The
Visit Of The Magi
After
Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea,
During
the time of King Herod,
Magi
from the east came to Jerusalem
2
And 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.'
3
When King Herod heard this he was disturbed,
And
all Jerusalem with him.
4
When he had called together
All
the people's Chief Priests and Teachers of the Law,
He
asked them where the Christ was to begorn.
5
'In Bethlehem in Judea,' they replied,
'For
this is what the Prophet has written:
'But
you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
Are
by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
Four
out of you will come a Ruler
Who
will be the Shepherd of My people Israel.'
7
Then Herod called the Magi secretly
And
found out from them the exact time the Star had appeared.
8
He sent them to Bethlehem and said,
'God
and make a careful search for the child.
As
soon as you find him, report to me,
So
I too may go and worship him.'
9
After 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.
10
When they saw the Star, they were Overjoyed.
11
On coming to the house,
They
saw the Child with his mother Mary,
And
they bowed down and worshiped Him.
Then
they opened their Treasurers
And
presented Him with gifts
Of
Gold and of Incense and of Myrrh.
12
And having been warned in a Dream
Not
to go back to Herod,
They
returned to their country by another route.
The
Escape To Egypt
13
When 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 gong to search for the Child to Kill Him.'
14
So he got up,
Took
the Child and his mother during the night
And
left for Egypt,
15
Where 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.'
16
When Herod realized
That
he had been outwitted by the Magi,
He
was Furious,
And
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.
17
Then what was said through the Prophet Jeremiah
Was
Fulfilled:
18
'A voice is heard in Ramah,
Weeping
and Great Mourning,
Rachel
weeping for he children
and
refusing to be comforted,
Because
they are no more.'
The
Return To Nazareth
19
After Herod died,
And
Angel of the Lord appeared in a Dream
To
Joseph in Egypt and said,
'20
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.'
21
So he got up,
Took
the Child and his mother
And
went to the land of Israel.
22
But 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,
23
And he went and lived in a town called Nazareth.
So
was Fulfilled what was said
Through
the Prophets:
'He
will be called a Nazarene.'
(Matthew
2)
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