SEV Biblia, Chapter 2:8
y envindolos a Beln, dijo: Andad all, y preguntad con diligencia por el nio; y despus que le hallaris, hacdmelo saber, para que yo tambin vaya y le adore.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 2:8
Verse 8. That I may come and worship him also.] See Matthew ii. 2, and on Gen. xvii. 3, and Exod. iv. 31. What exquisite hypocrisy was here! he only wished to find out the child that he might murder him; but see how that God who searches the heart prevents the designs of wicked men from being accomplished!
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 8. And he sent them to Bethlehem , etc.] Having got out of them all that he could, and was for his purpose, he informs them of the place where they might find the person they came to inquire after, according to the account of it which the chief priests and scribes had given him; and then sends them away to Bethlehem, where Christ, according to prophecy, was to be born, and now was born. It may seem strange that neither any of the Jews, nor Herod, or any of his ministers and courtiers, should go along with these men to Bethlehem; since it was but a little way off, not above five or six miles from Jerusalem; and since the birth of such a person was no trivial thing, but an affair of great concern and importance. The Jews might not care to go, lest Herod should suspect that they were going to revolt from him, and set up this new born king against him; and it might be a piece of policy in Herod and his courtiers not to accompany them, for they might imagine that the parents of the child would be jealous and afraid of them, and would therefore conceal it, when they would be in no fear of strangers: and no doubt but the wise providence of God overruled and directed this matter, that so the young child Jesus might be preserved from the bloody designs of this tyrant; who often takes the wise in their own craftiness, and carries the counsel of the froward headlong. When he dismissed them he gave them this charge and these orders, go and search diligently for the young child ; go to Bethlehem, the place of his birth I have told you of, and there inquire and search in every house and family, omit none till you have found him; and when you have found him bring me word again ; give me a particular account of him, who are his parents, and where he dwells, that I may come and worship him also : for they had declared, that the reason of their coming was to worship him; this he said hypocritically, in order to hide and cover his bloody intentions.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-8 - Those who live at the greatest distance from the means of grace ofte use most diligence, and learn to know the most of Christ and his salvation. But no curious arts, or mere human learning, can direct me unto him. We must learn of Christ by attending to the word of God, as light that shineth in a dark place, and by seeking the teaching of the Holy Spirit. And those in whose hearts the day-star is risen, to giv them any thing of the knowledge of Christ, make it their business to worship him. Though Herod was very old, and never had shown affectio for his family, and was not himself likely to live till a new-bor infant had grown up to manhood, he began to be troubled with the drea of a rival. He understood not the spiritual nature of the Messiah' kingdom. Let us beware of a dead faith. A man may be persuaded of man truths, and yet may hate them, because they interfere with his ambition, or sinful indulgences. Such a belief will make him uneasy and the more resolved to oppose the truth and the cause of God; and he may be foolish enough to hope for success therein.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ πεμψας 3992 5660 V-AAP-NSM αυτους 846 P-APM εις 1519 PREP βηθλεεμ 965 N-PRI ειπεν 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3S πορευθεντες 4198 5679 V-AOP-NPM ακριβως 199 ADV εξετασατε 1833 5657 V-AAM-2P περι 4012 PREP του 3588 T-GSN παιδιου 3813 N-GSN επαν 1875 CONJ δε 1161 CONJ ευρητε 2147 5632 V-2AAS-2P απαγγειλατε 518 5657 V-AAM-2P μοι 3427 P-1DS οπως 3704 ADV καγω 2504 P-1NS-C ελθων 2064 5631 V-2AAP-NSM προσκυνησω 4352 5661 V-AAS-1S αυτω 846 P-DSM
Robertson's NT Word Studies
2:8 {Sent them to Bethlehem and said} (pemyas autous eis beqleem eipen). Simultaneous aorist participle, "sending said." They were to "search out accurately" (exetasate akribws) concerning the child. qen "bring me word, that I also may come and worship him." The deceit of Herod seemed plausible enough and might have succeeded but for God's intervention to protect His Son from the jealous rage of Herod.
