Matthew 2:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • Matt 8:29 : 29 And beholde, they cryed out, saying, Iesus the sonne of God, what haue we to do with thee? Art thou come hither to tormet vs before ye time?
  • Matt 23:37 : 37 Hierusalem, Hierusalem, which killest the Prophets, and stonest them which are sent to thee, how often would I haue gathered thy children together, as the henne gathereth her chickins vnder her wings, and ye would not!
  • John 11:47-48 : 47 Then gathered the hie Priests, & the Pharises a councill, and said, What shall we doe? For this man doeth many miracles. 48 If we let him thus alone, all men will beleeue in him, and the Romanes will come and take away both our place, and the nation.
  • Acts 4:2 : 2 Taking it grieuously that they taught the people, and preached in Iesus Name the resurrection from the dead.
  • Acts 4:24-27 : 24 And when they heard it, they lift vp their voyces to God with one accord, and said, O Lord, thou art the God which hast made the heaue, and the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them, 25 Which by the mouth of thy seruant Dauid hast saide, Why did the Gentiles rage, and the people imagine vaine things? 26 The Kings of the earth assembled, and the rulers came together against the Lord, and against his Christ. 27 For doutlesse, against thine holy Sonne Iesus, whome thou haddest anoynted, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel gathered themselues together,
  • Acts 5:24-28 : 24 Then when the chiefe Priest, and the captaine of the Temple, and the hie Priestes heard these things, they doubted of them, whereunto this would growe. 25 Then came one and shewed them, saying, Beholde, the men that ye put in prison, are standing in the Temple, and teach the people. 26 Then went the captaine with the officers, and brought them without violence (for they feared the people, lest they should haue bene stoned) 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the Councill, & the chiefe Priest asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straightly commaund you, that ye should not teach in this Name? & behold, ye haue filled Hierusale with your doctrine, and ye would bring this mans blood vpon vs.
  • Acts 16:20-21 : 20 And brought them to the gouernours, saying, These men which are Iewes, trouble our citie, 21 And preache ordinances, which are not lawfull for vs to receiue, neither to obserue, seeing we are Romanes.
  • Acts 17:6-7 : 6 But when they found them not, they drew Iason & certaine brethren vnto the heads of the citie, crying, These are they which haue subuerted the state of the world, and here they are, 7 Whom Iason hath receiued, and these all doe against the decrees of Cesar, saying that there is another King, one Iesus.
  • 1 Kgs 18:17-18 : 17 And when Ahab saw Eliiah, Ahab said vnto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? 18 And he answered, I haue not troubled Israel, but thou, and thy fathers house, in that ye haue forsaken the commandements of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim.

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  • Matt 2:1-2
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    1When Iesvs then was borne at Bethleem in Iudea, in the dayes of Herod the King, beholde, there came Wisemen from the East to Hierusalem,

    2Saying, Where is that King of the Iewes that is borne? For wee haue seene his starre in the East, and are come to worship him.

  • Matt 2:7-10
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    7Then Herod priuily called the Wisemen, and diligently inquired of them the time of the starre that appeared,

    8And sent them to Beth-leem, saying, Goe, and searche diligently for the babe: and when ye haue founde him, bring mee worde againe, that I may come also, and worship him.

    9So when they had heard the King, they departed: and loe, the starre which they had seene in the East, went before them, till it came and stoode ouer the place where the babe was.

    10And when they sawe the starre, they reioyced with an exceeding great ioy,

  • Matt 2:4-5
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    4And gathering together all the chiefe Priestes and Scribes of the people, hee asked of them, where Christ should be borne.

    5And they saide vnto him, At Beth-leem in Iudea: for so it is written by the Prophet,

  • Matt 2:12-17
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    12And after they were warned of God in a dreame, that they should not go againe to Herod, ther returned into their countrey another way.

    13After their departture, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeareth to Ioseph in a dreame, saying, Arise, and take the babe & his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there til I bring thee word: for Herod will seeke the babe, to destroy him.

    14So he arose and tooke the babe and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

    15And was there vnto the death of Herod, that that might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying, Out of Egypt haue I called my sonne.

    16Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked of the Wisemen, was exceeding wroth, and sent foorth, and slew all the male children that were in Beth-leem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two yeere old and vnder, according to the time which he had diligently searched out of the Wisemen.

    17Then was that fulfilled which is spoken by the Prophet Ieremias, saying,

  • Luke 23:6-9
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    6Nowe when Pilate heard of Galile, he asked whether the man were a Galilean.

    7And when he knewe that he was of Herods iurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, which was also at Hierusalem in those dayes.

    8And when Herod sawe Iesus, hee was exceedingly glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him, and trusted to haue seene some signe done by him.

    9Then questioned hee with him of many things: but he answered him nothing.

  • Luke 9:7
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    7Nowe Herod the Tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he douted, because that it was sayd of some, that Iohn was risen againe from the dead:

  • Matt 2:19-22
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    19And whe Herod was dead, behold, an Angel of the Lorde appeareth in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypt,

    20Saying, Arise, and take the babe and his mother, and goe into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the babes life.

    21Then he arose vp and tooke the babe and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

    22But whe he heard that Archelaus did reigne in Iudea in stead of his father Herod, he was afraide to go thither: yet after he was warned of God in a dreame, he turned aside into the parts of Galile,

  • Matt 14:1
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    1At that time Herod the Tetrarche heard of the fame of Iesus,

  • Mark 6:20
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    20For Herod feared Iohn, knowing that hee was a iust man, and an holy, and reuerenced him, and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

  • Acts 12:1
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    1Nowe about that time, Herod the King stretched forth his hands to vexe certaine of the Church,

  • Acts 17:8
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    8Then they troubled the people, and the heads of the citie, when they heard these things.

  • Luke 2:16-18
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    16So they came with haste, and founde both Marie and Ioseph, & the babe laid in the cratch.

    17And when they had seene it, they published abroade the thing, that was tolde them of that childe.

    18And all that heard it, wondred at ye things which were tolde them of the shepheards.

  • Luke 1:12
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    12And when Zacharias sawe him, he was troubled, and feare fell vpon him.

  • Matt 21:10
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    10And when he was come into Hierusalem, all the citie was mooued, saying, Who is this?

  • Acts 4:27
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    27For doutlesse, against thine holy Sonne Iesus, whome thou haddest anoynted, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel gathered themselues together,

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    3And the King sayde vnto them, I haue dreamed a dreame, and my spirite was troubled to knowe the dreame.

  • Acts 12:19-21
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    19And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commaunded them to be led to be punished; he went downe from Iudea to Cesarea, and there abode.

    20Then Herod was angrie with them of Tyrus and Sidon, but they came all with one accord vnto him, and perswaded Blastus the Kings Chamberlaine, and they desired peace, because their countrey was nourished by the Kings land.

    21And vpon a day appointed, Herod arayed himselfe in royall apparell, and sate on the iudgement seate, and made an oration vnto them.

  • Luke 9:9
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    9Then Herod sayd, Iohn haue I beheaded: who then is this of whome I heare such things? And he desired to see him.

  • Luke 3:19-20
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    19But when Herod the Tetrarch was rebuked of him, for Herodias his brother Philips wife, and for all the euils which Herod had done,

    20He added yet this aboue all, that he shut vp Iohn in prison.

  • Luke 1:65
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    65Then feare came on all them that dwelt neere vnto them, and all these woordes were noised abroade throughout all the hill countrey of Iudea.

  • Matt 14:5-6
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    5And when hee woulde haue put him to death, hee feared the multitude, because they counted him as a Prophet.

    6But when Herods birth day was kept, the daughter of Herodias daunced before them, and pleased Herod.

  • Mark 6:16
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    16So when Herod heard it, he said, It is Iohn whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

  • Mark 6:14
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    14Then King Herod heard of him (for his name was made manifest) and sayd, Iohn Baptist is risen againe from the dead, and therefore great workes are wrought by him.

  • Luke 2:8-9
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    8And there were in the same countrey shepheards, abiding in the fielde, and keeping watch by night ouer their flocke.

    9And loe, the Angel of the Lord came vpon them, and the glorie of the Lord shone about them, and they were sore afraide.

  • Luke 1:29
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    29And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and thought what maner of salutation that should be.

  • Luke 13:31
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    31The same day there came certaine Pharises, and said vnto him, Depart, and goe hence: for Herod will kill thee.

  • Acts 21:31
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    31But as they went about to kill him, tydings came vnto the chiefe captaine of the band, that all Hierusalem was on an vproare.