Matthew 2:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet,”
Matthew 2:5 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · Matthew 2:514 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on Matthew 2:5
As the Magi seek a Redeemer, so Herod fears a successor.
'The King,' he is called, though in comparison with him whom they are seeking he is an alien and a foreigner.
Herod 'was troubled' when he heard that a King was born of Jewish lineage, lest, himself being an Idumaean, the kingdom should return again to native princes, and himself be expelled, and his seed after him.
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