Matthew 2:5 facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Matthew 2:5
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The prophet Micah by Hubert van Eyck
Book	Gospel of Matthew
Christian Bible part	New Testament

Matthew 2:5 is the fifth verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. The magi have informed King Herod that they had seen portents showing the birth of the King of the Jews. Herod has asked the leading Jewish religious figures about how to find out where Jesus was to be born. In this verse they tell him.

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In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:

And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea:

for thus it is written by the prophet,

The World English Bible translates the passage as:

They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea,

for this is written through the prophet,

The Novum Testamentum Graece text is:

οἱ δὲ εἶπαν αὐτῷ Ἐν Βηθλεὲμ τῆς Ἰουδαίας

οὕτως γὰρ γέγραπται διὰ τοῦ προφήτου

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