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Magi Arrive Seeking The Newborn King. King Herod Sends Them To Bethlehem

Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod[a] the king, behold— magi[b] from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying “Where is the One having been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east[c] and came to pay-homage to Him”.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:1 That is, Herod the Great, king of Israel from 37 to 4 b.c.
  2. Matthew 2:1 That is, wise men/priests/seers/astrologers at least similar (their country is not given) to those in Daniel 2:48. Perhaps their knowledge came from Daniel’s prophecies.
  3. Matthew 2:2 That is, while they were in the east.

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