Matthew 2:1

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

Magi Arrive Seeking The Newborn King. King Herod Sends Them To Bethlehem

2 Now Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod^[a] the king, behold— magi^[b] from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

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Footnotes

Matthew 2:1 That is, Herod the Great, king of Israel from 37 to 4 b.c.
Matthew 2:1 That is, wise men/priests/seers/astrologers at least similar (their country is not given) to those in Daniel 2:48. Perhaps their knowledge came from Daniel’s prophecies.

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Disciples’ Literal New Testament (DLNT)

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