Matthew 2:18
“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Ramah 1
- WHEN
- 6-4 BC?
- WHO
- Joseph
ON THE MAP
WHO APPEARS
WHEN
6-4 BC?
counted from the text
WHO RULED
- Herod the Great king of Judea 37-4 BC IN THE TEXT
- Augustus emperor of Rome 27 BC – AD 14
- Archelaus ethnarch of Judea 4 BC – AD 6
- Herod Antipas tetrarch of Galilee 4 BC – AD 39
- Philip tetrarch of Ituraea 4 BC – AD 34
SOURCES
- date — Matthew 2 puts the birth under Herod the Great, whose death Josephus (Antiquities XVII.8) dates to 4 BC.
- Herod the Great — Josephus, Antiquities XIV-XVII
- Augustus — Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Augustus; Res Gestae Divi Augusti
- Archelaus — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.13; Jewish War II.7
- Herod Antipas — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- Philip — Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4
SEE ALSO
- Jeremiah 31:15 This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
- Jeremiah 9:17-21 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. …
- Jeremiah 4:31 For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child— the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say,…
- Genesis 35:16-20 Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult. …
- Ezekiel 2:10 which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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