Matthew 2:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: ”

Matthew 2:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He heard that Archelaus did reign - Archelaus possessed a cruel and tyrannical disposition similar to his father. At one of the Passovers he caused 3,000 of the people to be put to death in the t...
Matthew 2:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Settlement at Nazareth. By Herod's will Archelaus (p. 609) held the title of King till the Emperor Augustus forbade it. In Galilee, another of Herod's sons, Antipas (p. 609), was tetrarch. Ther...
Matthew 2:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Archelaus. See App-109. in . over. Greek. epi. See App-104. L. [Tr.] [A] WH omit epi. in the room of . instead of. Greek. anti. App-104. turned aside . departed, as in verses: Matthew...
Matthew 2:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of G...
Matthew 2:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Archelaus— He was the sixth son of Herod, and the most cruel of all those who survived him. He caused three thousand citizens to be murdered at one time in the temple. Herod in his will appointed h...
Matthew 2:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts...
Matthew 2:22 - 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 2:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Archelaus. — Strictly speaking, this prince, who, under his father’s will (made just before his death), governed Judæa, Samaria, and Idumæa, was never recognised as a king by the Roman Emperor, but...
Matthew 2:22 - 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 2:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Out of Egypt Did I Call My Son” Matthew 2:16-23 The death of those little children was very pathetic. From the first it seemed as though our Lord's advent would bring not peace, but the sword....
Matthew 2:22 - 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 2:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene. The most interesting of all subjects, is to eye CHRIST as...
Matthew 2:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But when he heard that Archelaus ,.... This Archelaus was a son of Herod the great by Malthace Samaritan, and was appointed by him for his successor a little before his death, and was upon it declar...
Matthew 2:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of G...
Matthew 2:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he arose Joseph obeyed the angel, and, it appears, would gladly have gone to Judea, probably to Bethlehem, because from his own knowledge of the prophecies, as well as from the decision of the...
Matthew 2:22 - 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 2:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ's Return from Egypt. 19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20...
Matthew 2:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 21,22. The true King of the Jews being born, the singular providence of God so ordered it, that there was no more constituted governors of Judea under the title of kings, though they are said to...
Matthew 2:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus is Driven Into Exile And Finally Returns to Lowly Nazareth (2:12-23). As a result of a warning dream the Magi did not return to Herod but slipped out of the country ‘another way', while Jose...
Matthew 2:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 2:22 . Archelaus. —Succeeded to Judæa, Samaria and Idumea, but Augustus refused him the title of king till it should be seen how he conducted himself, giving him only the...
Matthew 2:22 - Scofield Reference Notes

Archelaus Son of Herod the Great, ( Matthew 2:1 ) and Malthace, a Samaritan woman. Deposed A.D. 6.
Matthew 2:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 2:1 . Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Probably from that Assyria which is joined wit...
Matthew 2:22 - 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 2:22 - 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 2:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joseph lost no time in obeying the command:
Matthew 2:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 16:2 ; Acts 9:13 ; Acts 9:14 ; Genesis 19:17-21 ; Isaiah 30:21 ; Isaiah 48:17 ; Isaiah 48:18 ; John 7:41 ; John 7:42 ; John 7:52 ; Luke 2:39 ; Matthew 1:20 ; Matthew 2:12 ; Mat...
Matthew 2:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He was afraid to go thither — into Judea; and so turned aside into the region of Galilee — a part of the land of Israel not under the jurisdiction of Archelaus.

Matthew 2:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Matthew 2:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 2:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Matthew 2:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Matthew 2:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Matthew 2:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Matthew 2:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 2:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Matthew 2:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Matthew 2:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Matthew 2:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Matthew 2:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Matthew 2:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Matthew 2:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew 2:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 2:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 2:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew 2:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Matthew 2:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 2:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Matthew 2:22 - Scofield Reference Notes

Matthew 2:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 2:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew 2:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Matthew 2:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Matthew 2:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 2:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes