Matthew 2:1

American Standard Version (1901)

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa in the days of Herod the king, behold, Wise-men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

Cross References

Micah 5:2

But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.

John 7:42

Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?

Luke 2:11

for there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.

Isaiah 11:10

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.

Genesis 49:10

The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.

Matthew 2:5

And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written through the prophet,

Matthew 1:25

and knew her not till she had brought forth a son: and he called his name JESUS.

Luke 2:15

And it came to pass, when the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

Luke 1:5

There was in the days of Herod, king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah: and he had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

1 Kings 4:30

And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Genesis 25:6

But unto the sons of the concubines, that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

Matthew 2:19

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

Matthew 2:3

And when Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Genesis 10:30

And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

Job 1:3

His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

Genesis 41:8

And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

Judges 17:7

And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.

Matthew 2:7

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

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the Wise-men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the Wise-men.

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.