Matthew 2:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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saw. App-133.

mocked. deceived.

wroth. Greek. thumoomai. Occurs only here.

all. The number could not have been great.

children. boys. Plural of pais. App-108.

coasts. borders.

two years. Greek. dietes. Occurs only in Matthew. It was now nearly two years since the birth at Bethlehem. Herod had inquired very accurately, Matthew 2:7. See notes on Matthew 2:1 and Matthew 2:11. The wise men found a pais, not. brephos (see App-108.), as the shepherds did (Luke 2:16).

of. from. Greek. p'ara. App-104.

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Matthew 2:16

16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.