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Between the years of 1687–1712, Matthew Henry continued to live in Chester. In 1694, Esther Henry was born to Matthew Henry and his wife. Esther lived to adulthood. [9] On 24 June 1697 his daughter Ann was born. This child also died in infancy in 1698 in a local measles outbreak. Henry was very saddened at her death.
[8] The New King James Version treats verse 1 as a continuation of chapter 3 and reformation theologian John Calvin argued that "this verse certainly ought not to have been separated from the preceding". [9] Whereas in Isaiah 3:6 the men "take hold of" a man to get a ruler, in this verse the women "take hold of" a man to get a husband. [7]
A 1923 map showing Galilee at the time of Jesus. Capernaum is in the upper right while Nazareth is towards the center. Matthew 4:13 is the thirteenth verse of the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. In the previous verse, Jesus returned to Galilee after hearing of the arrest of John the Baptist.
The interpretation of Isaiah 9:1–2 by the author of the Gospel of Matthew has led Christian authors to hint at its messianic applications. [43] While the Gospel of Matthew modifies a Greek Septuagint interpretation of scripture (Isaiah 8:23–9:2), [38] in the Masoretic text it refers to the "region of the nations". [44]
Matthew 4 is the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament of Christian Bible. [1] [2] Many translations of the gospel and biblical commentaries separate the first section of chapter 4 (verses 1-11, Matthew's account of the Temptation of Christ by the devil) from the remaining sections, which deal with Jesus' first public preaching and the gathering of his first disciples.
In Christian interpretation, based partly on the proximity of a quote of Isaiah 9:2 found in Matthew 4, [16] the name is taken as referring to Jesus and Messianic prophecy. The full verse "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The ...
[2] Jesus reveals his divine nature by publicly exposing their thoughts, since the Bible repeatedly affirm that only God can know the secrets of hearts. See 1 Kings 8:39, "those heart You know (for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men." Also, "I the LORD search the heart, I try the rein" (Jer. 17:10) [3]
Shedinger rejects the traditional view that Matthew 4:16 is merely a corrupted version of Isaiah 9:2. Rather he feels that in the earliest version of Matthew this verse was a combination of Isaiah 9:2 and Psalm 107:10, however later translators missed the second OT reference and over time altered the verse to make it conform more to Isaiah ...