ThenHerodsecretlycalledthe magiand determinedfrom them the exact timethe starappeared.
His speechwas smootherthanbutter,But his heartwas war;His wordswere softerthanoil,Yet they were drawnswords.
"Come,let us dealwiselywith them, orelsethey will multiplyand in the eventof war,they will alsojointhemselves to those whohateus, and fightagainst us and departfrom the land."
"I seehim, but not now;I beholdhim, but not near;A starshall comeforth from Jacob,A sceptershall risefrom Israel,And shall crushthroughthe foreheadof Moab,And teardownallthe sonsof Sheth.
Nowafter Jesuswas bornin Bethlehemof Judeain the daysof Herodthe king,magifrom the eastarrivedin Jerusalem,saying,
Thenwhen Herodsawthat he had been trickedby the magi,he became veryenraged,and sentand slewallthe male childrenwho were in Bethlehemand allits vicinity,from two years oldand under,accordingto the timewhichhe had determinedfrom the magi.
And he sentthem to Bethlehemand said,"Goand searchcarefullyfor the Child;and whenyou have found[Him], reportto me, sothat I toomay comeand worshipHim."
But Felix,havinga more exactknowledgeaboutthe Way,put them off,saying,"WhenLysiasthe commandercomes down,I will decideyour case."
And the serpentpouredwaterlikea riverout of his mouthafterthe woman,sothat he might causeher to be swept away with the flood.
Saulthought,"I will giveher to him that she may becomea snareto him, and that the handof the Philistinesmay be against him." Therefore Saulsaidto David,"For a secondtimeyou may be my son-in-lawtoday."
