the outline of the Messiah’s movements: from Judea (2:1) to Egypt (2:14) to Israel (2:21) to Galilee (2:22). (For Chrysostom, Hom. on Mt. 6:5, Gen 49:10 is being recalled.)7 The article before ‘Judea’ is a remnant from the original adjectival use of the word (cf. Mk 1:5; Jn 3:22; BDF§ 261.4). ἐν ἡμέραις Ἡρῴδου τοῦ βασιλέως. Compare Lk 1:5, and contrast 1:6, where David is king. Herod reigned from 37–4 B.C. ἐν (ταῖς) ἡμέραις + proper name in the genitive is a biblicism, frequent in the