Matthew 2:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

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.

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  • Matt 2:2 : 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.
  • 2 Pet 1:19 : 19 We haue also a most sure worde of the Prophets, to the which ye doe well that yee take heede, as vnto a light that shineth in a darke place, vntill the day dawne, and the day starre arise in your hearts.
  • Ps 25:12 : 12 What man is he that feareth the Lorde? him wil he teache the way that hee shall chuse.
  • Prov 2:1-6 : 1 My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee, 2 And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding, 3 (For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding: 4 If thou seekest her as siluer, & searchest for her as for treasures, 5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lorde giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.
  • Prov 8:17 : 17 I loue them that loue me: and they that seeke me earely, shall finde me.

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  • Matt 2:10-17
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    87%

    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 2:1-8
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    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.

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

    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.

  • Luke 2:12-18
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    12 And this shalbe a signe to you, Yee shall finde the babe swadled, and laid in a cratch.

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

    14 Glory be to God in the high heauens, and peace in earth, and towards men good will.

    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.

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

  • Matt 2:19-22
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    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 2:6-9
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    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.

  • Luke 2:42-46
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    42 And when hee was twelue yeere olde, and they were come vp to Hierusalem, after the custome of the feast,

    43 And had finished the dayes thereof, as they returned, the childe Iesus remained in Hierusalem, and Ioseph knew not, nor his mother,

    44 But they supposing, that he had bene in the company, went a dayes iourney, and sought him among their kinsfolke, and acquaintance.

    45 And when they found him not, they turned backe to Hierusalem, and sought him.

    46 And it came to passe three dayes after, that they found him in the Temple, sitting in the mids of the doctours, both hearing them, and asking them questions:

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

  • 5 When they sawe it, they marueiled: they were astonied, and suddenly driuen backe.

  • 2 The people that walked in darkenes haue seene a great light: they that dwelled in the land of the shadowe of death, vpon them hath the light shined.

  • 27 And he came by the motion of the spirit into the Temple, and when the parents brought in the babe Iesus, to do for him after the custome of the Lawe,

  • 4 And 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,)

  • Matt 1:22-23
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    68%

    22 And al this was done that it might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by ye Prophet, saying,

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

  • 33 And Ioseph and his mother marueiled at those things, which were spoken touching him.

  • 37 And the two disciples heard him speake, and followed Iesus.