Matthew 2:1-20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 2:7

Privily - Secretly, privately. He did this to ascertain the time when Jesus was born.Diligently - Accurately, exactly. He took pains to learn the precise time when the star appeared. He did this because he naturally concluded that the star appeared just at the time of his birth, and he wished to know precisely how old the child was. read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 2:8

Go, and search diligently ... - Herod took all possible means to obtain accurate information respecting the child, that he might be sure of destroying him. He not only ascertained the probable time of his birth, and the place where he would be born, but he sent the wise men that they might actually see him, and bring him word. All this might have looked suspicious if he had not clothed it with the appearance of religion. He said to them, therefore, that he did it that he might go and worship... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 2:9-10

The star ... went before them - From this it appears that the star was a luminous meteor, perhaps at no great distance from the ground. It is not unlikely that they lost sight of it after they had commenced their journey from the East. It is probable that it appeared to them first in the direction of Jerusalem. They concluded that the expected King had been born, and immediately commenced their journey to Jerusalem. When they arrived there, it was important that they should be directed to the... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 2:11

The house - The place where he was born, or the place where they lived at that time.Fell down - This was the usual way of showing respect or homage among the Jews, Esther 8:3; Job 1:20; Daniel 3:7; Psalms 72:11; Isaiah 46:6.Worshipped him - Did him homage as King of the Jews. See the notes at Matthew 2:2.Had opened their treasures - The treasures which they had brought, or the boxes, etc., in which they had brought their gold, etc.They presented unto him gifts - These were presented to him as... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 2:12

Warned of God - This was done, doubtless, because, if they had given Herod precise information where he was, it would have been easy for him to send forth and kill him. And from this we learn that God will watch over those whom He loves; that He knows how to foil the purposes of the wicked, and to deliver His own out of the hands of those who would destroy them.In a dream - See the note at Matthew 1:20. read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 2:13

The angel appeareth to Joseph in a dream - See Matthew 1:20.Flee into Egypt - Egypt is situated to the southwest of Judea, and is distant from Bethlehem perhaps about 60 miles. It was at this time a Roman province. There were many Jews there, who had a temple and synagogues (see the notes at Isaiah 19:18), and Joseph, therefore, would be among his own countrymen, and yet beyond the reach of Herod. The jurisdiction of Herod extended only to the River Sihon, or “river of Egypt,” and, of course,... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 2:14

When he arose - Having arisen; that is, he arose immediately after awaking from his dream, and prepared at once to obey the command,By night - Thus he showed his prompt obedience to the command, and at the same time so concealed his departure as to render himself and Mary and the child safe from pursuit. read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 2:15

The death of Herod - Herod died in the thirty-seventh year of his reign. It is not certainly known in what year he began his reign, and hence it is impossible to determine the time that Joseph remained in Egypt. The best chronologers have supposed that he died somewhere between two and four years after the birth of Christ, but at what particular time cannot now be determined. Nor can it be ascertained at what age Jesus was taken into Egypt. It seems probable that he was supposed to be a year... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men - When he saw that he had been deceived by them; that is, that they did not return as he had expected. It does not mean that they did it for the purpose of mocking or deriding him, but that he was disappointed in their not returning, or that he had been trifled with.Exceeding wroth - Very angry. He had been disappointed and deceived. He expected to send an executioner and kill Jesus alone. But, since he was disappointed in this, he... read more

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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

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