Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Magi, oi Magoi. Ver. 23. Nazaræus, nazoraios. St. Chrysostom, hom. ix. in Matt. p. 66. Ed. Latinæ, Multa ex Prophetic is periere monumenta.
St. Hieron. in Matt. pluraliter Prophetas vocans, Ostend it se non verba de Scripturis sumpsisse, sed sensum: Nazaræus Sanctus interpretatur, Sanctum autem Dominum futurum, omnis Scriptura commemorat. Possumus et aliter dicere, quod etiam iisdem verbis juxta Hebraic am veritatem in Isaia Scriptum sit. chap. xi.
