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Matthew 2:5
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“In Bethlehem of Judea,” they told him, “because this is what was written by the prophet:
And they said vnto him, In Bethlehem of Iudea: For thus it is written by the Prophet;
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:
They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea; for this is what has been written by the prophet:
They answered, "In the town of Bethlehem in Judea. The prophet wrote about this in the Scriptures:
And they saide vnto him, At Beth-leem in Iudea: for so it is written by the Prophet,
They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea; for this is what has been written by the prophet:
And they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea; for this is what has been written by the prophet:
"In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written:
They told him, "He will be born in Bethlehem, just as the prophet wrote,
"In Beit-Lechem of Y'hudah," they replied, "because the prophet wrote,
And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written through the prophet:
They answered, "In the town of Bethlehem in Judea, just as the prophet wrote:
They said, In Bethlehem of Judah, for thus it is written in the book of the prophet:
"In the town of Bethlehem in Judea," they answered. "For this is what the prophet wrote:
So they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet,
And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it has been written by the prophet,
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written through the prophet,
And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,
They said to him, "In Beit-Lechem of Yehudah, for thus it is written through the prophet,
They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea. For that is what was written by the prophet:
But they said, In Beth-lechem of Jehuda; for so it is written in the prophet:
And they said: In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written in the prophet:
And they saide vnto him: At Bethlehem in Iurie. For thus it is written by the prophete.
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written through the prophet,
And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea; for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou,
"At Bethlehem in Judaea," they replied; "for so it stands written in the words of the Prophet,
And thei seiden to hym, In Bethleem of Juda; for so it is writun bi a profete,
And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written through the prophet,
And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
"In Bethlehem of Judea," they said, "for it is written this way by the prophet:
So they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet:
"In Bethlehem in Judea," they said, "for this is what the prophet wrote:
They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea. The early preacher wrote,
They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it has been written by the prophet:
And, they, said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea, - for, so, is it written through the prophet:
But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:
They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it is written by the prophet:
And they sayde vnto hym: at Bethlee in Iury. For thus it is written by the Prophet.
And they said to him, `In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it hath been written through the prophet,
And they sayde vnto hym: at Bethleem in Iury. For thus it is written by the Prophet:
they answered him, in Bethlehem of Judea: for these are the words of the prophet;
They told him, "Bethlehem, Judah territory. The prophet Micah wrote it plainly: It's you, Bethlehem, in Judah's land, no longer bringing up the rear. From you will come the leader who will shepherd-rule my people, my Israel."
They all told him it was supposed to be in Bethlehem based on what a wise fellow of God had said,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Genesis 35:19, Joshua 19:15, Ruth 1:1, Ruth 1:19, Ruth 2:4, Ruth 4:11, 1 Samuel 16:1
Reciprocal: Judges 17:7 - General 2 Chronicles 11:6 - Bethlehem 2 Chronicles 15:3 - a teaching Matthew 2:1 - Bethlehem Matthew 21:13 - It is Matthew 27:9 - Jeremy Mark 1:2 - written John 7:27 - no man John 7:42 - not
Cross-References
And [in that garden] the LORD God caused to grow from the ground every tree that is desirable and pleasing to the sight and good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the [experiential] knowledge (recognition) of [the difference between] good and evil.
The first [river] is named Pishon; it flows around the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
The gold of that land is good; bdellium (a fragrant, valuable resin) and the onyx stone are found there.
therefore the LORD God sent Adam away from the Garden of Eden, to till and cultivate the ground from which he was taken.
And [later] she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept the flocks [of sheep and goats], but Cain cultivated the ground.
"When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength [it will resist producing good crops] for you; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond [roaming aimlessly] on the earth [in perpetual exile without a home, a degraded outcast]."
"He gives rain upon the earth And sends waters upon the fields,
He causes grass to grow for the cattle, And all that the earth produces for cultivation by man, So that he may bring food from the earth—
Who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; Who makes lightning for the rain, Who brings the wind from His storehouses;
Are there any among the idols of the nations who can send rain? Or can the heavens [of their own will] give showers? Is it not You, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait and hope [confidently] in You, For You are the one who has made all these things [the heavens and the rain].
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And they said unto him,.... They answer without any hesitation, it being a generally received notion, and a thing well known among them,
in Bethlehem of Judea; and give their reason for it; for
thus it is written by the prophet, that is, the prophet Micah, in whose prophecy, Micah 5:2 it stands, and is as follows:
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
By the prophet - The Sanhedrin answered without hesitation. The question where he would be born had been settled by prophecy. This prophecy is found in Micah 5:2. In that prophecy both the place of his birth and the character of the Messiah are so clearly set forth that there was no room to doubt. It will be observed that there is a considerable difference between the passage as quoted by the Sanhedrin and as it stands in Micah. The main point, however, is retained - the place of his birth. We are not concerned, therefore, in showing how these passages can be reconciled. Matthew, moreover, is not responsible for the correctness of the quotation. He affirms only that the chief priests and scribes gave this answer to Herod, and that Herod was satisfied. Admitting that they did not quote the passage correctly, it does not prove that Matthew has not reported their answer as they gave it, and this is all that he pretends to give.
Art not the least - In Micah, âthough thou be little.â Though a small place so far as population is concerned, yet it shall not be small, or be the least in honor; for the Messiah shall be born there. His birth gave the place an honor which could not be conferred on the larger cities by all their numbers, their splendor, and their wealth. The birth of a distinguished personage was always supposed to give honor and importance to a city or country. Thus, seven cities contended for the honor of giving birth to Homer; Stratford-upon-Avon is distinguished as the birthplace of Shakespeare; and Corsica as the birthplace of Napoleon.
A Governor - A ruler. This is one of the characters of the Messiah, who is the king of his people, John 18:37. The word âruleâ here means to rule as a shepherd does his flock, in faithfulness and tenderness. Compare John 10:11; Isaiah 40:10-11; Isaiah 9:7.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 2:5. In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet — As there have been several confused notions among the Jews, relative not only to the Messiah, and his character, but also to the time of his birth, it may be necessary to add, to what has already been said on this subject, the following extracts from the Talmudists and Gemarists, quoted by LIGHTFOOT. At the close of a long dissertation on the year of our Lord's birth, (which he places in the 35th of the reign of Herod, not the last or 37th as above,) he says: "It will not be improper here to produce the Gemarists themselves openly confessing that the Messias had been born, a good while ago before their times. For so they write: After this the children of Israel shall be converted, and shall inquire after the Lord their God, and David their king: Hosea 3:5. Our rabbins say, That is King Messias, If he be among the living, his name is David, or if dead, David is his name. R. Tanchum said, Thus I prove it: He showeth mercy to David his Messiah. (Psalms 18:50.) R. Joshua ben Levi saith, His name is tsemach, a Branch. (Zechariah 3:8.) R. Juban bar Arbu saith, His name is Menahem. (That is, ÏαÏακληÏοÏ, the Comforter.) 'And that which happened to a certain Jew, as he was ploughing, agreeth with this business. A certain Arabian travelling, and hearing the ox bellow, said to the Jew at plough, O Jew, loose thy oxen, and loose thy ploughs, ××× ×××ר ×××× ×ש××× for behold! The temple is laid waste. The ox belloweth the second time; the Arabian saith to him, O Jew, Jew, yoke thy oxen, and fit thy ploughs: For behold! King Messiah is born. But, saith the Jew, What is his name? Menahem, saith he (i.e. the Comforter.) And what is the name of his Father? Hezekiah, saith the Arabian. To whom the Jew, But whence is He? The other answered, From the palace of the king of Bethlehem Judah. Away he went, and sold his oxen and his ploughs, and became a seller of infants' swaddling clothes, going about from town to town. When he came to that city, (Bethlehem,) all the women bought of him, but the mother of Menahem bought nothing. He heard the voice of the women saying, O thou mother of Menahem, thou mother of Menahem, carry thy son the things that are here sold. But she replied, May the enemies of Israel be strangled, because on the day that he was born, the temple was laid waste. To whom he said, But we hoped, that as it was laid waste at his feet, so at his feet it would be built again. She saith, I have no money. To whom he replied, But why should this be prejudicial to him? Carry him what you buy here, and if you have no money today, after some days I will come back and receive it. After some days, he returned to that city, and saith to her, How does the little infant? And she said, From the time you saw me last, spirits and tempests came, and snatched him away out of my hands. R. Bon saith, What need have we to learn from an Arabian? Is it not plainly written, And Lebanon shall fall before the powerful one? (Isaiah 10:34.) And what follows after? A branch shall come out of the root of Jesse. (Isaiah 11:1.)
"The Babylonian doctors yield us a confession not very unlike the former. R. Charinah saith: After four hundred years are passed from the destruction of the temple, if any one shall say to you, Take to thyself for one penny a field worth a thousand pence, do not take it. And again, After four thousand two hundred thirty and one years from the creation of the world, if any shall say to you, Take for a penny a field worth a thousand pence, take it not. The gloss is, For that is the time of redemption, and you shall be brought back to the holy mountain, to the inheritance of your fathers; why, therefore, should you misspend your penny?
"You may fetch the reason of this calculation, if you have leisure, out of the tract Sanhedrin. The tradition of the school of Elias, the world is to last six thousand years, c. And a little after, Elias said to Rabh Judah, The world shall last not less than eighty-five jubilees: and in the last jubilee shall the Son of David come. He saith to him, Whether in the beginning of it, or in the end? He answered him, I know not. Whether is this whole time to be finished first, or not? He answered him, I know not. But Rabh Asher asserted, that he answered thus, Until then, expect him not, but from thence expect him. Hear your own countrymen, O Jew! How many centuries of years are passed by and gone from the eighty-fifth jubilee of the world, that is, the year MMMMCCL, and yet the Messias of your expectation is not yet come!
"Daniel's weeks had so clearly defined the time of the true Messias, his coming, that the minds of the whole nation were raised into the expectation of him. Hence, it was doubted of the Baptist, whether he were not the Messias, Luke 3:15. Hence it was, that the Jews are gathered together from all countries unto Jerusalem, Acts 2:0:, expecting and coming to see, because at that time the term of revealing the Messias, that had been prefixed by Daniel, was come. Hence it was that there was so great a number of false Christs, Matthew 24:5, c., taking the occasion of their impostures hence, that now the time of that great expectation was at hand, and fulfilled: and in one word, They thought the kingdom of God should presently appear, Luke 19:11.
"But when those times of expectation were past, nor did such a Messias appear as they expected, (for when they saw the true Messias, they would not see him,) they first broke out into various, and those wild, conjectures of the time and at length, all those conjectures coming to nothing, all ended in this curse (the just cause of their eternal blindness) ×©× ×תש×× ×§×¦× ×פת ר×ת, May their soul be confounded who compute the times!" They were fully aware that the time foretold by the prophets must be long since fulfilled and that their obstinacy must be confounded by their own history, and the chronology of their own Scriptures; and therefore they have pronounced an anathema on those who shall attempt to examine, by chronological computations, the prophecies that predict his coming. Who can conceive a state of wilful blindness or determined obstinacy superior to this!
