And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
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Gill's Exposition
And they said unto him,.... They answer without any hesitation, it being a generally received notion, and a thing well known among them,
in Bethlehem of Judea; and give their reason for it; for…
By the prophet - The Sanhedrin answered without hesitation. The question where he would be born had been settled by prophecy. This prophecy is found in Mic 5:2. In that prophecy both the place of his…
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…
Cambridge Bible
by the prophet Lit. by means of, through the prophet is regarded as the instrument. In Mat 2:2 and Mat 3:3, some MSS. have the preposition signifying personal agency (ὑπό), instead of the instrumental…
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