Matthew 2:1

James Moffatt - New Testament

Now when Jesus was born at Bethlehem, belonging to Judaea, in the days of king Herod, magicians from the East arrived at Jerusalem,

Cross References

John 7:42

Does not scripture say it is from the offspring of David, from David's village of Bethlehem, that the Christ is to come?"

Luke 2:11

To-day you have a saviour born in the town of David, the Lord messiah.

Matthew 2:5

They told him, "In Bethlehem belonging to Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet:

Matthew 1:25

but he did not live with her as a husband till she bore a son, whom he called Jesus.

Luke 2:15

Now when the angels had left them and gone away to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us be off to Bethlehem to see this thing that the Lord has told us of."

Luke 1:5

In the days of Herod king of Judaea there was a priest called Zechariah, who belonged to the division of Abijah; he had a wife who belonged to the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Matthew 2:19

But when Herod died, there appeared an angel of the Lord in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

Matthew 2:3

The news of this troubled king Herod and all Jerusalem as well;

Matthew 2:7

Then Herod summoned the magicians in secret and ascertained from them the time of the star's appearance.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod saw the magicians had trifled with him, and he was furiously angry; he sent and slew all the male children in Bethlehem and in all the neighbourhood who were two years old or under, calculating by the time he had ascertained from the magicians.