Matthew 2:7

New Century Version

Then Herod had a secret meeting with the wise men and learned from them the exact time they first saw the star.

Cross References

Psalm 55:21

His words are slippery like butter, but war is in his heart. His words are smoother than oil, but they cut like knives.

Exodus 1:10

If we don’t make plans against them, the number of their people will grow even more. Then if there is a war, they might join our enemies and fight us and escape from the country!”

Numbers 24:17

I see someone who will come someday, someone who will come, but not soon. A star will come from Jacob; a ruler will rise from Israel. He will crush the heads of the Moabites and smash the skulls of the sons of Sheth.

Matthew 2:1

Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea during the time when Herod was king. When Jesus was born, some wise men from the east came to Jerusalem.

Matthew 2:16

When Herod saw that the wise men had tricked him, he was furious. So he gave an order to kill all the baby boys in Bethlehem and in the surrounding area who were two years old or younger. This was in keeping with the time he learned from the wise men.

Matthew 2:8

He sent the wise men to Bethlehem, saying, “Look carefully for the child. When you find him, come tell me so I can worship him too.”

Acts 24:22

Felix already understood much about the Way of Jesus. He stopped the trial and said, “When commander Lysias comes here, I will decide your case.”

Revelation 12:15

Then the snake poured water out of its mouth like a river toward the woman so the flood would carry her away.

1 Samuel 18:21

He thought, “I will let her marry David. Then she will be a trap for him, and the Philistines will defeat him.” So Saul said to David a second time, “You may become my son-in-law.”