And thou Bethlehem] Mic. 5. 2. John 7:42. The Evangelist sets down the words in likelihood as the Scribes spake them, which was sufficient to answer Herods question, and did not differ from the scope of the prophet. not the least] Though thou be a small town, yet shalt thou be very famous and noble through the birth of the Messias in thee. a governour that shall rule] Or, feed. For kings are fitly called Feeders, or shepherds of the people: And the Messias hath both those titles, Isaiah 40:11. Ezekiel 33:23-24.