Matthew 2:8

Amplified Bible

Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:14

Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the Lord had ordained to thwart the good advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord could bring disaster upon Absalom.

1 Kings 19:2

Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me, and even more, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”

Proverbs 21:30

There is no [human] wisdom or understanding Or counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord.

Lamentations 3:37

Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has authorized and commanded it?

Matthew 2:1

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king (Herod the Great), magi (wise men) from the east came to Jerusalem, asking,

Matthew 2:7

Then Herod secretly sent for the magi and learned from them the [exact] time the star [had first] appeared.

Matthew 2:9

After hearing the king, they went their way; and behold, the star, which they had seen in the east, went on before them [continually leading the way] until it came and stood over the place where the young Child was.