Matthew 2:7

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then Herod priuily called the Wisemen, and diligently inquired of them the time of the starre that appeared,

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  • Exod 1:10 : 10 Come, let vs worke wisely with them, least they multiplie, and it come to passe, that if there be warre, they ioyne them selues also vnto our enemies, and fight against vs, and get them out of the land.
  • 1 Sam 18:21 : 21 Therefore Saul said, I wil giue him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistims may bee against him. Wherefore Saul sayde to Dauid, Thou shalt this day be my sonne in law in the one of the twayne.
  • Ps 10:9-9 : 9 He lyeth in waite secretly, euen as a lyon in his denne: he lyeth in waite to spoyle the poore: he doeth spoyle the poore, when he draweth him into his net. 10 He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poore doe fall by his might.
  • Ps 55:21 : 21 The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his words were more gentle then oyle, yet they were swordes.
  • Ps 64:4-6 : 4 To shoote at the vpright in secrete: they shoote at him suddenly, and feare not. 5 They encourage themselues in a wicked purpose: they commune together to lay snares priuilie, and say, Who shall see them? 6 They haue sought out iniquities, and haue accomplished that which they sought out, euen euery one his secret thoughtes, and the depth of his heart.
  • Ps 83:3-4 : 3 They haue taken craftie counsell against thy people, and haue consulted against thy secret ones. 4 They haue said, Come and let vs cut them off from being a nation: and let the name of Israel be no more in remembrance.
  • Isa 7:5-7 : 5 Because Aram hath taken wicked counsell against thee, and Ephraim, and Remaliahs sonne, saying, 6 Let vs goe vp against Iudah, and let vs waken them vp, and make a breach therein for vs, and set a King in the mids thereof, euen the sonne of Tabeal. 7 Thus sayth the Lorde God, It shall not stand, neither shall it be.
  • Ezek 38:10-11 : 10 Thus saith the Lorde God, Euen at ye same time shall many things come into thy minde, and thou shalt thinke euil thoughts. 11 And thou shalt say, I wil go vp to the land that hath no walled towres: I will goe to them that are at rest, and dwell in safetie, which dwell all without walles, and haue neither barres nor gates,
  • Matt 26:3-5 : 3 Then assembled together the chiefe Priests, and the Scribes, and the Elders of ye people into the hall of the high Priest called Caiaphas: 4 And consulted together that they might take Iesus by subtiltie, and kill him. 5 But they sayd, Not on the feast day, least any vprore be among the people.
  • Rev 12:1-5 : 1 And there appeared a great wonder in heauen: A woman clothed with the sunne, & the moone was vnder her feete, and vpon her head a crowne of twelue starres. 2 And she was with childe, and cried traueiling in birth, and was pained readie to be deliuered. 3 And there appeared another wonder in heaue: for beholde, a great red dragon hauing seuen heads, and ten hornes, and seuen crownes vpon his heads: 4 And his taile drew the thirde part of the starres of heauen, and cast them to the earth; the dragon stood before the woman, which was ready to be deliuered, to deuoure her childe, when shee had brought it foorth. 5 So shee brought foorth a man childe, which should rule all nations with a rod of yron: and that her childe was taken vp vnto God and to his throne.
  • Rev 12:15 : 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water after the woman, like a flood, that he might cause her to be caried away of the flood.

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  • Matt 2:1-6
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    85%

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

    2 Saying, 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.

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

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

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

    6 And 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.

  • Matt 2:8-17
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    8 And 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.

    9 So 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.

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

    11 And went into the house, and founde the babe with Mary his mother, and fell downe, and worshipped him, and opened their treasures, and presented vnto him giftes, euen golde, and frankincense, and myrrhe.

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

    13 After 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.

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

    15 And 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.

    16 Then 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.

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

  • Matt 2:19-22
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    73%

    19 And whe Herod was dead, behold, an Angel of the Lorde appeareth in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypt,

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

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

    22 But 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,

  • Luke 23:7-9
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    7 And when he knewe that he was of Herods iurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, which was also at Hierusalem in those dayes.

    8 And 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.

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

  • Luke 2:15-18
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    15 And 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.

    16 So they came with haste, and founde both Marie and Ioseph, & the babe laid in the cratch.

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

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

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

  • Dan 5:15
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    15 Now therefore, wisemen and astrologians haue bene brought before me, that they should reade this writing, and shewe me the interpretation thereof: but they could not declare the interpretation of the thing.

  • Luke 2:6-9
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    69%

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

    7 And 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.

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

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

  • Esth 1:13
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    13 Then the King said to the wise men, that knew the times (for so was the Kings maner towards all that knew the law and the iudgement:

  • Acts 12:19
    68%

    19 And 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.

  • Acts 12:1
    68%

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

  • Mark 6:20-21
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    20 For 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.

    21 But the time being conuenient, when Herod on his birth day made a banket to his princes and captaines, and chiefe estates of Galile:

  • Luke 2:20
    68%

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

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

  • Dan 4:6
    67%

    6 (4:3) Therefore made I a decree, that they should bring all the wise men of Babel before mee, that they might declare vnto me the interpretation of the dreame.

  • Dan 2:2-3
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    2 Then the King commaunded to call the inchanters, and the astrologians and the sorcerers, and the Caldeans for to shewe the King his dreames: so they came and stoode before the King.

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

  • Luke 2:12
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    12 And this shalbe a signe to you, Yee shall finde the babe swadled, and laid in a cratch.

  • Luke 9:7
    67%

    7 Nowe 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:

  • Acts 12:21
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    21 And vpon a day appointed, Herod arayed himselfe in royall apparell, and sate on the iudgement seate, and made an oration vnto them.

  • Matt 1:19
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    19 Then Ioseph her husbande being a iust man, and not willing to make her a publike example, was minded to put her away secretly.

  • Dan 2:13
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    13 And when sentence was giuen, the wise men were slayne: and they sought Daniel and his fellowes to be put to death.