And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written through the prophet,
“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
And they said to him, `In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it hath been written through the prophet,
And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written through the prophet:
Matthew — Apostolic writings (New Testament).
1. Now when Jesus had been born How it came about that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Matthew does not say. The Spirit of God, who had appointed the Evangelists to be his clerks, appears purposely to have regulated their style in such a manner, that they all wrote one…