Matthew 2:8

And he sent them into Bethlehem, and said, Go ye, and ask ye busily of the child, (or Go, and diligently ask about the child), and when ye have found (him), tell ye it to me, (so) that I also come, and worship him.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.

In Context

7Then Herod called privily the astronomers, [or the kings], and learned busily of them the time of the star that appeared to them. (Then Herod privately called the astrologers/called the kings, and diligently learned from them the time of the star that appeared to them.)

9And when they had heard the king, they went forth. And lo! the star, that they saw in the east, went before them, till it came, and stood above, where the child was.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 23:22Therefore, I pray you, go ye, and make ready more diligently, and do ye more curiously, either attentively, and behold ye swiftly, where his foot is, either who saw him there, where ye said; for he thinketh on me, that fellily I ambush him. (And so, I pray you, go ye, and more diligently, yea, most attentively, seek ye him out, and quickly see ye, where his foot is, and who saw him there, where ye said; for he thinketh, that I am foolish to even try to ambush him.)

2 Samuel 17:14And Absalom said, and all the men of Israel, The counsel of Hushai of Archi is better than the counsel of Ahithophel; and the profitable counsel of Ahithophel was destroyed by God’s will, that the Lord should bring in evil on Absalom. (And Absalom, and all the men of Israel, said, Hushai the Archite’s advice is better than Ahithophel’s; and so Ahithophel’s good advice was destroyed by God’s will, so that the Lord could bring in evil upon Absalom.)

2 Kings 10:18Therefore Jehu gathered together all the people (or And then Jehu gathered together all the people), and said to them, Ahab worshipped Baal a little, but I shall worship him more.

Job 5:12Which destroyeth the thoughts of evil-willed men (or Who destroyeth the thoughts of the evil-willed), (so) that their hands may not fulfill those things that they have begun.

Psalms 33:10The Lord destroyeth the counsels of folks, forsooth he reproveth the thoughts of peoples; and he reproveth the counsels of princes. (The Lord destroyeth the plans of the nations; he thwarteth the plans of the rulers of the peoples.)

Proverbs 21:30No wisdom there is, no prudence there is, no counsel there is, against the Lord. (There is no wisdom, no understanding, no good advice, in being against the Lord.)

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 →

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