Matthew 2:1

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Now when Yeshua was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,

Cross References

Genesis 10:30

Their dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go towards Sephar, the mountain of the east.

Genesis 25:6

but Abraham gave gifts to the sons of Abraham’s concubines. While he still lived, he sent them away from Isaac his son, eastward, to the east country.

Genesis 41:8

In the morning, his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt’s magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

Genesis 49:10

The sceptre will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. The obedience of the peoples will be to him.

1 Kings 4:30

Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

1 Chronicles 2:51

Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.

Job 1:3

His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

Isaiah 11:10

It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.

Micah 5:2

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small amongst the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times.

Matthew 1:25

and didn’t know her sexually until she had given birth to her firstborn son. He named him Yeshua.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learnt from the wise men.

Matthew 2:19

But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

Matthew 2:3

When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Matthew 2:5

They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,

Matthew 2:7

Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learnt from them exactly what time the star appeared.

Luke 1:5

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zechariah, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisheva.

Luke 2:11

For there is born to you today, in David’s city, a Saviour, who is Messiah the Lord.

Luke 2:15

When the angels went away from them into the sky, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

John 7:42

Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Messiah comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

Judges 17:7

There was a young man out of Bethlehem Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he lived there.