Matthew Chapter 2 verse 5 Holy Bible
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written through the prophet,
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And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,
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And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written through the prophet:
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And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
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They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written through the prophet,
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And they said to him, `In Beth-Lehem of Judea, for thus it hath been written through the prophet,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet. For" by" the Revised Version margin has "through" (Matthew 1:22, not,.).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) In Bethlehem of Judaea.--The words of the people in John 7:42 show the same belief thirty years later. The Targum, or Jewish paraphrase, of Micah 5:2, inserts the very words, "Out of thee the Messiah shall come."