the historic parallel of Exodus 4:19 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:21

And he arose, and took the young Child and his mother (so far verbally equivalent to Matthew 2:14 ), and came into the land of Israel . Implicit and immediate obedience marking all he did.' read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:22

But when he heard that Archelaus . Until his murder five days before Herod's own death in the spring of A.U.C. 750, Antipater, Herod's eldest son, might naturally have been regarded as the successor, though in fact Antipas had been named as such in the will. But after Antipater's death Herod altered his will; and appointing Antipas Tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea, and Philip Tetrarch of Gaulonitis, Traehonitis, and Paneas, he granted the kingdom to Archelaus. Further, even after Herod's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:22

Fears qualifying faith. Joseph was a good, God-fearing, obedient man. Fie had clear intimations of the will of God concerning him and his. And yet the directions were not so explicit as to interfere with the exercise of his own judgment. He was to return, with the Child and his mother, into the "land of Israel;" but where in the land of Israel, he was not told. It might seem as if he was expected to return to Bethlehem, and this appears to have been taken into consideration. He had faith... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:23

And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth . En-Nasira , now of from five thousand to six thousand souls, in the hills on the northern edge of the Plain of Esdraelon, not mentioned in the Old Testament or by Josephus. "Nazareth is a rose, and, like a rose, has the same rounded form, enclosed by mountains as the flower by its leaves". Observe the (:) in the Revised Version, showing that the following "fulfilment" is not to be considered as part of Joseph's intention. Dwelt ; ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:23

The Nazarene. We need not be troubled if we cannot find exact verbal precedents for the words here recorded. The idea that is suggested by the title "Nazarene" is apparent in more than one ancient prophecy; e.g. Isaiah 53:1-12 . I. CHRIST SHOWED HIS CONDESCENSION IN APPEARING AMONG HUMBLE AND EVEN CONTEMPTIBLE SCENES . Nazareth was an obscure provincial town. Nathanael seems to have considered it to be a place with a bad reputation ( John 1:46 ). Yet here... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 2:23

Nazareth as our Lord's training-school. Ancient biographies take no account whatever of child-life. Manhood was not seen to be a product of child-influences. Probably the small esteem in which woman was usually held led to a small esteem of her influence on children. More probably the philosophizing which loves to trace causes and developments is a modern mental practice. We sometimes wonder that no records remain of the Child-life of Jesus, hut it is to be remembered that no records of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 2:1

When Jesus was born - See the full account of his birth in Luke 2:1-20.In Bethlehem of Judea - Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christ, was a small town about six miles south of Jerusalem. The word “Bethlehem” denotes “house of bread” - perhaps given to the place on account of its great fertility. It was also called Ephrata, a word supposed likewise to signify fertility, Genesis 35:19; Ruth 4:11; Psalms 132:6. It was called the city of David Luke 2:4, because it was the city of his nativity, 1Sa... read more

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