Matthew 2:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

In Bethlehem of Judæa. — The words of the people in John 7:42 show the same belief thirty years later. The Targum, or Jewish paraphrase, of Micah 5:2, inserts the very words, “Out of thee the Messiah shall come.”

Matthew 2:5

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