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Matthew 2:5 | 1701
3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he
had called together all the people’s c hief p
riests and teachers of the law, he a
sked them
where the Messiah was to be born. 5 “In Bethlehem y in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what
the prophet has written:
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by birth, as Jesus was. all Jerusalem. May
refer particularly to the many political and
religious leaders Herod installed, who were
equally illegitimate according to Jewish
law.
the star guides the Magi from Jerusalem to
Bethlehem (v. 9).
2:2 when it rose. Lit. “from the dawn,”
which is a more likely translation than “in
the east” because Magi from the east would
have seen the star in their west.
2:3 disturbed. Herod was concerned be-
cause he was not a legitimate king of Israel
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by Roman
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3RD GENERATION 4TH GENERATION
Herod of Chalcis Felix (Governor of Judea)
Herod Agrippa I King of Judea (AD 37– 44); killed
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Galilee
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Sea of
Galilee
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Persia and Arabia. The appearance of a new
celestial light above a certain land was of-
ten believed to portend the birth of a king
in that country. Although various attempts
have been made to equate the “star” with
a comet, a conjunction of planets, or some
other natural phenomena, a supernatural
explanation is better, especially because
2:5 y Jn 7:42
Ruled by Roman
governors
Herod Agrippa II
James; put Peter into prison; struck down by an angel
(Acts 12:1–24) DRUSILLA
Married Felix, governor of Judea (ad 52–59);
Felix tried Paul (Acts 24:24)
HERODIAS Married her uncle Herod Philip I, and then
a second uncle, Herod Antipas (Matt 14:3; Mark 6:17) Herod Agrippa II
Denotes Herodias’s marriage to Herod Antipas
Denotes Herodias’s marriage to Herod Philip I
and daughter of that marriage
20 mi.
King of Judea; Paul makes a legal defense before him
(Acts 25:13—26:32)
BERNICE
With her brother at the time of Paul’s defense
(Acts 25:13)
SALOME
Daughter of Herodias and Herod Philip I; danced in
exchange for the head of John the Baptist (Matt 14:1–12;
Mark 6:14–29)