Matthew 2:3

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

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  • Matt 8:29 : 29 Suddenly they shouted, 'What do You want with us, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the appointed time?'
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you! How often I have wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
  • John 11:47-48 : 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council and said, 'What are we going to do since this man is performing so many signs?' 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.
  • Acts 4:2 : 2 They were greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
  • Acts 4:24-27 : 24 When they heard this, they raised their voices together to God and said, 'Sovereign Lord, you are the one who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.' 25 'You spoke through the mouth of your servant David, saying: Why did the nations rage, and the peoples plot in vain?' 26 'The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers gathered together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.' 27 'Indeed, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.'
  • Acts 5:24-28 : 24 When the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this, they wondered what this might lead to. 25 Then someone came and said, 'Look! The men you put in jail are standing in the temple courts teaching the people.' 26 At that, the captain went with his officers and brought the apostles, but without force, because they feared the people might stone them. 27 Having brought the apostles, they made them appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest. 28 We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name, didn’t we? Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
  • Acts 16:20-21 : 20 They brought them before the magistrates and said, 'These men are Jews, and they are causing an uproar in our city.' 21 'They are advocating customs that are not lawful for us Romans to accept or practice.'
  • Acts 17:6-7 : 6 When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city rulers, shouting, 'These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here too.' 7 And Jason has welcomed them. They are all acting contrary to Caesar's decrees, saying that there is another king—Jesus.
  • 1 Kgs 18:17-18 : 17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is that you, you troubler of Israel?" 18 Elijah replied, "I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's house have, by abandoning the commandments of the LORD and following the Baals.

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    1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea during the reign of King Herod, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem.

    2They asked, 'Where is the newborn King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.'

  • Matt 2:7-10
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    7Then Herod secretly called the magi and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.

    8He 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 may go and worship Him.'

    9After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and behold, the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.

    10When they saw the star, they were overjoyed with great emotion.

  • Matt 2:4-5
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    4He called together all the chief priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Christ was to be born.

    5They replied, 'In Bethlehem of Judea, because this is what was written by the prophet:

  • Matt 2:12-17
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    12And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another route.

    13After they departed, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, 'Get up, take the child and His mother, and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy Him.'

    14So Joseph got up, took the child and His mother during the night, and departed for Egypt.

    15They stayed there until the death of Herod, to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: 'Out of Egypt I called My Son.'

    16Then Herod, realizing that he had been deceived by the magi, became furious. He sent orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had determined from the magi.

    17Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

  • Luke 23:6-9
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    6When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

    7Realizing that He was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.

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    9Herod questioned Him at length, but Jesus gave him no answer.

  • Luke 9:7
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    7Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was perplexed because some were saying that John had been raised from the dead.

  • Matt 2:19-22
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    19After the death of Herod, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

    20saying, 'Get up, take the child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead.'

    21Joseph got up, took the child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.

    22But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee.

  • Matt 14:1
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    1At that time, Herod, the tetrarch, heard the news about Jesus.

  • Mark 6:20
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    20For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard John speak, he was greatly perplexed, yet he liked to listen to him.

  • Acts 12:1
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    1Around that time, King Herod laid hands on some from the church to mistreat them.

  • Acts 17:8
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    8They stirred up the crowd and the city rulers as they heard these things.

  • Luke 2:16-18
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    17When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child.

    18And all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds told them.

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    12When Zechariah saw him, he was startled, and fear fell upon him.

  • Matt 21:10
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    10When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, 'Who is this?'

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    27'Indeed, in this city, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.'

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    3The king said to them, "I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to understand the dream."

  • Acts 12:19-21
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    19After Herod searched for him and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.

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    21On an appointed day, Herod, dressed in royal robes, sat on the throne and delivered a public address to them.

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  • Luke 3:19-20
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    19But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by John about Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, and for all the evil things he had done,

    20added to these things by imprisoning John in prison as well.

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    65Fear came on all those who lived around them, and throughout the hill country of Judea, all these things were being talked about.

  • Matt 14:5-6
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    5Though Herod wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd because they considered John to be a prophet.

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    8And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.

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    29But she was deeply troubled by his words and wondered what kind of greeting this could be.

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    31At that time, some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, 'Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.'

  • Acts 21:31
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    31While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in uproar.