Mattityahu 2:5

5 They told him, In Beit-Lechem Yehudah; because so it stands written by the Navi:

Mattityahu 2:5 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 2:5

And they said unto him
They answer without any hesitation, it being a generally received notion, and a thing well known among them,

in Bethlehem of Judea;
and give their reason for it; for

thus it is written by the prophet,
that is, the prophet Micah, in whose prophecy, ( Micah 5:2 ) it stands, and is as follows:

Mattityahu 2:5 In-Context

3 Because Herod the king heard this, he was terribly shaken, and all Yerushalayim with him.

4 And assembling all the Rashei Hakohanim and Sofrim of the people, he inquired of them the place where Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was to be born.

5 They told him, In Beit-Lechem Yehudah; because so it stands written by the Navi:

6 And YOU, BEIT-LECHEM, (Bethlehem, Mic 5:1[2]) in eretz Yehudah are by no means least among the shtetlach (towns) or ruling [alafim] of Yehudah; because out of you will come a Moshel (Ruler) who will be the Ro’eh Ami Yisroel.

7 Then Herod secretly summoned the chachamim and ascertained from them the exact date of the manifestation of the KOCHAV.