Matthew 2:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹Now 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,

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Micah 5:2
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
John 7:42
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
Luke 2:4-7
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem;(because he was of the house and lineage of David:) …
Psalms 72:9-12
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. …
Luke 2:11
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-8)

It was a mark of humiliation put upon the Lord Jesus that, though he was the Desire of all nations, yet his coming into the world was little observed and taken notice of, his birth was obscure and unregarded: herein he emptied himself, and made himself of no reputation. If the Son of God must be brought into the world, one might justly expect that he should be received with all the ceremony possib…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Mt 2:1-12. Visit of the Magi to Jerusalem and Bethlehem. The Wise Men Reach Jerusalem--The Sanhedrim, on Herod’s Demand, Pronounce Bethlehem to Be Messiah’s Predicted Birthplace (Mt 2:1-6). 1. Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea--so called to distinguish it from another Bethlehem in the tribe of Zebulun, near the Sea of Galilee (Jos 19:15); called also Beth-lehem-judah, as being in that…