屠殺嬰孩

16 希律發現自己受了博士們的愚弄,就十分惱怒。於是,他按照從博士們那裡所詢問到的時間,派人把伯利恆城裡和周圍各個地區內兩歲以下的男孩,全都殺了。 17 這就應驗了藉著先知耶利米所說的話:

18 「從拉瑪聽見了聲音,
是哀哭[a]和極其傷痛的聲音,
瑞秋為她的兒女哀哭,
不肯接受安慰,
因為他們不在了。」[b]

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  1. 馬太福音 2:18 哀哭——有古抄本作「悲嘆和哀哭」。
  2. 馬太福音 2:18 《耶利米書》31:15。

16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. 17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:(A)

18 “A voice is heard in Ramah,
    weeping and great mourning,
Rachel(B) weeping for her children
    and refusing to be comforted,
    because they are no more.”[a](C)

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  1. Matthew 2:18 Jer. 31:15