Matthew 2:16

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

When Herod found that he had been trifled with by the Astrologers, he was very angry. He sent and put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and the whole of that neighborhood, who were two years old or under, guided by the date which he had ascertained from the Astrologers.

Cross References

Matthew 2:1

After the birth of Jesus at Bethlehem in Judea, in the reign of King Herod, some Astrologers from the East arrived in Jerusalem, asking:

Matthew 2:17

Then were fulfilled these words spoken in the Prophet Jeremiah, where he says--

Matthew 2:7

Then Herod secretly sent for the Astrologers, and ascertained from them the date of the appearance of the star;

Revelation 12:4

His tail draws after it a third of the stars in the heavens, and it hurled them down on the earth. The Dragon is standing in front of the woman who is about to give birth to the child, so that he may devour it as soon as it is born.

Revelation 17:6

And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of Christ's People and with the blood of the martyrs for Jesus. When I saw her, I was amazed beyond measure;