Passage Research
Matthew 2 — Sermon Preparation
Magi from the East worship the infant Jesus, while Herod's massacre of children drives the family to Egypt and back to Nazareth. Below is a research summary for Matthew 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 23
- verses
- 457 / 162
- Greek words / lemmas
- 44
- classic sermon excerpts
- 10
- preachers & commentators
Matthew 2 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ἡρῴδης | Hērṓdēs | G2264 | 9 | Herod |
| παιδίον | paidíon | G3813 | 9 | child, damsel |
| Βηθλέεμ | Bēthleém | G965 | 5 | Bethlehem |
| μάγος | mágos | G3097 | 4 | sorcerer, wise man |
| ὄναρ | ónar | G3677 | 4 | dream |
| ἀναχωρέω | anachōréō | G402 | 4 | depart, give place, go aside, withdraw self |
| μήτηρ | mḗtēr | G3384 | 5 | mother |
How preachers through history handled this text
44 public-domain excerpts on Matthew 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Egypt may serve to sojourn in, or take shelter in, for awhile, but not to abide in. Christ was sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, to them he must return. Did we but look upon the world as our Egypt, the place of our bondage and banishment, and heaven only as our Canaan, our home, our rest, we should as readily arise and depart thither, when we are called for, as Joseph did out of Egypt. The family must settle in Galilee. Nazareth was a place held in bad esteem, and Christ was crucified with this accusation, Jesus the Nazarene. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Matthew 2:19–40 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Bethlehem 1— Matt 2:1
- East— Matt 2:1
- Jerusalem— Matt 2:1
- Judea 1— Matt 2:1
- Egypt— Matt 2:13
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