Sent them to Bethlehem and said (πεμψας αυτους εις Βηθλεεμ ειπεν). Simultaneous aorist participle, "sending said." They were to "s…

Go, and search diligently, etc. Herod took all possible means to obtain accurate information concerning the child, so that he might be sur…

Bethlehem was only a short six miles from Jerusalem. The word “diligently” is better translated, as before, as exactly. So far as the miss…

Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, an…

Pseudo-Chrysostom: As soon as Herod heard the answer, though it was doubly authenticated by both the authority of the p…

The reason Herod wanted to learn, at his secret meeting with the Magi, the exact time the star appeared was that he had already schemed to kill the…

And he sent them to Bethlehem
Having got out of them all that he could, and was for his purpose, he informs them of …

Those who live at the greatest distance from the means of grace often use the most diligence, and learn the most about Christ and His salvation. Bu…

Christ’s birth having been announced by the Wise Men, King Herod here inquires about the place of the birth. Three things are presented: