That it might be fulfilled, etc. This passage is recorded in Isaiah 9:1-2. Matthew has given the sense, but not the exact words o…

For St. Matthew, the significance of the migration, as with other events, was that it fulfilled what a prophet had spoken. In this way, the residen…

Note how the movements of our King are all ordered according to divine prophecy. Leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum to fulfi…

Rabanus Maurus: After relating the forty days' fast, the temptation of Christ, and the ministry of Angels, Matthew continues, …

Jesus’ move fulfilled Isa 9:1–2, a prophecy that is part of a large structure looking to Immanuel’s coming . The point of the quotation is clear en…

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken Christ's dwelling in Capernaum accomplished a prophecy of the prophet ([Refer…

It is just for God to take the gospel and the means of grace from those who disregard them and thrust them away. Christ will not stay long where he…

The Evangelist showed how Christ was tried and approved, specifically by conquering the devil; here he shows how Christ began to teach. In this reg…