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Wise Men Visit Herod

3 BC traditional (Jones)

Passage
Matt 2:1-8
Person
Herod
Places
Bethlehem, Judea, Jerusalem
Before
Birth of John the Baptist
After
Wise Men Visit Jesus

Participants

Taking part, as Theographic records them, most often named first.

Places

Where it happens. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Bethlehem
  2. location not graded: Judea
  3. likely location: Jerusalem

Every verse

All 8 verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Matthew8 verses
  1. 2:1

    After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

  2. 2:2

    asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”

  3. 2:3

    When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

  4. 2:4

    And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

  5. 2:5

    “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

  6. 2:6

    ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”

  7. 2:7

    Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.

  8. 2:8

    And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”