8And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
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For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. …
That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD. …
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. …
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. …
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel; …
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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 possi…
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