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NASB | Matthew 2:16 ¶ Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 2:16 ¶ Then Herod, when he realized that he had been tricked by the magi, was extremely angry, and he sent [soldiers] and put to death all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that area who were two years old and under, according to the date which he had learned from the magi. |
Subject: How old was Jesus when the Magi brought |
Bible Note: Songbird! Just 2 other points for the nazareth to egypt and back trek: 1. If Jc was in nazareth when the wise men visited him, then it wd have been very easy for them to escape home back east, since they wd not have had to back down south to jerusalem. 2. God had the prophecy of Hosea 11:1 to fulfill by sending jc into egypt no matter how inconvenient it wd have been for them to by pass jerusalem along the the sea coast. see matthew 2:15. Hope that helps. Love and repsect, your biC, Giam |