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This companion volume to the Jewish New Testament enhances Bible study. Passages and expressions are explained in their original cultural context, the way 1st century Jewish writers meant for them to be understood! Over fifteen years of research and study went into the Jewish New Testament Commentary to make the New Testament more meaningful!

6 In Judaism the citation of a Scripture text implies the whole context, not merely the quoted words. Thus Micah 5:1(2) reads, in full, from the Hebrew: “But you, Beit-Lechem Efratah, though small among the thousands of Y’hudah, nevertheless out of you shall one come forth to me who will be ruler in Israel; and his goings-forth are from of old, from ancient days.” Some have taken this verse to mean only that the Messiah is to be descended from King David, who came out of Beit-Lechem (1 Samuel 17:12),
Matthew 2:6