Matthew 2:1 - New Testament in Braid Scots 1904 (William Wye Smith)

¹ Noo, whan Jesus was born iʼ Bethlehem‐Judah, iʼ the days oʼ King Herod, lo! Wyss Men cam frae the East tae Jerusalem.

Matthew 2:1 Iomraidhean Croise

Matthew 1:25

And leevʼd in continence wiʼ her till she had brocht forth her first‐born son; and caʼd his name JESUS.

Matthew 2:16

Than Herod, seein he was made sport oʼ by the Wyss Men, was unco furious, and sent oot to slay aʼ the lad‐bairns in Bethlehem, and aʼ the kintra‐side aboot, frae twa‐year auld doon: conform tae the time he had been tellʼt by the Wyss Men.

Matthew 2:19

But Herod deein, look! an Angel oʼ the Lord by dream appears to Joseph in Egypt.

Matthew 2:3

But the King, hearin, was sair putten‐about; and aʼ Jerusalem wiʼ him.

Matthew 2:5

And quoʼ they, “In Bethlehem‐Judah; for sae it is putten doon by the prophet:

Matthew 2:7

Than, Herod, convenin the Wyss Men privately, faund oot mair strickly oʼ the comin oʼ the starn;

Luke 1:5

Thar was, in the days oʼ Herod, King oʼ Judea, a priest caʼd Zachariah, oʼ Abijahʼs coorse; and his wife was oʼ the dochters oʼ Aaron, and she was caʼd Elizabeth.

Luke 2:11

“For thar is born tʼye this day, in Dauvidʼs toun, a Saviour, wha is the Anointit Lord.

Luke 2:15

And as the Angels gaed awa frae them to Heeven, the shepherds said one to anither, “Let us gang noo to Bethlehem, and see this thing that has come aboot, that the Lord has made kent to us!”

John 7:42

“Has the Scriptur no said, oot oʼ the toon oʼ Bethlehem, whaur Dauvid was?”