“ When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. ”
The star ... went before them - From this it appears that the star was a luminous meteor, perhaps at no great distance from the ground. It is not unlikely that they lost sight of it after they ha...
Matthew 2. Three Incidents of Christ's Childhood. Matthew 2:1-12 . The Visit of the Magians.The religion of the Magi well deserved the double honour of stimulating the growth of the doctrine of...
saw the star. Supply the Ellipsis from Matthew 2:9 (App-6). "having seen the star [standing over where the young child was], they rejoiced", &c. rejoiced with... joy. Figure of speech Pol...
DISCOURSE: 1280 THE JOY OF THE MAGI Matthew 2:10 . And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy . IN so concise a history as that of our blessed Lord, the events of whose...
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
When they saw the star— Dr. Doddridge reads a star or meteor; because, says he, no star could point out not only a town, but a particular house. The original, in the conclusion of this verse,...
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy, х echareesan ( G5463 ) charan ( G5479 ) megaleen...
The Wise Men 1-12. The star in the east and the visit of the Magi (peculiar to St. Matthew). The incident fits well into secular history. About the time when the star appeared (7 or 6 b.c.), Herod...
Chapter 2 His Reception - Matthew 2:1-23 THIS one chapter contains all that St. Matthew records of the Infancy. St. Mark and St. John tell us nothing, and St. Luke very little. This singular re...
God Rules and Overrules Matthew 2:9-15 The suggestion has been hazarded that “the star” was an unusual combination of three planets; but this would conflict with the disappearance and reappeara...
The Kingdom was not ready for the King, so a reception for Him was not arranged and organized by those who should have been waiting for Him. They were in rebellion. The King's advent was heralded by...
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. It appears that Herod had so disguised his intentions, that the wise men had no consciousness of it. So is it in common life. But the...
STARS AS TYPES ‘When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.’ Matthew 2:10 A great many theories have been advanced to account for the appearance of the star, but what God...
When they saw the star ,.... Which by its appearance, size, brightness, c. they knew to be the same with that which they had seen, when in their own country they rejoiced with exceeding great joy...
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. Ver. 10. When they saw the star ] The sight whereof they seem to have lost when they turned out of the way; it led them to Jerusale...
When they saw the star Thus standing over where the child was, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy The original expression, εχαρησαν χαραν μεγαλην σφοδρα, is remarkably emphatical, and might b...
The deeply interesting account of Gabriel's announcement to Mary that she would be the mother of her Lord, the details as to His birth in Bethlehem, the visit of the shepherds to the manger in which...
The Wise Men Worship Christ. 9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went bef...
Joy is but the natural consequence of desire satisfied: they had in their own country seen an extraordinary star, which, according to the rules of their own art, they might guess to be an indication...
The Visit of The Magi (2:1-11). The visit of the Magi/Eminent Astrologers to Jesus is important for a number of reasons. It emphasises: 1). That whereas the leading Jews in the main ignored His...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 2:11 . House. —It is not reasonable to suppose that the holy family would require to stay long in the public khan or caravanserai, where the infant Saviour was born. Wors...
Matthew 2:1 . Now when Jesus was born is Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Our Lord was born in Bethlehem, an inconsidera...
Matthew 2:1 . Jesus was born in Bethlehem, as is illustrated in Micah 5:2 . In the days of Herod the king, the son of Antipater, and father of Archelaus, who succeeded him on the throne. Herod...
EXPOSITION JESUS THE CHRIST BY HIS EARLY HISTORY answering to the word of God by the prophets. This is shown by four particulars, for each of which a corresponding prophecy is addu...
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. They were overjoyed. Their long journey was successful. their arduous quest was ended. The most intense gladness, a fairly ecstatic...
Acts 13:46-48 ; Deuteronomy 32:13 ; Luke 2:10 ; Luke 2:20 ; Psalms 105:3 ; Psalms 67:4 ; Romans 15:9-13
How the First Christmas was Celebrated Matthew 2:1-12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction we are going to read a poem named "The Christmas Story" which was written several years ago. It...
Seeing the star — Standing over where the child was.