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him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him, Ezra vii. 6. Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. Artaxerxes king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time, 11, 12. How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain, Jer. viii. 8.

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Καὶ σὺ Βηθλεὲμ, γῆ Ἰούδα, οὐδαμῶς ἐλαχίστη εἶ ἐν τοῖς ἡγεμόσιν Ἰούδα· ἐκ σοῦ γάρ ἐξελεύσεται ἡγούμενος, ὅστις ποιμανεῖ τὸν λαόν μου τὸν Ἰσραήλ.

And a thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

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* Or, feed. But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting, Mic. v. 2. Hath not the Scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem where David was, John vii. 42.

b And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth, xxviii. 18. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be, Gen. xlix. 10. Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth in the city, Num. xxiv. 19. For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler: but the birthright was Joseph's, 1 Chron. v. 2. Why do the heaVOL. I.

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then rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the LORD shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion, Ps. ii. 1-6. For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of 182. ix. 6, 7. And hath put all things the LORD of Hosts will perform this, head over all things, to the church, under his feet, and gave him, to be the Eph. i. 22. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead; eminence, Col. i. 18. in all things he might have the preAnd he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father, Rev. ii. 27. And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever, xi. 15.

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• He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young, Isa. xl. 11. And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.. In his days, Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD

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King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. Matt. ii. 2. What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose, Ps. xxv. 12. We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts, 2 Pet. 19.

VER. 10.

Ιδόντες δὲ τὸν ἀστέρα, ἐχάρησαν χαρὰν μεγάλην σφόδρα.

OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, Jer. xxiii. 4-6. And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. And I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it. And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep ini. the woods, Ez. xxxiv. 23–25. And David my servant shall be king over them: and they all shall have one shepherd : they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore, xxxvii. 24-26.

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Οἱ δὲ, ἀκούσαντες τοῦ βασιλέως, ἐπορεύ θησαν· καὶ ἰδοὺ, ὁ ἀστὴρ, ὃν εἶδον ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ, προῆγεν αὐτοὺς, ἕως ἐλθὼν ἔστη ἐπάνω οὗ ἦν τὸ παιδίον.

When they saw the star, a they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

a And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. And again, praise the Lord, all ye be a root of Jesse, and he that shall And again, Esaias saith, There shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust, Rom. xv.

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found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe a And they came with haste, and lying in a manger, Luke ii. 16.

b See on last clause, ver. 2.

cAnd their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take ofthe best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, When they had heard the king, they a little balm, and a little honey, spices, departed; and, lo, the star, which they and myrrh, nuts, and almonds, Gen. saw in the east, went before them, till it xliii. 11. But the children of Belial came, and stood over where the young said, How shall this man save us? child was. And they despised him, and brought a Saying, Where is he that is born him no presents. But he held his

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peace, 1 Sam. x. 27. And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon, 1 Kings x. 2. 10. The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised, Ps. lxxii. 10. 15. The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD, Isa. lx. 6.

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spoons were twelve, full of incense,
weighing ten shekels apiece, after the
shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold
of the spoons was an hundred and
twenty shekels, 86. All thy garments
smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia,
out of the ivory palaces, whereby
they have made thee glad, Ps. xlv.
8. For from the rising of the sun
even unto the going down of the same
my name shall be great among the
Gentiles; and in every place incense
shall be offered unto my name, and a
pure offering: for my name shall be
great among the heathen, saith the
LORD of Hosts, Mal. i. 11. And
when he had taken the book, the four
beasts and four and twenty elders fell
down before the Lamb, having every
one of them harps, and golden vials
full of odours, which are the prayers
of saints, Rev. v. 8.

VER. 12.

Καὶ χρηματισθέντες κατ ̓ ὄναρ μὴ ἀνακάμψαι πρὸς Ἡρώδην, δι ̓ ἄλλης ὁδοῦ ἀνεχώρησαν εἰς τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν.

And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, a they departed into their own country another way.

Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels. And a But the midwives feared God, and the LORD said unto Moses, Take un- did not as the king of Egypt comto thee sweet spices, stacte, and ony-manded them, but saved the mencha, and galbanum; these sweet spices children alive, Exod. i. 17. But Peter with pure frankincense: of each shall and John answered and said unto there be a like weight, Ex. xxx. 23. 34. them, Whether it be right in the And when any will offer a meat-of-sight of God to hearken unto you fering unto the LORD, his offering more than unto God, judge ye, Acts shall be of fine flour; and he shall iv. 19. Then Peter and the other pour oil upon it, and put frankincense apostles answered and said, We ought thereon: And he shall bring it to to obey God rather than men, v. 29. Aaron's sons the priests, and he shall For the wisdom of this world is fooltake thereout his handful of the flour ishness with God. For it is written, thereof, and of the oil thereof, with He taketh the wise in their own crafall the frankincense thereof; and the tiness, 1 Cor. iii. 19. priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the ̓Αναχωρησάντων δὲ αὐτῶν, ἰδοὺ ἄγγελος LORD, Lev. ii. 1, 2. And he shall take of it his handful, of the four of the Κυρίου φαίνεται κατ ̓ ὄναρ τῷ Ἰωσὴφ, λέγων· Ἐγερθεὶς παράλαβε τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν meat-offering, and of the oil thereof, μητέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ φεύγε εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καὶ and all the frankincense which is upon ἴσθι ἐκεῖ, ἕως ἂν εἴπω σοί· μέλλει γὰρ Ἡρώ the meat-offering, and shall burn it up-nç (nteïv tò πaidiov, Toï àwonéca; aútó. on the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD, vi. 15. One spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, Numb. vii. 14. The golden

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take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there c until I bring thee word : “for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

a See on clause 1, ver. 20. ch. i. b But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of Man be come, Matt. x.. 23. And the woman fled into the wilderwhere she hath a place prepared ness, of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days, Rev. xii. 6. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent, 14.

c But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a | dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life, Matt. ii. 19, 20.

d Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men, Matt. ii. 16. And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive, Exod. i. 22. The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live, Acts vii. 19. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born, Rev. xii. 4.

VER. 14.

Ο δὲ ἐγερθεὶς παρέλαβε τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ νυκτὸς, καὶ ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον·

When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:

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Καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ ἕως τῆς τελευτῆς Ἡρώδου ἵνα πληρωθῆ τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ Κυρίου διὰ τοῦ προφήτου, λέγοντος· Ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἐκάλεσα τὸν υἱὸν μου.

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And was there a until the death of Herod: b that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my

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a But when Herod was dead, behold, dream to Joseph in Egypt, Matt. ii. 19. an angel of the Lord appeareth in a

b See on ver. 22. ch. i.

loved him, and called my son out of c When Israel was a child, then I Egypt, Hos. xi. 1.

VER. 16.

μάγων, ἐθυμώθη λίαν· καὶ ἀποστείλας Τότε Ηρώδης, ἰδὼν ὅτι ἐνεπαίχθη ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνεῖλε πάντας τοὺς παῖδας τοὺς ἐν Βηθλεὲμ, καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ὁρίοις αὐτῆς, ἀπὸ διετοῦς καὶ κατωτέρω, κατὰ τὸν χρόνον ὃν ἠκρίβωσε παρὰ τῶν μάγων.

Then Herod, a when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, b was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, cuccording to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

a That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice, Gen. xxxix. 14. And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto in unto me to mock me, 17. And us, came Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee, Num. xxii. 29. And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith I am as one mocked of his neighbour, thou mightest be bound, Judg. xvi. 10. who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn, Job xii. 4.

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mourning. Thus his father wept for him, 33-35. And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye be

vier than them both. Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous, Prov. xxvii. 3, 4. Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shad-reaved of my children: Joseph is not, rach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. And he com

manded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace, Dan. iii. 13. 19, 20.

Then Herod when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appear

ed, Matt. ii. 7.

VER. 17.

Τότε ἐπληρώθη τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ ̔Ιερεμίου τοῦ προφήτου, λέγοντος·

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,

VER. 18.

Φωνὴ ἐν Ῥαμᾷ ἠκούσθη, θρῆνος καὶ κλαυθμὸς καὶ ὀδυρμὸς πολὺς, Ραχήλ κλαίουσα τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς· καὶ οὐκ ἤθελε παρακληθῆναι, ὅτι οὐκ εἰσί.

In a Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and b would not be comforted, because they are not.

aThus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not, Jer. xxxi. 15.

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b And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not: and I, whither shall I go? Gen. xxxvii. 30. And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him: Jo

seph is without doubt rent in pieces. And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son

and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me, xlii. 36. But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? Job xiv. 10.

VER. 19.

Τελευτήσαντος δὲ τοῦ Ἡρώδου, ἰδοὺ, ἄγε γελος Κυρίου κατ ̓ ὄναρ φαίνεται τῷ Ἰωσὴφ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ,

But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

VER. 20.

καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ πορεύου εἰς γῆν Λέγων· Εγερθεὶς παράλαβε τὸ παιδίον Ἰσραήλ· τεθνήκασι γὰρ οἱ ζητοῦντες τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ παιδίου.

Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: a for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

a And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life, Exod. iv. 19.

VER. 21.

Ο δὲ ἐγερθεὶς παρέλαβε τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς γῆν Ἰσραήλ.

And a he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

a Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he, Gen. vi. 22. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went, Heb. xi. 8.

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