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Matthew 2:5

And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,

KJV

οἱ δὲ εἶπαν αὐτῷ, ἐν Βηθλέεμ τῆς Ἰουδαίας· οὕτως γὰρ γέγραπται διὰ τοῦ προφήτου·

Greek NT

At illi dixerunt : In Bethlehem Judæ : sic enim scriptum est per prophetam :

Vulgate

And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written through the prophet,

ASV

But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Βηθλεέμ
bethleem
noun · 8×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὕτω
outo
adverb · 208×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
Ἰουδαία
ioudaia
noun · 43×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§486The Father's only Son, conceived as man in the womb of the Virgin Mary, is "Christ", that is to say, anointed by the Holy Spirit, from the beginning of his human existence, though the manifestation of this fact takes place only progressively: to the shepherds, to the magi, to John the Baptist, to the disciples.123 Thus the whole life of Jesus Christ will make manifest "how God …
§528The Epiphany is the manifestation of Jesus as Messiah of Israel, Son of God and Saviour of the world. the great feast of Epiphany celebrates the adoration of Jesus by the wise men (magi) from the East, together with his baptism in the Jordan and the wedding feast at Cana in Galilee.212 In the magi, representatives of the neighbouring pagan religions, the Gospel sees the first-f…
1. To every careful thinker there is a gain Proverbs 14:23, Septuagint, says the proverb; and Christ implied more than this, when He said, He that seeks finds. Matthew 7:8 Wherefore it does not occur to me any more to wonder how Philip followed Christ. Andrew was persuaded when he had heard from John, and Peter the same from Andrew, but Philip not having learned anything from a…

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 16:1 — And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: fo
  • John 7:42 — Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
  • John 7:42 — Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
  • Judg 17:7 — And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
  • Matt 2:1 — Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
  • Ruth 1:1 — Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two so
  • Ruth 2:4 — And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.