Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men 1 from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, Mic 5:2Jhn 7:42Luk 2:4-7Luk 2:11Psa 72:9-12Isa 11:10Gen 49:10Hag 2:6-9 “Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.” Num 24:17Jer 23:5Rev 22:16Isa 9:6-7Zec 9:9Isa 60:3Jhn 18:37Heb 1:6 When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. Act 17:6-7Jhn 11:47-48Mat 23:37Act 4:2Mat 8:291Ki 18:17-18Act 16:20-21Act 4:24-27 Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ would be born. Act 23:9Act 6:12Jer 8:8Mat 21:23Mat 7:29Act 4:5Jhn 18:3Jhn 3:10 They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet, Jhn 7:42Rut 1:11Sa 16:1Rut 2:4Jos 19:15Rut 1:19Rut 4:11Gen 35:19
‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah, Ezk 34:23-25Mic 5:2Isa 9:6-7Jhn 7:42Gen 49:10Rev 11:15Mat 28:18Isa 40:11
are in no way least among the princes of Judah;
for out of you shall come a governor
who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’” 2
Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them exactly what time the star appeared. 1Sa 18:21Exo 1:10Isa 7:5-7Psa 55:21Psa 64:4-6Psa 83:3-4Ezk 38:10-11Psa 10:9-10 He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, “Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him.” 1Co 3:19-20Jer 41:5-7Luk 20:20-211Ki 19:21Sa 23:22-232Ki 10:18-192Sa 17:14Ezr 4:1-2
They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them until it came and stood over where the young child was. 2Pe 1:19Mat 2:2Pro 8:17Psa 25:12Pro 2:1-6 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. Psa 105:3Luk 2:10Luk 2:20Rom 15:9-13Psa 67:4Deu 32:13Act 13:46-48 They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Isa 60:6Psa 72:10Luk 2:16Mat 2:2Psa 95:61Ki 10:2Act 10:25-26Num 7:14 Being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way. Mat 2:19Mat 2:22Mat 2:13Mat 27:19Gen 20:6-7Gen 31:24Mat 1:20Act 4:19
Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.” Act 10:7Act 12:11Act 5:19Exo 1:22Mat 1:20Mat 2:12Job 33:15Mat 2:16
He arose and took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt, Act 26:21Mat 2:20-21Mat 1:24 and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called my son.” 3 Hos 11:1Exo 4:22Num 24:8Luk 24:44Mat 1:22Act 12:1-4Mat 12:16-18Mat 2:17
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men. Isa 59:7Pro 28:15Rev 17:62Ki 8:12Dan 3:13Dan 3:19-20Gen 49:7Hos 10:14 Then that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,
“A voice was heard in Ramah, Jer 31:15Jer 9:17-21Jer 4:31Gen 35:16-20Ezk 2:10Gen 37:30Gen 37:33-35Gen 42:36
lamentation, weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
she wouldn’t be comforted,
because they are no more.” 4
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, Mat 1:20Dan 8:25Dan 11:45Ezk 11:16Isa 51:12Jer 30:10Mat 2:12-13Mat 2:22 “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life are dead.” Exo 4:191Ki 12:1-3Mat 2:131Ki 11:211Ki 11:40Pro 3:5-6
He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. Gen 6:22Heb 11:8 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee, Isa 48:17-18Jhn 7:52Luk 2:39Isa 30:211Sa 16:2Act 9:13-14Gen 19:17-21Jhn 7:41-42 and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets that he will be called a Nazarene. Jdg 13:5Jhn 1:45-46Mrk 1:24Act 24:5Jhn 18:5Jhn 18:7Jhn 19:19Luk 1:26