Matthew 2:1
And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came to Jerusalem,This verse in the real world
In what words
- μάγοςmágosa Magian, i.e. Oriental scientist; by implication, a magician
- ΒηθλεέμBēthleémBethleem (i.e. Beth-lechem), a place in Palestine
- ἀνατολήanatolḗa rising of light, i.e. dawn (figuratively); by implication, the east (also in plural)
- παραγίνομαιparagínomaito become near, i.e. approach (have arrived); by implication, to appear publicly
- ἩρώδηςHērṓdēsheroic; Herod, the name of four Jewish kings
- ἸουδαίαIoudaíathe Judæan land (i.e. Judæa), a region of Palestine
- γεννάωgennáōto procreate (properly, of the father, but by extension of the mother); figuratively, to r
- βασιλεύςbasileúsa sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- Herodium, Masada and the Herodian building programmeConfirmed by the groundHerod the Great's reign is visible in stone across Judaea, on the scale the sources describe.
- Josephus on Herod, the high priests and John the BaptistNamed outside the BibleA first-century Jewish historian independently describes the rulers, priests and executions the Gospels and Acts are set among — including the death of John the Baptist.
Cross-references
Mic 5:2, Jhn 7:42, Luk 2:4–7, Luk 2:11, Psa 72:9–12, Isa 11:10, Gen 49:10, Isa 60:1–22