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WARNED OF GOD - This was done, doubtless, because, if they had given
Herod precise information where he was, it would have been easy for
him to send forth and kill him. And from this we learn that God...
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2. THE KING WORSHIPPED BY GENTILES;
Jerusalem in Ignorance of Him; the Child Persecuted.
_ 1. The Visit of the Wise Men.(Matthew 2:1 .) 2. The Flight into
Egypt. (Matthew 2:13 .) 3. The Return from...
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MATTHEW 2. THREE INCIDENTS OF CHRIST'S CHILDHOOD.
Matthew 2:1. The Visit of the Magians.The religion of the Magi well
deserved the double honour of stimulating the growth of the doctrine
of the Futur...
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BEING WARNED OF GOD IN. DREAM.
Probably they were suspicious of Herod, for they could not fail to
know his character, and asked God to guide them. He did so by. dream,
and hence they avoided Jerusale...
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THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE KING (Matthew 2:1-2)...
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WARNED OF GOD. oracularly answered, implying. preceding question.
Compare Matthew 2:22.
IN. Greek. _kata._ App-104.
A DREAM. Greek. _onar._ See note on Matthew 1:20.
NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105.
TO....
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THE VISIT OF THE MAGI
Recorded by St Matthew only....
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12. AND BEING WARNED OF GOD IN A DREAM THAT THEY SHOULD NOT RETURN TO
HEROD, THEY DEPARTED INTO THEIR OWN COUNTRY ANOTHER WAY.
Aug.: The wicked Herod, now made cruel by fear, will needs do a deed
of...
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_THE WISE MEN VISIT THE KING MATTHEW 2:1-12_ : “Now when Jesus was
born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold,
there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he...
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ΧΡΗΜΑΤΙΣΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass._ (dep). _part. пот. masc.
pl. от_ ΧΡΗΜΑΤΊΖΟΜΑΙ (G5537) получать
повеления; в классическом _греч._ вести
дела, заниматься общественными
делами, также советовать, давать
реком...
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CHAPTER 2
Section 3. THE VISIT OF THE WISE MEN
TEXT: 2:1-12
1.
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod
the king, behold, Wisemen from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,...
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And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to
Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
AND BEING WARNED OF GOD IN A DREAM THAT THEY SHOULD NOT RETURN TO
HEROD,...
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1 David 1 Ozias
2 Solomon 2 Joatham
3 Roboam
3 Achaz
4 Abijah 4 Hezekiah
5 Asaph
5 Manasseh
6 Josaphat 6 Amos
7 Joram 7 Josiah
[Ahaziah]
[Jehoahaz]
[Jehoash]
[Jehoiakim]
[Amaziah] [Jechon...
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2:12 instructed (k-4) It signifies an answer after consultation, as
ver. 22; hence an oracular or divine answer, not merely warning....
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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 th...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 2
WISE MEN VISIT JESUS 2:1-12
V1 Jesus was born in the town called Bethlehem. This was in Judea
district. At this time, Herod was the...
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BEING WARNED OF GOD. — Following the order of events in our minds,
it seems probable that after their homage on the evening of their
arrival, they retired, possibly to the “inn” of Bethlehem, and
were...
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CHAPTER 2
His Reception - Matthew 2:1
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 reticence h...
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_Visit of the Magi._...
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GOD RULES AND OVERRULES
Matthew 2:9-15
The suggestion has been hazarded that “the star” was an unusual
combination of three planets; but this would conflict with the
disappearance and reappearance o...
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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 a...
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And being (k) warned of God in a dream that they should not return to
Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
(k) God warned and told them of it, even though they did not ask him....
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THE ORIENTAL MAGI
Matthew 2:1-12. _“Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judea, in
the days of Herod the king, behold, the magi came from the East,
saying, Where is He who was born King of the Jews?...
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And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to
Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
I stay not to enquire further concerning the divine intimation to
those men,...
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God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our
Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the
infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
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_THE THREEFOLD GIFT_
‘And when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto Him
gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.’
Matthew 2:11
Let us put ourselves in the place of the Magi. What g...
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Thus born, thus characterised by the angel and fulfilling the
prophecies that announced the presence of Emmanuel, He is formally
acknowledged King of the Jews by the Gentiles, who are guided by the
wi...
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BEING WARNED OF GOD IN A DREAM,.... It is likely they made a short
stay at Bethlehem, might lodge there a night; at least laid themselves
down a while to take some refreshment in sleep, after they had...
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And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to
Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
Ver. 12. _And being warned of God in a dream, &c._] Thus were they
pulled by...
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_And being warned of God in a dream, that they should not return to
Herod_ Which, it is probable, in the simplicity of their hearts, they
were preparing to do, _they departed into their own country an...
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Matthew concludes the narrative of the adoration: AND BEING WARNED OF
GOD IN A DREAM THAT THEY SHOULD NOT RETURN TO HEROD, THEY DEPARTED
INTO THEIR OWN COUNTRY ANOTHER WAY.
Here is another instance of...
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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 H...
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9-12 What joy these wise men felt upon this sight of the star, none
know so well as those who, after a long and melancholy night of
temptation and desertion, under the power of a spirit of bondage, a...
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Now the wise God begins to defeat the crafty counsels of Herod, whose
bloody hand he had stayed till he should from the wise men have had a
perfect intelligence concerning this newborn King. God in a...
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Matthew 2:12 Then G2532 warned G5537 (G5685) in G2596 dream G3677
should G344 not G3361 return G344 (G5658) to G4314 Herod G2264
departed G402 (G5656) for G1519 own G846 country G5561 another G1223
G2...
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‘And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to
Herod, they departed into their own country another way.'
Having paid homage to the King of the Jews the Magi began to plan
their jou...
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THE DATE OF OUR LORD'S BIRTH. See Introduction, § 8, pp. 16, 17. The
visit of the Magi, while it does not determine the year of the birth
of Christ, fixes a date _before_ which it must have taken plac...
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WARNED IN A DREAM
(χρηματισθεντες κατ' οναρ). The verb means to
transact business (χρηματιζω from χρημα, and that from
χραομα, to use. Then to consult, to deliberate, to make answer
as of magistrat...
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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, saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? f...
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CONTENTS: Visit of the Magi, flight into Egypt, Herod's slaughter of
the innocents. Return of Joseph and Mary to Nazareth.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Joseph, Mary, Herod, chief priests, scribes,
wise me...
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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, who...
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GOD WARNED THEM. Knowing Herod's character, his questioning of the
Magi would make them suspicious, and they would seek God's guidance.
God warned them in a dream....
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CHAPTER 2
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Juda in the days of king
Herod. It is better to read here in the Greek _in Bethlehem-Juda_.
Juda means the tribe of Judah, to which, after the schism...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 2:13. EGYPT.—At all times the readiest place of refuge for
the Israelites, whether from famine or from political oppression. In
Alexandria the Jews numbered a fifth of the po...
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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 adduced.
(1) The place...
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Chapter Two
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod
the king (Matthew 2:1),
This is Herod the Great, that little short monster. He was a little
over four feet tall, and as...
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1 Corinthians 3:19; Acts 4:19; Acts 5:29; Daniel 2:19; Exodus 1:17;
Genesis 20:6; Genesis 20:7; Genesis 31:24; Job 33:15; Matthew 1:20;...
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Being warned [χ ρ η μ α τ ι σ θ ε ν τ ε ς]. The verb
means to give a response to one who asks or consults : hence, in the
passive, as here, to receive an answer. The word therefore implies
that the wi...
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HOW THE FIRST CHRISTMAS WAS CELEBRATED
Matthew 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
By way of introduction we are going to read a poem named "The
Christmas Story" which was written several years ago. It is
appro...
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God having warned these wise men in. dream not to go back to Herod,
they returned home another way.
But did these wise men play the parts of honest men, in that they
returned not again to Herod?
Ans...