Matthew 2:7
Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
KJV
τότε Ἡρῴδης λάθρᾳ καλέσας τοὺς μάγους ἠκρίβωσεν παρ’ αὐτῶν τὸν χρόνον τοῦ φαινομένου ἀστέρος,
Greek NT
Tunc Herodes clam vocatis magis diligenter didicit ab eis tempus stellæ, quæ apparuit eis :
Vulgate
Then Herod privily called the Wise-men, and learned of them exactly what time the star appeared.
ASV
Then Herod, privately calling the wise men learned diligently of them the time of the star which appeared to them;
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
καλέω
kaleo
verb · 148×
λάθρα
lathra
adverb · 4×
μάγος
magos
noun · 6×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
τότε
tote
adverb · 157×
φαίνω
phaino
verb · 31×
χρόνος
chronos
noun · 54×
ἀκριβόω
akriboo
verb · 2×
ἀστήρ
aster
noun · 24×
Ἡρώδης
erodes
noun · 43×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Catechism of the Catholic Church · 2 passages
§430Jesus means in Hebrew: "God saves." At the annunciation, the angel Gabriel gave him the name Jesus as his proper name, which expresses both his identity and his mission.18 Since God alone can forgive sins, it is God who, in Jesus his eternal Son made man, "will save his people from their sins".19 in Jesus, God recapitulates all of his history of salvation on behalf of men.
§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 …
2. But why, one may say, if He was to come from thence, did He live in Nazareth after the birth, and obscure the prophecy? Nay, He did not obscure it, but unfolded it the more. For the fact, that while His mother had her constant residence in the one place, He was born in the other, shows the thing to have been done by a Divine dispensation. And for this cause, let me add, neit…
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- Ps 55:21 — The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
- Ps 64:4 — That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.