He took the young child and his mother — The form adopted here, as in the preceding verse, is significantly reverential. In a narr…

How obedient Joseph was! He was a man of a docile spirit, who willingly did as God commanded him. His character has, perhaps, never been sufficient…

Rabanus Maurus: Here Matthew omits the day of purification when the first-born must be presented in the Temple with a lamb, or…

The verb “had gone” (v.13) is the same as “returned” in the preceding verse, tying the two accounts together. This is the third dream in these two …

When he arose, he took the young child and his mother ,
&c.] That is, as soon as he awoke out of sleep, and rose fro…

Egypt had been a house of bondage to Israel, and particularly cruel to the infants of Israel; yet it was to be a place of refuge for the holy Child…

It was discu ed above how the Wise Men bore witne to Christ being born; now, however, it is discu ed how the Holy Innocents bear witne , not by spe…