Matthew 2:2
Good News Translation
and asked, "Where is the baby born to be the king of the Jews? We saw his star when it came up in the east, and we have come to worship him."

New Revised Standard Version
asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.”

Contemporary English Version
and said, "Where is the child born to be king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."

New American Bible
saying, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Saying: Where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and are come to adore him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Saying: Where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and are come to adore him.

born.

Matthew 21:5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion: Behold thy king cometh to thee, meek and sitting upon an ass and a colt, the foal of her that is used to the yoke.

Psalm 2:6 But I am appointed king by him over Sion, his holy mountain, preaching his commandment.

Isaiah 9:6,7 For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace. . . .

Isaiah 32:1,2 Behold a king shall reign in justice, and princes shall rule in judgment. . . .

Jeremiah 23:5 Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will raise up to David a just branch: and a king shall reign, and shall be wise: and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem: BEHOLD THY KING will come to thee, the just and saviour: he is poor, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass.

Luke 2:11 For, this day is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David.

Luke 19:38 Saying: Blessed be the king who cometh in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory on high!

Luke 23:3,38 And Pilate asked him, saying: Art thou the king of the Jews? But he answering, said: Thou sayest it. . . .

John 1:49 Nathanael answered him and said: Rabbi: Thou art the Son of God. Thou art the King of Israel.

John 12:13 Took branches of palm trees and went forth to meet him and cried Hosanna. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel.

John 18:37 Pilate therefore said to him: Art thou a king then? Jesus answered: Thou sayest that I am a king. For this was I born, and for this came I into the world; that I should give testimony to the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

John 19:12-15,19 And from henceforth Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out, saying: If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar's friend. For whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. . . .

his.

Numbers 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near. A STAR SHALL RISE out of Jacob and a sceptre shall spring up from Israel: and shall strike the chiefs of Moab, and shall waste all the children of Seth

Isaiah 60:3 And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising.

Luke 1:78,79 Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient from on high hath visited us: . . .

Revelation 22:16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel, to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and stock of David, the bright and morning star.

worship.

Matthew 2:10,11 And seeing the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. . . .

Psalm 45:11 And the king shall greatly desire thy beauty; for he is the Lord thy God, and him they shall adore.

John 5:23 That all men may honour the Son, as they honour the Father. He who honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father who hath sent him.

John 9:38 And he said: I believe, Lord. And falling down, he adored him.

John 20:28 Thomas answered and said to him: My Lord and my God.

Hebrews 1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith: And let all the angels of God adore him.

Context
The Pilgrimage of the Magi
1When Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the East to Jerusalem, 2Saying: Where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and are come to adore him. 3And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.…
Cross References
Numbers 24:17
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near. A STAR SHALL RISE out of Jacob and a sceptre shall spring up from Israel: and shall strike the chiefs of Moab, and shall waste all the children of Seth

Jeremiah 23:5
Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will raise up to David a just branch: and a king shall reign, and shall be wise: and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

Jeremiah 30:9
But they shall serve the Lord their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.

Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion, shout for joy, O daughter of Jerusalem: BEHOLD THY KING will come to thee, the just and saviour: he is poor, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass.

Matthew 2:3
And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Matthew 27:11
And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, saying: Art thou the king of the Jews? Jesus saith to him: Thou sayest it.

Luke 19:38
Saying: Blessed be the king who cometh in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory on high!

Luke 23:38
And there was also a superscription written over him in letters of Greek and Latin and Hebrew THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

John 1:49
Nathanael answered him and said: Rabbi: Thou art the Son of God. Thou art the King of Israel.

Revelation 22:16
I, Jesus, have sent my angel, to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and stock of David, the bright and morning star.

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