Matthew 2:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. ”

Matthew 2:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Where is he ... - There was at that time a prevalent expectation that some remarkable personage was about to appear in Judea. The Jews were anxiously looking for the coming of the Messiah. By com...
Matthew 2:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 2:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Where... ? This is the first question in the N.T. See note on the first question in the O.T. ( Genesis 3:9 ). is born . has been brought forth: see note on Matthew 1:2 . we have seen . we saw:...
Matthew 2:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. Where is he who has been born King? The notion of some commentators, that he is said to have been born King, by indirect contrast with one who has been made or created a king, ap...
Matthew 2:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1279 THE WISE MEN SEEKING CHRIST Matthew 2:1-2 . Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judζa, in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,...
Matthew 2:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. We have seen his star - Having discovered an unusual luminous appearance or mete...
Matthew 2:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Saying, &c.— Saying, Where is this new-born king of the Jews? Campbell. There does not seem to be any need of supposing, with some of the fathers, that the wise men knew the signification of...
Matthew 2:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? From this it would se...
Matthew 2:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 2:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Where is he...? — The Magi express here the feeling which the Roman historians, Tacitus and Suetonius, tell us sixty or seventy years later had been for a long time very widely diffused. Everywhere...
Matthew 2:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Matthew 2:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Wise-Men Follow the Star Matthew 2:1-8 The expectation of the advent of a great king was far-spread at the time of the Nativity. It was probably founded, so far as the East was concerned, o...
Matthew 2:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Matthew 2:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. I should be led to conceive, that this visit of the Wise Men was not immediatel...
Matthew 2:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE KING AND HIS CROWN ‘Where is He that is born King of the Jews?’ Matthew 2:2 He of whom our hearts are full was born a King, but wants to have His royalty acknowledged by each one of us,...
Matthew 2:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Saying, where is he that is born king of the Jews? .... These words were spoken to the Jews, or rather to Herod the king, or his ministers and courtiers, or to each of them, as the wise men had the...
Matthew 2:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. Ver. 2. Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? ] As presupposing...
Matthew 2:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews That is, their lawful and hereditary sovereign, Herod not being such. The wise men are under no kind of doubts in their inquiry; but being fully pe...
Matthew 2:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew 2:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Wise Men Come to Jerusalem. 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came w...
Matthew 2:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jerusalem was the metropolis of Judea; thither they come, as to the most likely place where to receive satisfaction. Of whom they inquired the Scripture saith not, but it is observable that they took...
Matthew 2:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in...
Matthew 2:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 2:1 . Born. —The birth of Jesus has been assigned to “the fourth year before the common account called Anno Domini.” But Rev. A. Carr (Cambridge Bible for Schools) says, “...
Matthew 2:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

King "The King" is one of the divine titles ( Psalms 10:16 ) and so used in the worship of the Church ( 1 Timothy 1:17 ) but Christ is never called "King of the Church." He is "King of the Jew...
Matthew 2:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 2:1-2 I. We have, as it were, three classes gathered about us in this narrative, and the central figure of them all is Christ Himself. As we think of this story in connection with our Mast...
Matthew 2:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 2:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew 2:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Seen his star. The guiding star It was revealed to the shepherds and then to the wise men. 1. The Jews had the priority of time, so also they had a superiority in the manner of the declarati...
Matthew 2:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Matthew 2:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Saying, Where is He that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East, and are come to worship Him. There was an assertion contained in their question. Their knowledge was defin...
Matthew 2:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 1:6 ; Isaiah 32:1 ; Isaiah 32:2 ; Isaiah 60:3 ; Isaiah 9:6 ; Isaiah 9:7 ; Jeremiah 23:5 ; John 1:49 ; John 12:13 ; John 18:37 ; John 19:12-15 ; John 19:19 ; John 20:28 ; John 5:...
Matthew 2:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Matthew 2:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To do him homage — To pay him that honour, by bowing to the earth before him, which the eastern nations used to pay to their monarchs.

Matthew 2:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 2:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 2:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 2:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 2:2 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Matthew 2:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 2:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 2:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 2:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 2:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 2:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 2:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 2:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 2:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 2:2 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 2:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 2:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 2:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 2:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 2:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 2:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 2:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 2:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 2:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

Matthew 2:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 2:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 2:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 2:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Matthew 2:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 2:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 2:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 2:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Matthew 2:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes