Matthew 2

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Scholars from the East

1. scholar n. a specialist in a given branch of knowledge.

2:2 They asked around, 
        “Where can we find and pay homage to the newborn King of the Jews? 
        We observed a star in the eastern sky that signaled his birth. 
        We’re on pilgrimage to worship him.”

1. pay homage to 向…表示敬意
   • homage n. a public show of respect or honour towards someone or something
2. observe v. to watch (something) carefully; pay attention to (something)
3. signaled his birth
   • signal v. to relate or make known by signals
4. on pilgrimage to 朝拜
   • pilgrimage n. a journey, esp. a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion.

2:3 When word of their inquiry got to Herod, he was terrified—and not Herod alone, but most of  Jerusalem as well. 
    Herod lost no time.He gathered all the high priests...

1. word (of their inquiry) get to sb.
   • inquiry n. investigation
2. lost no time 及时

2:5-6 The prophet Micah wrote it plainly:

It’s you, Bethlehem, in Judah’s land,
    no longer bringing up the rear.
From you will come the leader
    who will shepherd-rule my people, my Israel.”

1. write it plainly 写地明明白白
2. bring up the rear
   • to be the last in a line or sequence.

2:7  Herod then arranged a secret meeting with the scholars from the East.

1. arrange a meeting

2:7 Pretending to be as devout as they were, he got them to tell him exactly when the birth-        announcement star appeared.

1. devout adj. deeply religious
2. birth-announcement star

2:8 Then he told them the prophecy about Bethlehem, and said, “Go find this child. 
    Leave no stone unturned.

1. prophecy n. a message of divine truth revealing God's will.
2. Leave no stone unturned
   • search thoroughly and exhaustively
   • exhaustively adv. In a complete manner

2:9 Instructed by the king, they set off.

1. instructed by sb.
   • instructed v. * to give orders to*

2:10 It led them on until it hovered over the place of the child. 
     They could hardly contain themselves: 
     They were in the right place! They had arrived at the right time!

1. let sb. on
2. hovered over
   • to remain suspended over someone or something
3. hardly contain themselves
   • 喜出望外

2:11 Then they opened their luggage and presented gifts: gold, frankincense, myrrh.

1. luggage n. containers for a traveler's belongings.
2. present (v. to make a gift to) gifts
3. frankincense n. 乳香; myrrh n. 没药

2:12 So they worked out another route, left the territory without being seen, and returned to        their own country.

1. work out route 制定路线
2. left the territory without being seen

2:13 Take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt.

1. flee to (to escape to something or some place)

2:14 He got up, took the child and his mother under cover of darkness. 
     They were out of town and well on their way by daylight.

1. under the cover of darkness
2. out of town 出城
3. be well on their way 在路上
   • be well on their way to 进展顺利
4. by day night 趁着夜色

2:15 This Egyptian exile fulfilled what Hosea had preached: “I called my son out of Egypt.”

1. This Egyptian exile 这次去往埃及的出逃
2. fulfill v. to bring into actuality

2:16 Herod, when he realized that the scholars had tricked him, flew into a rage.

1. trick sb. xi戏弄
2. fly into a rage 勃然大怒

2:17 He commanded the murder of every little boy two years old and under who lived in Bethlehem      and its surrounding hills. 

1. murder of sb.
2. boy two years old and under

2:18 A sound was heard in Ramah,
         weeping and much lament.
     Rachel weeping for her children,
         Rachel refusing all solace,
     Her children gone,
         dead and buried.

1. weeping and much lament 号啕大哭
   • weep n. cry
   • lament n. an often vocal expression of grief or mourning.
2. solace n. comfort in sorrow or misfortune.

2:20 All those out to murder the child are dead.

1. out to murder sb.
   • out to 试图

2:22 When he heard, though, that Archelaus had succeeded his father, Herod, as king in Judea, he      was afraid to go there. 

1. succeed 继承
2. 双重插入语（though; Herod）

2:22 But then Joseph was directed in a dream to go to the hills of Galilee. On arrival, he settled in the village of Nazareth.

1. be directed 被指引

2:23 This move was a fulfillment of the prophetic words, “He shall be called a Nazarene.”

1. a fulfillment of the prophetic words = the prophetic words were fulfilled