Matthew 2:1

Wise Men Visit Jesus

¹ Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Beth-lehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, ² Saying, Where is the King of the Jews whose birth has now taken place? We have seen his star in the east and have come to give him worship.

King of the Jews

Wise Men

Beth-lehem

Bethlehem

Herod

Jerusalem

Jesus

Judaea

Judea

Persia

Micah 5:2

And you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, the least among the families of Judah, out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose going out has been purposed from time past, from the eternal days.

Luke 2:4-7

And Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the town of Nazareth, into Judaea, to Beth-lehem, the town of David, because he was of the house and family of David,

Luke 1:5

In the days of Herod, king of Judaea, there was a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the order of Abijah; and he had a wife of the family of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

Genesis 25:6

But to the sons of his other women he gave offerings, and sent them away, while he was still living, into the east country.

Genesis 49:10

The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.

1 Kings 4:30

And Solomon's wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Psalm 72:9-12

Let those who are against him go down before him; and let his haters be low in the dust.

Isaiah 11:10

And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.

Daniel 9:24-25

Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place.

Luke 2:15

And when the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the keepers of the sheep said to one another, Let us go now to Beth-lehem, and see this thing which has come about, which the Lord has made clear to us.

John 7:42

Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was?

Genesis 10:30

And their country was from Mesha, in the direction of Sephar, the mountain of the east.

Job 1:3

And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east.

Isaiah 60:1-22

Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you.

Haggai 2:6-9

For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In a short time I will make a shaking of the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land;

Matthew 1:25

And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.

Matthew 2:3

And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Matthew 2:5

And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,

Matthew 2:19

But when Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord came in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

Luke 2:11

For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.