Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Matthew
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:16 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:16 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:16 JFB -> Commentary on 2:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:16 PNT -> Commentary on 2:16 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:16 TFG -> Commentary on 2:16 TSK -> Commentary on 2:16 TSK -> Entry for 2:16 WEN -> Notes on 2:16 NTB -> Anger; Bethlehem; Children; Egypt; Homicide; Infanticide; Jesus, The Christ; Miracles; Rulers TTT -> Anger; Murder; Prophecies Respecting Christ EBD -> Bethlehem; Herod the Great; Jesus SBD -> Herod WJD -> Devotional using 2:16 WJD -> Devotional using 2:16 2:16 - [In Context] Herod F29 saw that the wise men had fooled him. Herod was very, very angry. So Herod gave an order to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and in all the area around Bethlehem. Herod had learned from the wise men the time {the baby was born}. It was now two years from that time. So Herod said to kill all the boys that were two years old and younger.
Study Resource List DSN -> Synopsis on 2:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:17 JFB -> Commentary on 2:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:17 PNT -> Commentary on 2:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:17 TFG -> Commentary on 2:17 WEN -> Notes on 2:17 NTB -> Bethlehem; Children; Egypt; Infanticide; Jesus, The Christ; Miracles; Mourning; Prophecy; Rulers TTT -> Prophecies Respecting Christ EBD -> Herod the Great; Jesus; Rachel SBD -> Herod; Jeremy WJD -> Devotional using 2:17 WJD -> Devotional using 2:17 2:17 - [In Context] So the thing God said through the prophet F30 Jeremiah happened:
Study Resource List DSN -> Synopsis on 2:18 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:18 JFB -> Commentary on 2:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:18 PNT -> Commentary on 2:18 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:18 TFG -> Commentary on 2:18 TSK -> Commentary on 2:18 TSK -> Entry for 2:18 WEN -> Notes on 2:18 NTB -> Bethlehem; Children; Egypt; Infanticide; Jesus, The Christ; Miracles; Mourning; Prophecy; Quotations And Allusions; Ramah; Rulers TTT -> Dead, The; Prophecies Respecting Christ EBD -> Arimathea; Bethlehem; Herod the Great; Jesus; Rachel; Rama SBD -> Herod WJD -> Devotional using 2:18 WJD -> Devotional using 2:18 2:18 - [In Context] "A sound was heard in Ramah. It was bitter crying and much sadness. Rachel cries for her children; and she cannot be comforted, because her children are dead." R2
FOOTNOTES: F29: Herod   Herod I (the Great), ruler of Judea, 40 B.C. to 4 B.C. F30: prophet   A person that spoke for God. Sometimes a prophet told things that would happen in the future.
CROSS REFERENCES: R2: Jeremiah 31:15

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; WJD - What Jesus Did!; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.