Matthew 2:1-3

The Magi Visit the Messiah

1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi^[a] 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 when it rose and have come to worship him.”

3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

Cross References

• 1. Luke 2:4-7
• 2. Luke 1:5
• 3. Jeremiah 23:5; Matthew 27:11; Mark 15:2; Luke 23:38; John 1:49; John 18:33-37
• 4. Numbers 24:17

Footnotes

• [a] Traditionally "wise men"