Matthew 2:1

Weymouth NT

Now after the birth of Jesus, which took place at Bethlehem in Judaea in the reign of King Herod, excitement was produced in Jerusalem by the arrival of certain Magi from the east,

Cross References

Matthew 1:25

but did not live with her until she had given birth to a son. The child's name he called JESUS.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, finding that the Magi had trifled with him, was furious, and sent and massacred all the boys under two years of age, in Bethlehem and all its neighbourhood, according to the date he had so carefully ascertained from the Magi.

Matthew 2:19

But after Herod's death an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said to him,

Matthew 2:3

Reports of this soon reached the king, and greatly agitated not only him but all the people of Jerusalem.

Matthew 2:5

»At Bethlehem in Judaea,« they replied; »for so it stands written in the words of the Prophet,

Matthew 2:7

Thereupon Herod sent privately for the Magi and ascertained from them the exact time of the star's appearing.

Luke 1:5

There was in the time of Herod, the king of Judaea, a priest of the name of Zechariah, belonging to the class of Abijah. He had a wife who was a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

Luke 2:11

For a Saviour who is the Anointed Lord is born to you to-day, in the town of David.

Luke 2:15

Then, as soon as the angels had left them and returned to Heaven, the shepherds said to one another, »Let us now go over as far as Bethlehem and see this that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.«

John 7:42

Has not the Scripture declared that the Christ is to come of the family of David and from Bethlehem, David's village?«