Herod (Matthew 2)

Herod (Matthew 2) is a king Herod the Great: Ruler living at the time of the New Testament. He is named in 11 verses of the Bible, first in Matthew 2:1.

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Verses

Matthew

• Matthew 2:1
  Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
• Matthew 2:3
  When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
• Matthew 2:7
  Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.
• Matthew 2:12
  And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.
• Matthew 2:13
  And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
• Matthew 2:15
  And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
• Matthew 2:16
  Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
• Matthew 2:19
  But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
• Matthew 2:22
  But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,

Luke

• Luke 1:5
  There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron.

Acts

• Acts 23:35
  I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.

Notes

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