Micah 5:2

“Out of thee shall he come forth… whose goings forth have been from of old.”

Text — King James Version (1611)

5:2But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

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Justin Martyr — Dialogue with Trypho curated
Origen — Contra Celsum curated

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John Chrysostom — Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew cited in text · 2 references — on Matthew (Chrysostom)
Eusebius of Caesarea — Ecclesiastical History (Church History) cited in text · 2 references — The Time of his Appearance among Men.
Augustine of Hippo — City of God cited in text · 1 reference — What Micah, Jonah, and Joel Prophesied in Accordance with the New Testament.
Ephrem the Syrian — Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh cited in text · 1 reference — Hymn 1
Gregory of Nazianzus — Select Orations cited in text · 1 reference — Oration 3 (Gregory Nazianzen)
Jerome — Letters cited in text · 1 reference — (Jerome)
Justin Martyr — Dialogue with Trypho cited in text · 1 reference — He proves that this prophecy harmonizes with Christ alone, from what is afterwards written
Justin Martyr — First Apology cited in text · 1 reference — Place of Christ's birth foretold

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Matthew 1:18–25 — The birth of Jesus.

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