Matthew 2:7 - Tree of Life Version

⁷ Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star had appeared.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ 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

Psalm 55:21

My companion put forth his hands against those at peace with him, as he violates his covenant.

Exodus 1:10

Come, we must deal shrewdly with them, or else they will grow even more numerous, so that if war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and then escape from the land.”

Numbers 24:17

‘I see him, yet not at this moment. I behold him, yet not in this location. For a star will come from Jacob, a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of all the sons of Seth.

Matthew 2:1

Now after Yeshua was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, magi from the east came to Jerusalem,

Matthew 2:16

Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became furious. And he sent and killed all boys in Bethlehem and in all its surrounding area, from two years old and under, according to the time he had determined from the magi.

Matthew 2:8

And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the Child. And when you have found Him, bring word back to me so that I may come and worship Him as well.”

Acts 24:22

But Felix, having a rather extensive knowledge of the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I will rule on your case.”

Revelation 12:15

And from out of his mouth, the serpent spewed water like a river after the woman, in order to sweep her away with a flood.

1 Samuel 18:21

Saul thought, “I will give her to him, so that she may become a snare to him—and the hand of the Philistines will be against him.” So Saul said to David, “You can still become my son-in-law, even today, with the second one.”