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Matthew 2:15

King James Version (KJV)

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Matthew 2:15

Verse 15 of 23

Scripture focus

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

Matthew 2:15 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Matthew 2:15

Exegetical

The death of Herod. He died soon after his slaughter of the infants of Bethlehem (DA 66), 4 B.C. (see pp. 42, 241), of a most painful and loathsome disease.

Might be fulfilled. The quotation as here given is from the Hebrew text of Hosea 11:1. The LXX reads, “Out of Egypt I called his children.” In their original setting in Hosea the words of this prophecy refer to the deliverance of the Hebrew people from Egypt. When calling upon Pharaoh to release them, Moses said, “Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, even my firstborn” (Ex. 4:22). For Matthew’s application of the words of Hosea 11:1 to Christ see on Deut. 18:15.