Matthew 2:5

Christian Standard Bible

“In Bethlehem of Judea,” they told him, “because this is what was written by the prophet:

Cross References

John 7:42

Doesn’t the Scripture  say that the Messiah comes from David’s  offspring  and from the town of Bethlehem,  where David lived? ”

Ruth 1:1

During the time  of the judges,  there was a famine in the land.  A man left Bethlehem  in Judah with his wife and two sons to stay in the territory of Moab for a while.

1 Samuel 16:1

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul,  since I have rejected him as king over Israel?  Fill your horn with oil  and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem  because I have selected for myself a king from his sons.”

Ruth 2:4

Later, when Boaz arrived from Bethlehem, he said to the harvesters, “The Lord be with you.” “The Lord bless you,”  they replied.

Ruth 4:11

All the people who were at the city gate, including the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your house like Rachel and Leah,  who together built the house of Israel. May you be powerful in Ephrathah and your name well known in Bethlehem.

Ruth 1:19

The two of them traveled until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was excited about their arrival  , and the local women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi? ”

Joshua 19:15

along with Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem #— #twelve cities, with their settlements.

Genesis 35:19

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem  ).

Matthew 2:1

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

Matthew 2:4

So he assembled all the chief priests and scribes  of the people and asked them where the Messiah would be born.

Judges 17:7

There was a young man, a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who was staying within the clan of Judah.