Matthew 2:5 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 2:5

And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet,

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ASV

And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written through the prophet,

WEB

“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

YLT

And they said to him, `In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it hath been written through the prophet,

DBT

And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written through the prophet:

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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John 7:42
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
Matthew 2:1
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Ruth 1:1
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
Judges 17:7
And there was a young man out of Beth–lehem–judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
1 Samuel 16:1
And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

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Note, Christ will be a Saviour to those only who are willing to take him for their Governor. Bethlehem was the city of David, and David the glory of Bethlehem; there, therefore, must David's son and successor be born. There was a famous well at Bethlehem, by the gate, which David longed to drink of ( 2 Sam. xxiii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea--a prompt and involuntary testimony from the highest tribunal; which yet at length condemned Him to die. for thus it is written by the prophet-- (Mic 5:2).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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