7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.” 9 After they had heard the king,… Read More
Matthew 2:7-10 7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.” 9… Read More
Stephen: Preached the gospel to those who were about to kill him Daniel: Prayed when it was against the law Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: Did not bow before King Nebuchadnezzar’s golden statue Esther: Risked her life to persuade her husband, King Xerxes, to stop Haman’s plan to kill the Jews David: Fought Goliath with a… Read More
Matthew 2:3-6When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written… Read More
Matthew 2:1-2After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, ‘Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.’ (NIVUK)Although some traditional pictures show the… Read More
Matthew 1:17 (NIV)17 Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah. Matthew describes the human ancestry of Jesus Christ in three parts: from Abraham to David, from David to the Exile and from the Exile to… Read More