Matthew 2:16-18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 2:17

Then was fulfilled - The word “fulfilled,” here. is used evidently in the sense that the words in Jeremiah aptly express the event which Matthew was recording. Compare the notes at Matthew 1:22.That which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet - Jeremiah. This quotation is taken from Jeremiah 31:15. The original design of the prophecy was to describe the sorrowful departure of the people of Israel into captivity after the conquest of Jerusalem by Nebuzaradan. The captives were assembled at Rama,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 2:18

In Rama was there a voice heard - Rama was a small town in the tribe of Benjamin. Rachel was the mother of Benjamin, and was buried near to Bethlehem, Genesis 35:16-19. Rama was about 6 miles northwest of Jerusalem, near Bethel, and was some 10 or 12 miles from Bethlehem. The name Rama signifies an eminence, and was given to the town because it was situated on a hill. Rama is commonly supposed to be the same as the Arimarthea of the New Testament the place where Joseph lived who begged the body... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 2:16

Matthew 2:16. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men The word ενεπαιχθη , here rendered, was mocked, “properly signifies was played with, and well expresses the view in which the pride of Herod taught him to regard this action, as if it were intended to expose him to the derision of his subjects, and to treat him as a child, rather than as a prince of so great experience and renown.” Dr. Campbell reads, deceived, observing, that, “in the Jewish style, any... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 2:17

Matthew 2:17. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy The words of Jeremiah here referred to (Jeremiah 31:15, where see the notes) were primarily meant of the Jews carried captive by Nebuchadnezzar, Ramah being the place where they were assembled to be led away to Babylon. But, as this cruel execution here related by the evangelist, extended itself to all the neighbouring places, and in particular to this same Ramah, a town of Benjamin, which lay near to Bethlehem, the prophet’s... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 2:18

Matthew 2:18. In Rama was a voice heard Rachel weeping for her children Benjamin, it is well known, was the son of Rachel: his posterity, therefore, who inhabited Ramah and the parts adjacent, sprung from her, and, according to the Scripture language, were her children. The slaughter of the inhabitants of Bethlehem, also, might with propriety enough be termed the slaughter of her children; she being buried there, Genesis 35:19, and the Bethlehemites being the offspring of her husband and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 2:1-18

11. Herod and the Magi (Matthew 2:1-18)It seems that after the ceremonies in Jerusalem, Joseph and Mary returned with Jesus to Bethlehem. Because most of the travellers had now gone, they were able to move into the house (see Matthew 2:11). Meanwhile, in a country to the east, men known as Magi (people who study the stars) had worked out that a new king was born in Judea and they came to Jerusalem looking for him (Matthew 2:1-2).Herod the Great was ruler of Judea at the time, and he had no... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 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 =... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 2:17

spoken. As well as written. by = by means of. Greek. hupo ( App-104 .), but all the critical texts read dia. Jeremy = Jeremiah. Quoted from Jeremiah 31:15 . See App-107 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 2:18

Rama = Ramah in O.T. lamentation. Greek. threnos. Occurs only here. children. Greek plural of teknon. App-108 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wisemen, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth and slew all the male children ... Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, ... Rachel weeping for her children; And she would not be comforted, because they are not.Exceeding wroth ... indicates the utmost fury of that inhuman king. Some have professed to marvel that Josephus omits any reference to Herod's slaughter of the innocents; but such is easily understood when it... read more

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