Matthew 2:1

Wise Men Visit Jesus

¹ Now [after] Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, ² saying, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star at its rising and have come to worship him."

King of the Jews

Wise Men

Beth-lehem

Bethlehem

Herod

Jerusalem

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Judaea

Judea

Persia

Micah 5:2

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.

Luke 2:4-7

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,

Luke 1:5

It happened that in the days of Herod, king of Judea, [there was] a certain priest, Zechariah by name, of the division of Abijah. And {he had a wife} from the daughters of Aaron, and her name [was] Elizabeth.

Genesis 25:6

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.

Genesis 49:10

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff between his feet, until Shiloh comes. And to him shall be the obedience of nations.

1 Kings 4:30

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

Psalm 72:9-12

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

Isaiah 11:10

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.

Daniel 9:24-25

"Seventy weeks is decreed for your people and {for your holy city}, to put an end to the transgression and to seal [up] sin and to make atonement for guilt and to bring [in] everlasting righteousness and to seal vision and prophet and to anoint {the most holy place}.

Luke 2:15

And it happened that when the angels had departed from them into heaven, the shepherds began to say to one another, "Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has revealed to us!"

John 7:42

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

Genesis 10:30

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

Job 1:3

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.

Isaiah 60:1-22

"Arise, shine! For your light has come, and the glory of Yahweh has risen on you.

Haggai 2:6-9

For thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Once again, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and dry land.

Matthew 1:25

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

Matthew 2:3

And [when] King Herod heard [it], he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him,

Matthew 2:5

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

Matthew 2:19

Now [after] Herod had died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

Luke 2:11

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