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* Now when (note :)Christ a poor child , laid down in a crib , and though given no attention by his own people , receives nonetheless a noble witness of his divinity from heaven , and of his kingly estate from strangers : which his own people unknowingly let happen , although they did not acknowledge him .(:note ) Jesus was born in Bethlehem of For there was another in the tribe of Zebulun . Judaea in the days of Herod the king , behold , there came Wise and learned men : It is a Persian word which they use frequently . wise men from the east to Jerusalem , * Saying , Where is that King of the Iewes that is borne ? For wee haue seene his starre in the East , and are come to worship him . * When Herod the king had heard [these things ], he was (note :)Was much moved , for he was a foreigner , and became ruler by force ; and the Jews were troubled ; for wickedness is mad and raging .(:note ) troubled , and all Jerusalem with him . * And when he had gathered all the (note :)The chief priests , that is , such as were of Aaron 's family , who were divided into twenty-four orders . ( 1Ch_24:5 ; 2Ch_36:14 ).(:note ) chief priests and They that expound the law to the people , for the Hebrews take this word for another , which means as much as to expound and to declare . scribes of the people together , he demanded of them where Christ should be born . * And they saide vnto him , At Beth-leem in Iudea : for so it is written by the Prophet , * And thou Bethlehem , [in ] the land of Juda , art not the (note :)Though you are a small town , yet you will be very famous and notable through the birth of the Messiah , who will be born in you .(:note ) least among the princes of Juda : for out of thee shall come a Governor , that That will rule and govern : for kings are rightly called leaders and shepherds of the people . shall rule my people Israel . * Then Herod priuily called the Wisemen , and diligently inquired of them the time of the starre that appeared , * And sent them to Beth-leem , saying , Goe , and searche diligently for the babe : and when ye haue founde him , bring mee worde againe , that I may come also , and worship him . * So when they had heard the King , they departed : and loe , the starre which they had seene in the East , went before them , till it came and stoode ouer the place where the babe was . * And when they sawe the starre , they reioyced with an exceeding great ioy , * And when they were come into the house , they saw the young child with Mary his mother , and (note :)A kind of humble and lovely reverence .(:note ) fell down , and worshipped him : and when they had opened their The rich and costly presents , which they brought him . treasures , they presented unto him gifts ; gold , and frankincense , and myrrh . * And being (note :)God warned and told them of it , even though they did not ask him .(:note ) warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod , they departed into their own country another way . * * So he arose and tooke the babe and his mother by night , and departed into Egypt , * And was there vnto the death of Herod , that that might be fulfilled , which is spoken of the Lord by the Prophet , saying , Out of Egypt haue I called my sonne . * Then Herod , seeing that he was mocked of the Wisemen , was exceeding wroth , and sent foorth , and slew all the male children that were in Beth-leem , and in all the coasts thereof , from two yeere old and vnder , according to the time which he had diligently searched out of the Wisemen . * Then was fulfilled that which was spoken (note :)For God speaketh by the mouth of the prophets .(:note ) by Jeremy the prophet , saying , * In Rama was there (note :)A voice of lamenting , weeping and howling .(:note ) a voice heard , lamentation , and weeping , and great mourning , That is to say , All who live around Bethlehem : for Rachel , Jacob 's wife who died in childbirth , was buried by the road that leads to this town , which is also called Ephratah , because of the fruitfulness of the soil , and the plentifulness of corn . Rachel weeping [for ] her children , and would not be comforted , because they are not . * * Saying , Arise , and take the babe and his mother , and goe into the land of Israel : for they are dead which sought the babes life . * Then he arose vp and tooke the babe and his mother , and came into the land of Israel . * But whe he heard that Archelaus did reigne in Iudea in stead of his father Herod , he was afraide to go thither : yet after he was warned of God in a dreame , he turned aside into the parts of Galile , * And went and dwelt in a citie called Nazareth , that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophets , which was , That hee should be called a Nazarite .

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