Mateo 2:1
Nang ipanganak nga si Jesus sa Bet-lehem ng Judea sa mga kaarawan ng haring si Herodes, narito, ang mga Pantas na lalake ay nagsidating sa Jerusalem mula sa silanganan, na nagsisipagsabi,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