Matthew 2:8
He sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search carefully for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him.”
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7Then Herod secretly called the learned men to ask them exactly what time the star had appeared.
Cross References
1 Samuel 23:22Go, make even more sure. Learn and find out where his hiding place is and who has seen him there. It is told to me that he is very crafty.
2 Samuel 17:14Then Absalom and the men of Israel said, “Hushai the Arkite's advice is better than Ahithophel's.” Yahweh had ordained the rejection of Ahithophel's good advice in order to bring destruction on Absalom.
2 Kings 10:18Then Jehu gathered all the people together and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much.
Job 5:12He breaks the plans of the crafty people, 1 so that their hands cannot achieve success. 1
Psalms 33:10Yahweh frustrates the alliances of nations; 1 he overrules the plans of the peoples. 1
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no understanding, and there is no advice 1 that can stand against Yahweh. 1
Matthew Henry on Matthew 2:2-9
The Wise Men Come to Jerusalem. 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. 5 And… Read the whole commentary →