From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 3:1-6:

“True penitents have thoughts of God and Christ, of sin and holiness, of this world and the other, that are different from those they have had, and they stand differently disposed toward them. A change of mind produces a change of ways.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 3:1-6:

“Young people, even if well qualified, should not be eager to put themselves forward in public service, but be humble, modest, and diffident, swift to hear, and slow to speak.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 2:19-23:

“Notice what a succession of enemies fight against Christ and his church! If one drops away, another one comes immediately to maintain the old enmity.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 2:19-23:

“Egypt may serve as a place to stay in or take shelter in temporarily, but not to remain in.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 2:16-18:

“An unbridled wrath armed with unlawful power often makes people do the most terrible and unreasonable acts of cruelty.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 2:16-18:

“Hardened corruption increases at the obstructions it meets as it pursues the ways of sin.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 2:13-15:

“It is nothing new for God’s sons to be in Egypt, in a foreign land, in a land of slavery, but they will be taken out. They may be hidden in Egypt, but they will not be left there. Because all the chosen ones of God are by nature children of wrath, they are born in a spiritual Egypt, and when they are converted, they are effectively called out.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 2:13-15:

“When God pleases, he can make the worst places serve the best purposes.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 2:9-12:

“Along with ourselves, we must give all we have to Jesus Christ, and if we are sincere in surrendering ourselves to him, we will not be unwilling to part with what is dearest and most valuable to us and give it to him and for him.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 2:9-12:

“Extraordinary helps are not to be expected where ordinary means are available.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 2:9-12:

“We must continue to wait on Christ even if we are alone in doing so; whatever others may do, we must serve the Lord. If they will not go to heaven with us, we must not go to hell with them.”

From Matthew Henry’s comments on Matthew 2:1-8:

“The Gentiles knew the time of his birth from a star; the Jews knew its place from the Scriptures, and so they were capable of informing one another. It would contribute much to the increase of knowledge if we shared with each other what we know.”