Matthew 2:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • Gen 35:19 : 19 Thus died Rahel, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.
  • Josh 19:15 : 15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelue cities with their villages.
  • Ruth 1:1 : 1 In the time that the Iudges ruled, there was a dearth in the lande, and a man of Beth-lehem Iudah went for to soiourne in the countrey of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sonnes.
  • Ruth 1:19 : 19 So they went both vntill they came to Beth-lehem: and when they were come to Beth-lehem, it was noysed of them through all the citie, and they said, Is not this Naomi?
  • Ruth 2:4 : 4 And behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and saide vnto the reapers, The Lord be with you: and they answered him, The Lord blesse thee.
  • Ruth 4:11 : 11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the Elders sayd, We are witnesses: the Lorde make the wife that commeth into thine house, like Rahel and like Leah, which twaine did build the house of Israel: & that thou mayest doe worthily in Ephrathah, & be famous in Beth-lehem,
  • 1 Sam 16:1 : 1 The Lord then saide vnto Samuel, Howe long wilt thou mourne for Saul, seeing I haue cast him away from reigning ouer Israel? Fill thine horne with oyle and come, I will sende thee to Ishai the Bethlehemite: for I haue prouided mee a King among his sonnes.
  • John 7:42 : 42 Saith not the Scripture that that Christ shall come of the seede of Dauid, and out of the towne of Beth-leem, where Dauid was?

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  • Matt 2:6-9
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    6And thou Beth-leem in the lande of Iuda, art not the least among the Princes of Iuda: For out of thee shall come the gouernour that shall feede that my people Israel.

    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.

  • Matt 2:1-4
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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.

    3When King Herod heard this, he was troubled, and all Hierusalem with him.

    4And gathering together all the chiefe Priestes and Scribes of the people, hee asked of them, where Christ should be borne.

  • John 7:41-42
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    41Other saide, This is that Christ: and some said, But shall that Christ come out of Galile?

    42Saith not the Scripture that that Christ shall come of the seede of Dauid, and out of the towne of Beth-leem, where Dauid was?

  • Mic 5:2-3
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    2And thou Beth-leem Ephrathah art litle to bee among the thousandes of Iudah, yet out of thee shall he come forth vnto me, that shalbe the ruler in Israel: whose goings forth haue bene fro the beginning and from euerlasting.

    3Therefore will he giue them vp, vntill the time that shee which shall beare, shall trauaile: then the remnant of their brethren shall returne vnto the children of Israel.

  • Matt 1:22-23
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    22And al this was done that it might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by ye Prophet, saying,

    23Behold, a virgine shalbe with childe, and shall beare a sonne, & they shal call his name Emmanuel, which is by interpretation, God with vs.

  • Luke 2:3-8
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    3Therefore went all to be taxed, euery man to his owne Citie.

    4And Ioseph also went vp from Galile out of a citie called Nazareth, into Iudea, vnto the citie of Dauid, which is called Beth-leem (because he was of the house and linage of Dauid,)

    5To bee taxed with Marie that was giuen him to wife, which was with childe.

    6And so it was, that while they were there, the daies were accomplished that shee shoulde be deliuered,

    7And she brought foorth her first begotten sonne, and wrapped him in swadling clothes, and laide him in a cratch, because there was no roome for them in the ynne.

    8And there were in the same countrey shepheards, abiding in the fielde, and keeping watch by night ouer their flocke.

  • Matt 2:20-23
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    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,

    23And went and dwelt in a citie called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophets, which was, That hee should be called a Nazarite.

  • Luke 2:15-18
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    15And it came to passe whe the Angels were gone away from them into heauen, that the shepheards sayde one to another, Let vs goe then vnto Beth-leem, and see this thing that is come to passe which the Lord hath shewed vnto vs.

    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.

  • Matt 2:17
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    17Then was that fulfilled which is spoken by the Prophet Ieremias, saying,

  • Matt 2:15
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    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.

  • Matt 4:14
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    14That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the Propet, saying,

  • Luke 2:11-13
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    11That is, that vnto you is borne this day in the citie of Dauid, a Sauiour, which is Christ the Lorde.

    12And this shalbe a signe to you, Yee shall finde the babe swadled, and laid in a cratch.

    13And straightway there was with the Angel a multitude of heauenly souldiers, praising God, and saying,

  • Matt 21:4
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    4All this was done that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the Prophet, saying,

  • Luke 2:20
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    20And the shepheardes returned glorifiyng and praising God, for all that they had heard and seene as it was spoken vnto them.

  • Luke 1:32
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    32He shall be great, and shall be called the Sonne of the most High, and the Lorde God shall giue vnto him the throne of his father Dauid.

  • Mark 1:2
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    2As it is written in the Prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

  • Matt 12:17
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    17That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying,

  • John 7:52
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    52They answered, and said vnto him, Art thou also of Galile? Searche and looke: for out of Galile ariseth no Prophet.

  • Luke 2:39
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    39And when they had performed all thinges according to the lawe of the Lorde, they returned into Galile to their owne citie Nazareth.

  • Luke 4:17
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    17And there was deliuered vnto him the booke of the Prophet Esaias: and when hee had opened the booke, hee founde the place, where it was written,

  • Matt 21:11
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    11And the people said, This is Iesus that Prophet of Nazareth in Galile.

  • Jer 41:17
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    17And they departed and dwelt in Geruth Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to goe and to enter into Egypt,

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    10For this is he of whom it is written, Beholde, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

  • Matt 2:12
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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.

  • Judg 19:18
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    18And hee answered him, Wee came from Beth-lehem Iudah, vnto the side of Mout Ephraim: from thence am I: and I went to Beth-lehem Iudah, and go now to the house of the Lord: and no man receiueth mee to house,

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    26And in the sixth moneth, the Angell Gabriel was sent from God vnto a citie of Galile, named Nazareth,

  • Luke 2:32
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    32A light to be reueiled to the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

  • John 1:45
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    45Philippe founde Nathanael, and saide vnto him, Wee haue founde him of whom Moses did write in the Lawe, and the Prophetes, Iesus that sonne of Ioseph, that was of Nazareth.