Matthew 2:7 - Plain English Version

⁷ So Herod sent for those wise men to come and meet him, but he didn’t tell anyone else about the meeting. He asked them, “When did you first see that star?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ 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)

⁷ Then Herod privily called the Wise-men, and learned of them exactly what time the star appeared.

Common English Bible

⁷ Then Herod secretly called for the magi and found out from them the time when the star had first appeared.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Then Herod, quietly calling the Magi, diligently learned from them the time when the star appeared to them.

Matthew 2:7 Cross References

Matthew 2:1

Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in Judea country. At that time, the big boss over that country was called Herod. There were some wise men in a country to the east of Judea. They always looked at the stars, and one night they saw a special star in the sky. So they went west to Jerusalem, the city in Judea country.

Matthew 2:16

At the time when Joseph, Mary and Jesus were going to Egypt, Herod waited for those wise men to come back, but they tricked him. They didn’t come back to him. Then he got really angry. He remembered their story about when they first saw the star, so he sent his soldiers to Bethlehem, and he told them to kill all the little boys up to 2 years old. So they killed all the little boys around Bethlehem. Herod wanted to make sure that Jesus was dead.

Matthew 2:8

So they told him when they first saw it. Then he said to them, “Go to Bethlehem and look carefully for that boy. After you find him, come and tell me the place where he’s living, so that I can go there too and show respect to him.”

Acts 24:22

Then Felix stopped the court. You see, he already knew a lot about the Christian people, the Jesus Way mob. Felix said to the people in the court, “Lisias will come here later. He is the big boss over the soldiers in Jerusalem. And after I listen to his story I will say if Paul is guilty or not.”