Matthew 2:1

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Summary

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,

Jesus

Matthew 1:25

Luke 2:4

Bethlehem

From

General references

John 4:30

Bible References

Jesus

and {did not have sexual relations with} her until she gave birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.

So Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David,

Bethlehem

So they said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet,

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, [too] small to be among the clans of Judah, from you one will go out for me, to be ruler in Israel; and his origins [are] from of old, from ancient days.

that today a Savior, who is Christ the Lord, was born for you in the city of David.

Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"

From

And their dwelling [place] {extended from} Mesha {in the direction of} Sephar [to] the hill country of the east.

But to the sons of Abraham's concubines Abraham gave gifts. And while he [was] still living he sent them away eastward, [away] from his son Isaac, to the land of the east.

The wisdom of Solomon was greater than the wisdom of all the people of [the] east and more than all the wisdom of Egypt.

Then his livestock came to be seven thousand sheep and goats and three thousand camels and five hundred pairs of oxen and five hundred female donkeys, and he had very many slaves, and that man was greater than all the people of the east.

Let [the] desert dwellers bow down before him, and his enemies lick the dust.

And this shall happen on that day: [the] nations shall inquire of the root of Jesse, which shall be standing as a signal to [the] peoples, and his resting place shall be glorious.

General references

They went out from the town and were coming to him.