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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. And 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. Covering his bloody design with the pretense of reverence. There...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. And 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. Pretty “worship” was that which he would render to the infant...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he sent them to Bethlehem,.... Having got out of them all that he could, and was for his purpose, he informs them of the place where they might find the person they came to inquire after, according to the account of it which the chief priests and scribes had given him; and then sends them away to Bethlehem, where Christ, according to prophecy,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And 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. It was like his deep, cunning spirit to try to find out where the child was, that he might kill him. He looked upon him as a rival, as one who might rob him of his throne, so...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
When they had heard the king,.... With great care and attention, what he had told them of the birth place of the young child; the strict charge he had given them to search diligently for him, and then return to him with an account of the whole affair; and his expressions of respect to the new born prince, which they took to be said in great...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. It was probably not a star in the sense in which we use the word: that is a planet, or a fixed star; but a meteoric brightness, which moved in the sky, and so guided the wise men. They...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. You see, the light of the star was taken from them for a time, just as sometimes the delightful presence of God is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. Yet it was not a wandering star, nor a shooting star; but a traveling star such as they had never seen before.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
When they saw the star,.... Which by its appearance, size, brightness, c. they knew to be the same with that which they had seen, when in their own country they rejoiced with exceeding great joy; a "pleonasm" or a redundancy of expression frequently used by the Hebrews, see John 4:6 and the Septuagint there; setting forth the rapture, the excess...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, For it would seem that the mother and child had moved out of the stable into a house. The town was, perhaps, not now quite so crowded, and there was more room for Mary and her blessed baby: “When they were come into the house,” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when they were come into the house,.... Which they entered without making any inquiry, being fully assured by the star's standing right over it, that this was the house, and here was the king of the Jews, whom they were come to worship; and having entered in "they saw" some copies read ευρον, they found the young child, with Mary his mother;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
They saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. These were the products of their country, such as they would give to princes. Such treasures must have been of great use to Mary and Joseph to help them take...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: The old Reformers used to say, “Here is a bone that sticks in the throat of the Romanists, and they can neither get it up nor down, for it does not say, They saw Mary and the young child, the young child is put first, they came...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 paid their respects to him that was born king of the Jews, and performed the whole business they came about; when in a dream they received a divine...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. I remember a long disquisition, by a learned man, to show that we may sometimes break our promise, if, upon further consideration, we find we did wrong in making it, saying that these wise men, though they had promised to go...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when they were departed,.... That is immediately, or as soon as they were gone, or in a very little time after, probably the same night, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream; it is very likely the same angel who appeared to him in such sort, Matthew 1:20 "saying arise", awake out of sleep, and rise from thy bed...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
When he arose, he took the young child and his mother,.... That is, as soon as he awoke out of sleep, and rose from his bed, he did as he was commanded, he prepared for his journey; and very opportunely had the wise men presented their gifts; the gold they brought served to defray the expense of this journey, and which no doubt was so ordered by...