Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
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Gill's Exposition
Then Herod, when he had privately called the wise men,.... As soon as he had got the intelligence of the place of the Messiah's birth, he called, or ordered the wise men to be brought into his…
Barnes' Notes
Privily - Secretly, privately. He did this to ascertain the time when Jesus was born. Diligently - Accurately, exactly. He took pains to learn the precise time when the star appeared. He did this…
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
inquired of them diligently Rather, having accurately ascertained; the word is used of scientific exactness. The reason of this inquiry appears in Mat 2:2.
what time the star appeared Literally, the…
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