Robertson Word Pictures - Matthew 2:9

Robertson Word Pictures - Matthew 2:9 - 2:9

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Robertson Word Pictures - Matthew 2:9 - 2:9

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Went before them (proēgen autous). Imperfect tense, kept on in front of them, not as a guide to the town since they now knew that, but to the place where the child was, the inn according to Luk 2:7. Justin Martyr says that it was in a cave. The stall where the cattle and donkeys stayed may have been beneath the inn in the side of the hill.