Come, let’s deal shrewdly with them; otherwise they will multiply further, and when war breaks out, they will join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.’
Matthew 2:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and asked them the exact time the star had appeared. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Herod sent for the wise men [astrologers] secretly, and accurately to the last point ascertained from them the time of the appearing of the star [that is, how long the star had made itself visible since its rising in the east]. American Standard Version (1901) Then Herod privily called the Wise-men, and learned of them exactly what time the star appeared. Common English Bible Then Herod secretly called for the magi and found out from them the time when the star had first appeared. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Herod, quietly calling the Magi, diligently learned from them the time when the star appeared to them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned diligently of them the time of the star which appeared to them; |
Come, let’s deal shrewdly with them; otherwise they will multiply further, and when war breaks out, they will join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.’
I see him, but not now; I perceive him, but not near. A star will come from Jacob, and a sceptre will arise from Israel. He will smash the forehead of Moab and strike down all the Shethites.
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
Then Herod, when he realised that he had been outwitted by the wise men, flew into a rage. He gave orders to massacre all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, in keeping with the time he had learned from the wise men.
He sent them to Bethlehem and said, ‘Go and search carefully for the child. When you find him, report back to me so that I too can go and worship him.’ ,
Since Felix was well informed about the Way, he adjourned the hearing, saying, ‘When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case.’
From his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river flowing after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood.
‘I’ll give her to him,’ Saul thought. ‘She’ll be a trap for him, and the hand of the Philistines will be against him.’ So Saul said to David a second time, ‘You can now be my son-in-law.’