Matthew 2:1

Therefore when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of king Herod, lo! astronomers, (or behold! astrologers), [or lo! kings, or wise men], came from the east to Jerusalem,

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In The King James Version

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

In Context

2and said, Where is he, that is born [the] king of (the) Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and we have come to worship him.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:30And the habitation of them was made from Mesha, as men goeth till to Sephar, an hill of the east. (And they lived in the hill country of the east, from Mesha unto Sephar.)

Genesis 49:10The sceptre shall not be taken away from Judah, and a duke (out) of his hip (nor a ruler from between his hips, or out of his loins), till he come that shall be sent, and he shall be the abiding of heathen men;

1 Kings 4:30And the wisdom of Solomon passed the wisdom of all [the] east men, and Egyptians; (And Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the men of the East, and of all the Egyptians;)

Job 1:3and his possession was seven thousand of sheep, and three thousand of camels, and five hundred yokes of oxen, and five hundred of female asses (or and five hundred female donkeys), and full much household; and this Job was a great man among all the men of the east.

Isaiah 11:10In that day the root of Jesse, that standeth into the sign of peoples; heathen men shall beseech him, and his sepulchre shall be glorious. (On that day there shall be a root of Jesse, that shall stand for a sign to the peoples; the heathen shall beseech him, and his tomb shall be glorious or and his resting place shall be glorious.)

Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks of years be abridged on thy people, and on thine holy city, that trespassing be ended, and sin take an end (or and sin is brought to an end), and that wickedness be done away, and everlasting rightfulness be brought, and that the vision and prophecy be [ful] filled, and the Holy (Place) of (the) saints be anointed.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 2:1

In this chapter, we have the history of our Saviour's infancy, where we find how early he began to suffer, and that in him the word of righteousness was fulfilled, before he himself began to fulfil all righteousness. Here is, I. The wise men's solicitous enquiry after Christ, ver. 1-8 . II. Their devout attendance on him, when they found out where he was, ver. 9-12 . III. Christ's flight into Egypt, to avoid the cruelty of Herod, ver. 13-15 . IV. The barbarous murder of the infants of Bethlehem, ver. 16-18 . V.… Read the whole commentary →

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