Mǎtaìfúyīn 2:10

10 Tāmen kànjian nà xīng , jiù dàdà de huānxǐ .

Mǎtaìfúyīn 2:10 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 2:10

When they saw the star
Which by its appearance, size, brightness they knew to be the same with that which they had seen, when in their own country;

they rejoiced with exceeding great joy;
a "pleonasm" or a redundancy of expression frequently used by the Hebrews, see ( John 4:6 ) and the Septuagint there; setting forth the rapture, the excess of joy they were in upon the sight of the star. Very probably before this, their hearts were sad, their countenances dejected, and they greatly discouraged, having taken so great a journey, and as yet to so little purpose. They had been at Jerusalem, where they expected to have found him that was born king of the Jews; they had been at court, and conversed with men of the greatest figure and intelligence, and could get no tidings of him; people of all ranks and degrees seemed to be troubled at the account they brought; no body cared to go along with them to Bethlehem: all these circumstances no doubt were discouraging to them; but as soon as they saw the star their spirits revived, joy filled their hearts, cheerfulness appeared in their countenances; and they pursued their journey with inexpressible delight, till they came to the place where the illustrious person was they were seeking after.

Mǎtaìfúyīn 2:10 In-Context

8 Jiù chāi tāmen wǎng Bólìhéng qù , shuō , nǐmen qù zǐxì xún fǎng nà xiǎo háizi . xún dào le , jiù lái bàoxìn , wǒ yĕ hǎo qù baì tā .

9 Tāmen tīngjian wáng de huà , jiù qù le . zaì dōngfāng suǒ kànjian de nà xīng , hūrán zaì tāmen qiántou xíng , zhí xíng dào xiǎo háizi de dìfang , jiù zaì shàng tóu tíng zhù le .

10 Tāmen kànjian nà xīng , jiù dàdà de huānxǐ .

11 Jìn le fángzi , kànjian xiǎo háizi hé tā mǔqin Mǎlìyà , jiù fǔfú baì nà xiǎo háizi , jiēkāi bǎo hé , ná huángjīn , rǔxiāng , mòyào wéi lǐwù xiàn gĕi tā .

12 Bóshì yīnwei zaì mèng zhōng beì zhǔ zhǐshì , búyào huí qù jiàn Xīlǜ , jiù cóng biéde lù huí bĕn dì qù le .