Matthew 2:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Saying, Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east and have come to worship him.

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  • Num 24:17 : 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
  • Jer 23:5 : 5 Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
  • Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes to you: he is just, and endowed with salvation; lowly, and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt the foal of a donkey.
  • Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from now on even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
  • John 1:49 : 49 Nathanael answered and said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.
  • John 18:37 : 37 Pilate therefore said to him, Are you a king then? Jesus answered, You say correctly that I am a king. For this purpose I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.
  • Rev 22:16 : 16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
  • Heb 1:6 : 6 And again, when He brings in the firstborn into the world, He says, And let all the angels of God worship Him.
  • Isa 60:3 : 3 And the Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
  • Luke 23:38 : 38 And an inscription was also written over Him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
  • Matt 27:11 : 11 And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, You say it.
  • Luke 19:38 : 38 Saying, Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and glory in the highest.
  • Ps 2:6 : 6 Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
  • Jer 30:9 : 9 But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
  • Matt 2:10-11 : 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy. 11 And when they had come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
  • Matt 21:5 : 5 Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, gentle, and sitting on a donkey, and a colt, the foal of a donkey.
  • Ps 45:11 : 11 So shall the king greatly desire your beauty: for he is your Lord; and you shall worship him.
  • Isa 32:1-2 : 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule with justice. 2 And a man shall be like a shelter from the wind, and a refuge from the storm; like rivers of water in a dry place, like the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
  • Luke 23:3 : 3 And Pilate asked Him, saying, Are You the King of the Jews? And He answered him, saying, You say it.
  • Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring from on high has visited us, 79 To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
  • Luke 2:11 : 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
  • John 9:38 : 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him.
  • John 12:13 : 13 took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna! Blessed is the King of Israel who comes in the name of the Lord.
  • John 19:12-15 : 12 And from then on Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar. 13 When Pilate heard that saying, he brought Jesus out and sat down in the judgment seat in a place called the Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14 And it was the preparation of the Passover, about the sixth hour: and he said to the Jews, Behold your King! 15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
  • John 19:19 : 19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing said, JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
  • John 20:28 : 28 And Thomas answered and said to him, My Lord and my God!

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