Matthew 2:7 - English Majority Text Version 2009

Then Herod, secretly having called the wise men, ascertained from them the time that the star appeared.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then Herod sent for the wise men [astrologers] secretly, and accurately to the last point ascertained from them the time of the appearing of the star [that is, how long the star had made itself visible since its rising in the east].

American Standard Version (1901)

Then Herod privily called the Wise-men, and learned of them exactly what time the star appeared.

Common English Bible

Then Herod secretly called for the magi and found out from them the time when the star had first appeared.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then Herod, quietly calling the Magi, diligently learned from them the time when the star appeared to them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned diligently of them the time of the star which appeared to them;

Matthew 2:7 Cross References

Matthew 2:1

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East arrived in Jerusalem,

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, seeing that he had been deceived by the wise men, was greatly enraged; and he sent and executed all the boys in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the wise men.

Matthew 2:8

And having sent them to Bethlehem, he said, "Go and carefully search for the young Child, and as soon as you find [Him], report back to me, so that I also may come and worship Him."

Acts 24:22

And when he heard these things, Felix adjourned them, knowing more accurately the things[ ]concerning the Way, and said, "When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case."

Revelation 12:15

And the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a river after the woman, so that he might cause her to be carried off by the river.