Matthew 2:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,

Ver. 17. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken] Fulfilling of prophecies is a convincing argument of the divinity of the Scriptures. Moses had foretold that God should dwell between Benjamin's shoulders, Deuteronomy 33:12. This was fulfilled 440 years after, when the temple was set up in the tribe of Benjamin: so the prophecies of the coming of Christ and of Antichrist, and others in the Revelation, which we see daily accomplished.

Matthew 2:17

17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,