Matthew 2:17 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 2:17

Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

KJV

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (420)

(In Hierem. 31:15.) This passage of Jeremiah has been quoted by Matthew neither according to the Hebrew nor the LXX version. This shows that the Evangelists and Apostles did not follow any one's translation, but according to the Hebrew manner expressed in their own words what they had read in Hebrew. By Ramah we need not suppose that the town of that name near Gibeah is meant; but take it as signifying 'high.' A voice was heard 'aloft,' that is, spread far and wide.' Rachel's son was Benjamin, in which tribe Bethlehem is not situated.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken,.... By the slaughter of the infants at Bethlehem was literally accomplished what had been predicted by Jeremy the prophet, in Jer 31:15. in Rama was there a voice heard, &c. That this prophecy belongs not to the Babylonish captivity, but the times of the Messiah, appears from the whole context; which manifestly speaks of the miraculous conception of Christ, of the blessings of his kingdom to be enjoyed by his people, and of the new covenant to be made with them, as I have shown in another place (r).

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Then was fulfilled - A passage of Scripture, whether prophetic, historical, or poetical, is in the language of the New Testament fulfilled, when an event happens to which it may with great propriety be accommodated.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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 Mat 1:22. That which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet - Jeremiah. This quotation is taken from Jer 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.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τότε	Tote	Then	G5119 →
ἐπληρώθη	eplērōthē	was fulfilled	G4137 →
τὸ	to	that	G3588 →
ῥηθὲν	rhēthen	having been spoken	G2046 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
Ἰερεμίου	Ieremiou	Jeremiah	G2408 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
προφήτου	prophētou	prophet	G4396 →
λέγοντος·	legontos	saying;	G3004 →