Matthew 2:3
1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
2 asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”
When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
4 And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.
5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
- KJV
- When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
- WEB
- When King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
- ASV
- And when Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
- DARBY
- But Herod the king having heard [of it], was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;
- BLB
- And King Herod, having heard, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
- ÅB
- Men da kong Herodes hørte det, ble han forferdet, og hele Jerusalem med ham.
- OTB
- Da kong Herodes hørte dette, ble han forferdet, og hele Jerusalem med ham.
- B1930
- Men da kong Herodes hørte det, blev han forferdet, og hele Jerusalem med ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 17:6–7
But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here,
Read in contextJohn 11:47–48
Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
Read in contextMatthew 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
Read in contextActs 4:2
greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
Read in contextMatthew 8:29
“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
Read in context1 Kings 18:17–18
When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
Read in contextActs 4:24–27
When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.
Read in contextActs 16:20–21
They brought them to the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews and are throwing our city into turmoil
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