Matthew 2:7

Christian Standard Bible

Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and asked them the exact time the star appeared.

Cross References

1 Samuel 18:21

“I’ll give her to him,” Saul thought. “She’ll be a trap for him, and the hand of the Philistines will be against him.”  So Saul said to David a second time, “You can now be my son-in-law.”

Exodus 1:10

Come, let’s deal shrewdly with them; otherwise they will multiply further, and when war breaks out, they will join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”

Revelation 12:15

From his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river flowing after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood.

Numbers 24:17

I see him, but not now; I perceive him, but not near. A star will come from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will smash the forehead  of Moab and strike down  all the Shethites.

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 2:8

He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. When you find him, report back to me so that I too can go and worship him.”  ,

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he realized that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.

Acts 24:22

Since Felix was well informed about the Way,  he adjourned the hearing, saying, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case.”