Matthew 2:8

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search out carefully concerning the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word, that I also may come and worship him.

Cross References

2 Samuel 17:14

And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.

1 Kings 19:2

Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against the LORD.

Lamentations 3:37

Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

Matthew 2:1

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,

Matthew 2:7

Then Herod privily called the wise men, and learned of them carefully what time the star appeared.

Matthew 2:9

And they, having heard the king, went their way; and lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.