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Matthew 2:1 is the first verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.The previous verse ends with Jesus being named by his father.This verse marks the clear start of a new narrative, although the use of a quotation from Isaiah 7:14 in Matthew 1:23 is also reflected in the use of four Old Testament quotations in chapter 2.
Matthew 1:18–25 Amram's contemplation about his wife's pregnancy: Josephus, Ant 2.210-216 Joseph was told that Jesus will be savior of his people from sins: Matthew 1:21: Moses was destined to be savior of his people: Josephus, Ant 2:228; b. Sot.a 12b Herod learned about the birth of Israel's liberator from scribes: Matthew 2:4–6
Two other references to Bethlehem being in Judea in Matthew 2:1 and 2:5 indicate that Matthew was keen to show that Jesus was born in Judea. In this verse he does not use the same spelling he did previously, thus also linking to the Old Testament figure Judah. In the second line, the author of Matthew reverses the meaning of the original.
Papyrus 1 with text Matthew 1:1-9; in 1,3 it has a variant Ζαρε against Ζαρα. Matthew 1:3. Ζαρε — 𝔓 1 B mae-1 Ζαρα — rell (i.e., all other extant manuscripts) Matthew 1:6. Δαυιδ δε ο βασιλευς (Also David the king) — C K L W Δ Π 33 157 892 1071 𝔐/Byz it mss vg syr h geo
[1] Gundry notes that the text again mentions that Bethlehem is in Judea, as does the next verse. This was previously noted in Matthew 2:1, and in theory the first mention was enough to disambiguate between the various towns named Bethlehem. To Gundry this is clear evidence of how important Jesus being born in Judea, at the centre of the Jewish ...
The title is reused by a less knowledgeable foreigner in Matthew 27:11. [4] The title is a direct challenge to Herod, who was renowned for his paranoia, as king of Judea. Herod as an Edomite would have been especially threatened by a Davidic heir.
Matthew 2:4 is the fourth verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. The magi have informed King Herod that they had seen portents showing the birth of the King of the Jews. In this verse he calls together leading figures of Jerusalem to find out where Jesus was to be born.
[3] F. Dale Bruner notes that the word way often has theological overtones in Matthew and that a reference to verses such as Matthew 7:13 and 7:14 that discuss the way of salvation might be implied. [4] At this point the magi leave the narrative and do not reappear. There are many traditional stories about what happened to them after this.