When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.
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17Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:
18“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud wailing, Rachel weeping for her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because they were gone.”
19The Return to Nazareth After Herod had died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt
20saying,“Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.”
21So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.
22But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee.
1The Visit of the Wise Men After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem
2saying,“Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
3When King Herod heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him.
4After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.
5“In Bethlehem of Judea,” they said,“for it is written this way by the prophet:
6‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”
7Then Herod privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared.
8He sent them to Bethlehem and said,“Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.”
9After listening to the king they left, and once again the star they saw when it rose led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.
10When they saw the star they shouted joyfully.
11As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
12After being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back by another route to their own country.
13The Escape to Egypt After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,“Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him.”
14Then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and went to Egypt.
15He stayed there until Herod died. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled:“I called my Son out of Egypt.”
12Because of this the king got furiously angry and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
13So a decree went out, and the wise men were about to be executed. They also sought Daniel and his friends so that they could be executed.
1James is Killed and Peter Imprisoned About that time King Herod laid hands on some from the church to harm them.
2He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword.
15When the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another,“Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, that the Lord has made known to us.”
16So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.
17When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child,
18and all who heard it were astonished at what the shepherds said.
6The rest seized his slaves, insolently mistreated them, and killed them.
7The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.
17Now therefore kill every boy, and kill every woman who has been intimate with a man in bed.
16“When you assist the Hebrew women in childbirth, observe at the delivery: If it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she may live.”
17But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.
18Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them,“Why have you done this and let the boys live?”
19When Herod had searched for him and did not find him, he questioned the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.
6While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child.
7And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
8The Shepherds’ Visit Now there were shepherds nearby living out in the field, keeping guard over their flock at night.
5Although Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.
6But on Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,
21So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.
12This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”
15But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts,“Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant
20So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told.
20because Herod stood in awe of John and protected him, since he knew that John was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him, he was thoroughly baffled, and yet he liked to listen to John.
19This was the one who exploited our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
3So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don’t spare them. Put them to death– man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.’”
4I will do so because these people have rejected me and have defiled this place. They have offered sacrifices in it to other gods which neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah knew anything about. They have filled it with the blood of innocent children.
27So the king sent an executioner at once to bring John’s head, and he went and beheaded John in prison.