Matthew 2:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Matthew 2:17 —

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

(vv. 16-18)

Here is, I. Herod’s resentment of the departure of the wise men. He waited long for their return; he hopes, though they be slow, they will be sure, and he shall crush this rival at his first appearing; but he hears, upon enquiry, that they are gone off another way, which increases his jealousy, and makes him suspect they are in the interest of this new King, which made him exceedingly wroth; and h…

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

(vv. 17)

17. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying--(Jr 31:15, from which the quotation differs but verbally).