Matthew 2:8 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 2:8

And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search out exactly concerning the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word, that I also may come and worship him.

KJV

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

⋯

Commentary

6 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

FRAGMENT 10 (444)

Herod treats the magi as ambassadors. For after a certain manner, they had come to the King of Israel in order to intercede that there might be peace between them and the Israelites. They hoped that, for Gentiles and Jews alike, there might be "one fold, one shepherd."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

As the queen of the south, so the wise men of the east, will rise up in judgment against the men of that generation, and of this too, and will condemn them; for they came from a far country, to worship Christ; while the Jews, his kinsmen, would not stir a step, would not go to the next town to bid him welcome.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Herod was now an old man, and had reigned thirty-five years; this king was but newly born, and not likely to enterprise any thing considerable for many years; yet Herod is jealous of him.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

That I may come and worship him also - See Mat 2:2, and on Gen 17:3 (note), and Exo 4:31 (note). What exquisite hypocrisy was here! he only wished to find out the child that he might murder him; but see how that God who searches the heart prevents the designs of wicked men from being accomplished!

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

It is not known who these wise men were. Their names and dwelling-place are alike kept back from us. We are only told that they came “from the east.” Whether they were Chaldeans or Arabians we cannot say. Whether they learned to expect Christ from the ten tribes who went into captivity, or from the prophecies of Daniel, we do not know. It matters little who they were. The point which concerns us most is the rich instruction which their history conveys.

Modern Voices1 voice

G.K. Chesterton

1874–1936

The Everlasting Man, Part II Ch. 1 "The God in the Cave" (1925)

That truth that is tradition has wisely remembered them almost as unknown quantities, as mysterious as their mysterious and melodious names: Melchior, Caspar, Balthazar.

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
πέμψας	pempsas	having sent	G3992 →
αὐτοὺς	autous	them	G846 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
Βηθλέεμ	Bēthleem	Bethlehem	G965 →
εἶπεν·	eipen	he said;	G2036 →
πορευθέντες	poreuthentes	Having gone	G4198 →
ἐξετάσατε	exetasate	do search	G1833 →
ἀκριβῶς	akribōs	carefully	G199 →
περὶ	peri	for	G4012 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
παιδίου.	paidiou	Child.	G3813 →
ἐπὰν	epan	when	G1875 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
εὕρητε,	heurēte	You may have found [Him],	G2147 →
ἀπαγγείλατέ	apangeilate	do bring word back	G518 →
μοι	moi	to me	G3165 →
ὅπως	hopōs	so that	G3704 →
κἀγὼ	kagō	I myself also	G1473 →G2532 →
ἐλθὼν	elthōn	having come	G2064 →
προσκυνήσω	proskunēsō	may worship	G4352 →
αὐτῷ.¶	autō	Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 19:2
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those…
leads to
- 2 Kings 6:31
  He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”
- 1 Kings 20:10
  Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
- Ruth 1:17
  Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
- Daniel 3:15
  Now, if you are ready, as soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the statue I…
- Proverbs 27:1
  Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.