Matthew 2:16

saw. App-133 .

mocked = deceived.

wroth. Greek. thumoomai. Occurs only here.

all. The number could not have been great.

children = boys. Plural of pais. App-108 .

coasts = borders.

two years. Greek. dietes. Occurs only in Matthew. It was now nearly two years since the birth at Bethlehem. Herod had inquired very accurately, Matthew 2:7 . See notes on Matthew 2:1 and Matthew 2:11 . The wise men found a pais, not a brephos (see App-108 . ), as the shepherds did (Luke 2:16 ).

of = from. Greek. p'ara. App-104 .