Matthew 2:5-6
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Other commentaries on this verse
- John Gill - Exposition - Matthew 2:5
- John Gill - Exposition - Matthew 2:6
- Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew 2
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Matthew 2:4-6
- Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Matthew 2:5-7
Matthew 2:5-6. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
Now, you see, what Herod did with an ill design was overruled for good, for thus we know on the highest authority that Christ was born at Bethlehem; the chief priests and scribes, great students of the law, when they were assembled in the presence of Herod, declared that, according to prophecy, Christ was to be born in Bethlehem.