Matthew 2:5
Douay-Rheims
But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:
John Gill
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 thus it is written by the prophet, that is, the prophet Micah, in whose prophecy, Mic 5:2 it stands, and is as follows:
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1771 · Matthew 2:5
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