Matthew 2:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

When Herod the king heard these things, he was troubled - viewing this as a danger to his own throne: perhaps his guilty conscience also suggested other grounds of fear.

And all Jerusalem with him - from a dread of revolutionary commotions, and perhaps also of Herod's rage.

Matthew 2:3

3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.