Matthew 2:7 facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Matthew 2:7
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The three Magi before Herod, France, early 15th century. Musée de Cluny/Musée national du Moyen Âge, Paris.
Book	Gospel of Matthew
Christian Bible part	New Testament

Matthew 2:7 is the seventh verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. The magi have informed King Herod that they had seen portents showing the birth of the King of the Jews. Herod has consulted with the leading Jewish religious figures who reported he was to be born in Bethlehem. In this verse Herod again questions the magi.

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In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:

Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men,

enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.

The World English Bible translates the passage as:

Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned

from them exactly what time the star appeared.

The Novum Testamentum Graece text is:

Τότε Ἡρῴδης λάθρᾳ καλέσας τοὺς μάγους

ἠκρίβωσεν παρ’ αὐτῶν τὸν χρόνον τοῦ φαινομένου ἀστέρος,

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