...soon determine. He, therefore, " sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men." For this execution was in the beginning of the second year after...

...barbarity still more atrocious. " He sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and all the coasts thereof, from two years old, and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men," trusting that the new-born King would be included in the general...

...his life. To effect this design, he barbarously commanded all the male children to be put to death that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under. The grief of the mothers of those massacred children, is described and personified by weeping Rachel,...

...fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I call» ed my Son. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the...old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. Then, was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet,...

...fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. 16 IT Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the...old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet,...

...the Jews rather than to the king of Britain. But we let this pass. Inverse sixteenth it is said— " Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the...the children, that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coast thereof, from two years old and under." Let us enquire into the probability of this. Herod might...

...— gold, and frankincense, and myrrh ;" — that they departed secretly ; —lastly., that Herod " slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and...all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under ;" — these are facts which, if false, the Evangelist durst not have related, or, if he durst, were...

...he fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord hy the prephet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my Son. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth i and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof,...

...worship him also." Again, in verse 1 6, is Bethlehem spoken of without any particular specification. " Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wrotli, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof,...

...be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saving, Out of Egypt have I called my Son. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the...old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the 52 wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet,...