Matthew 2:5
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
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, Micah 5:2 it stands, and is as follows:
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