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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Matthew 2 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Matthew 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/1.htm" title="Matthew 1">◄</a> Matthew 2 <a href="../matthew/3.htm" title="Matthew 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/matthew/2.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The Visit of the Wise Men</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judea during the reign<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:1 Lit. days">a</a></span> of King Herod, wise men<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:1 Lit. magoi (Magi); i.e. Aramaic speaking wise men from Mesopotamia; or magi-astrologers; and so throughout the chapter; cf. Dan 1:4">b</a></span> arrived in Jerusalem from the east <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and asked, “Where is the one who was born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:2 Or at its rising">c</a></span> and have come to worship him.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, as was all of Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He called together all the high priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Messiah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:4 Or Christ">d</a></span> was to be born. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, because that is what was written by the prophet:</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>‘O Bethlehem in the land of Judah,</p> <p class="poetry2">you are by no means least among the rulers of Judah,</p> <p class="poetry2">because from you will come a ruler</p> <p class="poetry2 marginbot">who will shepherd<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:6 Or govern">e</a></span> my people Israel.’”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:6 Cf. Mic 5:2; 2 Sam 5:2">f</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then Herod secretly called together the wise men, found out from them the time the star had appeared, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and sent them to Bethlehem. He told them,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:8 The Gk. lacks them">g</a></span> “As you go, search carefully for the child. When you find him, tell me so that I, too, may go and worship him.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>After listening to the king, they set out, and the star they had seen in the east<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:9 Or at its rising">h</a></span> went ahead of them until it came and stopped over the place where the child was. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>When they saw the star, they were ecstatic with joy. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>After they went into the house and saw the child with his mother Mary, they fell down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasure sacks and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they left for their own country by a different road.</p> <p class="heading">The Escape to Egypt</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt,” he said. “Stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and kill him.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So Joseph<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:14 Lit. he">i</a></span> got up, took the child and his mother, and left at night for Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He stayed there until Herod’s death in order to fulfill what was declared by the Lord<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:15 MT source citation reads LORD">j</a></span> through the prophet when he said, “Out of Egypt I called my Son.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:15 Cf. Hos 11:1">k</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">The Massacre of the Infants</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Herod flew into a rage when he learned that he had been tricked by the wise men, so he ordered the execution of all the male children in Bethlehem and all its neighboring regions, who were two years old and younger, according to the time that he had determined from the wise men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then what was declared by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled when he said,</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“A voice was heard in Ramah:</p> <p class="poetry2">wailing and great mourning.</p> <p class="poetry2">Rachel was crying for her children.</p> <p class="poetry2">She refused to be comforted,</p> <p class="poetry2">because they no longer existed.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:18 Cf. Jer 31:15">l</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">The Return to Nazareth</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But after Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Get up,” he said. “Take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, because those who were trying to kill<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:20 Lit. were seeking the life of">m</a></span> the child are dead.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So Joseph<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:21 Lit. he">n</a></span> got up, took the child and his mother, and went into the land of Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, after having been warned in a dream. So he left for the region of Galilee <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/matthew/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and settled in a town called Nazareth in order to fulfill what was said by the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="2:23 The Gk. Nazoraios may be a word play between Heb. netser, meaning branch (cf. Isa 11:1), and the name Nazareth.">o</a></span> </p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 2:1 Lit. <i>days</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 2:1 Lit. <i>magoi </i>(Magi); i.e. Aramaic speaking wise men from Mesopotamia; or magi-astrologers; and so throughout the chapter; cf. Dan 1:4<br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 2:2 Or <i>at its rising</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 2:4 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 2:6 Or <i>govern</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 2:6 Cf. Mic 5:2; 2 Sam 5:2<br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 2:8 The Gk. lacks <i>them</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 2:9 Or <i>at its rising</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 2:14 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 2:15 MT source citation reads <i>LORD</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 2:15 Cf. Hos 11:1<br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 2:18 Cf. Jer 31:15<br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 2:20 Lit. <i>were seeking the life of</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 2:21 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 2:23 The Gk. <i>Nazoraios</i> may be a word play between Heb. <i>netser,</i> meaning <i>branch</i> (cf. 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