Matthew 2 (2019)

Matthew 2

Shawn Bumpers / General

Matthew

Introduction

Isaiah 11:1 NKJV

There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.

Jeremiah 23:5 NKJV

“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness; A King shall reign and prosper, And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.

John 6:33 NKJV

For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

John 6:48 NKJV

I am the bread of life.

Luke 2:6 NKJV

So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered.

Luke 2:7 NKJV

And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Matthew 2:11 NKJV

And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Judges 11:31 NKJV

then it will be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the people of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord’s, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”

κατάλυμα katalyma: guest room; lodging place

Genesis 22:8 KJV

And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

John 1:29 NKJV

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

John 1:14 NKJV

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

σκηνόω skēnoō: tabernacled (take up residence)

V1-2

Micah 5:2 NKJV

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.”

Genesis 48:7 NKJV

But as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).”

Genesis 35:20 NKJV

And Jacob set a pillar on her grave, which is the pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.

Ruth 1:22 NKJV

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.

1 Samuel 17:12 NKJV

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse, and who had eight sons. And the man was old, advanced in years, in the days of Saul.

2 Chronicles 11:6 NKJV

And he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Daniel 2:48 NKJV

Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts; and he made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.

Psalm 14:2 NKJV

The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God.

Lamentations 3:25–26 NKJV

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the Lord.

προσκυνέω proskyneō: worship; to do reverence to

V3

V4-8

Micah 5:2 NKJV

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.”

2 Timothy 3:16–17 NKJV

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

V9

Matthew 2:9 NET

After listening to the king they left, and once again the star they saw when it rose led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

V10-11

προσκυνέω proskyneō

θησαυρός thēsauros: treasure box

V12

V13-15

Luke 23:42 NKJV

Then he said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.”

Hosea 11:1 NKJV

“When Israel was a child, I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son.

V16-18

V19-23

Isaiah 11:1 NKJV

There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.

נֵ֫צֶר netzer: branch