Matthew 2 - Prayer Tents

The Magi Visit the Messiah

2After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to JerusalemG1161G2424G1080G1722G965G2449G1722G2250G2264G935G2400G3854G3097G575G395G1519G24142and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."G3004G4226G2076G5088G935G2453G1063G1492G846G792G1722G395G2532G2064G4352G8463When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.G1161G2264G935G191G5015G2532G3956G2414G3326G8464When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.G2532G4863G3956G749G2532G1122G2992G4863G4441G3844G846G4226G5547G10805"In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written:G1161G2036G846G1722G965G2449G1063G3779G1125G1223G43966"'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'"G2532G4771G965G1093G2448G1488G3760G1646G1722G2232G2448G1063G1537G4675G1831G2233G3748G4165G3450G2992G24747Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared.G5119G2264G2977G2564G3097G198G3844G846G198G5550G792G53168He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him."G2532G3992G846G1519G965G2036G4198G1833G199G4012G3813G1161G1875G2147G518G3427G518G3704G2064G4352G846G25049After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.G1161G191G935G4198G2532G2400G792G3739G1492G1722G395G4254G846G2193G2064G2476G1883G3757G3813G225810When they saw the star, they were overjoyed.G1161G1492G792G5463G4970G3173G547911On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.G2532G2064G1519G3614G2147G1492G3813G3326G3137G846G3384G2532G4098G4352G846G2532G455G846G2344G4374G846G1435G5557G2532G3030G2532G466612And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.G2532G5537G2596G3677G344G3361G344G4314G2264G402G1519G846G5561G1223G243G3598

The Escape to Egypt

13When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him."G1161G846G402G2400G32G2962G5316G2501G2596G3677G3004G1453G3880G3813G2532G846G3384G2532G5343G1519G125G2532G2468G1563G2193G302G2036G4671G2036G1063G2264G3195G2212G3813G622G84614So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,G1161G1453G3880G3813G2532G846G3384G3571G2532G402G1519G12515where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called my son."G2532G2258G1563G2193G5054G2264G2443G4137G3588G4483G5259G2962G1223G4396G3004G1537G125G2564G3450G520716When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.G5119G2264G1492G3754G1702G5259G3097G3029G2373G2532G649G337G3956G3816G1722G965G2532G1722G3956G3725G846G575G1332G2532G2736G2596G5550G3739G198G3844G309717Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:G5119G4137G3588G4483G5259G2408G4396G300418"A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more."G1722G4471G191G5456G191G2355G2532G2805G2532G4183G3602G4478G2799G846G5043G2532G2309G3756G3870G3754G1526G3756

The Return to Nazareth

19After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in EgyptG1161G2264G5053G2400G32G2962G5316G2596G3677G2501G1722G12520and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child's life are dead."G3004G1453G3880G3813G2532G846G3384G2532G4198G1519G1093G2474G1063G2348G3588G2212G3813G559021So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.G1161G1453G3880G3813G2532G846G3384G2532G2064G1519G1093G247422But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,G1161G191G3754G745G936G1909G2449G473G846G3962G2264G5399G565G1563G1161G5537G2596G3677G402G1519G3313G105623and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene."G2532G2064G2730G1519G4172G3004G3478G3704G4137G3588G4483G1223G4396G3754G2564G3480