go into the land of Israel] Lest Christ should bee esteemed a stranger in Israel, if he had been bred in Egypt, and that they might enjoy the publike service of God, their countrey, and friends. they are dead] The plurall number for the singular. Herod is dead. So Exodus 4:19. with 2. 15. and 32. 4. Joshua 7 11, 15. Matthew 27:44. with Luke 23:39. Others conceive, that some of Herods instruments, or of the Scribes, who hated Christ, died also with Herod. which sought the young childes life] Not to preserve it, as Proverbs 29:10. but to destroy it, 1 Kings 19:10. Psalms 40:14.