saying, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star at its rising[a] and have come to worship him.” And when[b] King Herod heard it,[c] he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him, and after[d] calling together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired from them where the Christ was to be born.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:2 Or, “when it rose”; traditionally rendered “in the east” by many English versions
  2. Matthew 2:3 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  3. Matthew 2:3 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  4. Matthew 2:4 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“calling together”) which is understood as temporal