Matthew 2 · Verse 10

Matthew 2:10

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
Matthew 2:10, King James Version

Matthew 2:10 in other translations

BSBWhen they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.
WEBWhen they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
ASVAnd when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
YLTAnd having seen the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy,
DARBYAnd when they saw the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
BBEAnd when they saw the star they were full of joy.
WebsterWhen they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

What does Matthew 2:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy--The language is very strong, expressing exuberant transport.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 10. No specific notes from Barnes on this verse. Mt 2:9

(l) "rejoiced with exceeding joy" Ps 67:4

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 2:9-12

What joy these wise men felt upon this sight of the star, none know so well as those who, after a long and melancholy night of temptation and desertion, under the power of a spirit of bondage, at length receive the Spirit of adoption, witnessing with their spirits that they are the children of God. We may well think what a disappointment it was to them, when they found a cottage was his palace, and his own poor…

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Matthew 2:10 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἰδόντεςidontesHaving seenG1492
δὲdenowG1161
τὸνtontheG3588
ἀστέραasterastarG792
ἐχάρησανecharēsanthey rejoiced [with]G5463
χαρὰνcharanjoyG5479
μεγάληνmegalēngreatG3173
σφόδρα,sphodraexceedingly,G4970

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 2:10

  • Psalms 105:3

    Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord.

  • Luke 2:20

    And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

  • Luke 2:10

    And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

  • Romans 15:9-13

    And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. …

  • Psalms 67:4

    O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

  • Deuteronomy 32:13

    He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

  • Acts 13:46-48

    Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they rejoiced.
De 32:13; Ps 67:4; 105:3; Lu 2:10,20; Ac 13:46-48; Ro 15:9-13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Matthew 2:9

    When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.

  • Matthew 2:10

    When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

  • Matthew 2:11

    And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.

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Matthew 2:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y vista la estrella, se regocijaron con muy grande gozo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et quand ils virent l’étoile, ils se réjouirent d’une fort grande joie.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Als sie aber den Stern sahen, freuten sie sich mit sehr großer Freude.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Videntes autem stellam gavisi sunt gaudio magno valde.