Jeremy. Jeremiah. This quotation is taken from Jeremiah 31:15. The word "fulfilled," here, is evidently taken in the sense that the words …

In Rama was there a voice heard — Here again, we have an example of Matthew applying a passage—which originally related d…

Our Prince steps along a pathway paved with prophecies. Yet see what trouble attends His early days! The weeping prophet foretells the wailing over…

St. John Chrysostom: The Evangelist, by this history of so bloody a massacre, having filled the reader with horror, now again …

To Matthew, the massacre fulfills Jer 31:15. This text probably refers to the deportation of Judah and Benjamin in 587–586 B. C. Nebuzaradan, comma…

A voice was heard in Ramah. It is certain that the prophet (Jeremiah 31:15) describes the destruction of the tribe of Benjamin…

(See Gill on Matthew 2:17)

Herod killed all the male children, not only in Bethlehem, but in all the villages of that city. Unbridled wrath, armed with an unlawful power, oft…

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…