Matthew 2:6 facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Matthew 2:6
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"Bethlehem… Micah v. 2. Upon the side of yonder hill, … is set that little city…". Illustration from The Holy Land and the Bible (1888)
Book	Gospel of Matthew
Christian Bible part	New Testament

Matthew 2:6 is the sixth 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 by quoting from the Book of Micah.

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

And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the

least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall

come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

The World English Bible translates the passage as:

You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among

the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come forth

a governor, who shall shepherd my people, Israel."

The Novum Testamentum Graece text is:

Καὶ σὺ Βηθλεέμ, γῆ Ἰούδα,

οὐδαμῶς ἐλαχίστη εἶ ἐν τοῖς ἡγεμόσιν Ἰούδα

ἐκ σοῦ γὰρ ἐξελεύσεται ἡγούμενος,

ὅστις ποιμανεῖ τὸν λαόν μου τὸν Ἰσραήλ.

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