Matthew 2 Matthew 2
Birth and preparation of the King
The Pilgrimage of the Magi (Micah 5:1–6)
2 TNT Where is he that is borne kynge of the Iues? We have sene his starre in the eest and are come to worship him. BSB BSB: asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”
3 TNT When Herode the kynge had herde thys he was troubled and all Ierusalem with hym BSB BSB: When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
4 TNT and he gathered all the chefe Prestes and Scribes of the people and axed of them where Christ shulde be borne. BSB BSB: And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.
5 TNT And they sayde vnto hym: at Bethlee in Iury. For thus it is written by the Prophet. BSB BSB: “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
6 TNT And thou Bethleem in the londe of Iury art not the leest concernynge the princes of Iuda. For out of the shall come the captayne that shall govern my people Israhel. BSB BSB: ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
7 TNT Then Herod prevely called the wyse men and dyligetly enquyred of them the tyme of the starre that appered BSB BSB: Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.
8 TNT and sent the to Bethleem saynge: Goo and searche dyligetly for the chylde. And when ye have founde hym bringe me worde that I maye come and worshippe hym also. BSB BSB: And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”
9 TNT When they had heard the kynge they departed: and lo the starre which they sawe in the eeste went before them tyll it came and stode over the place where the chylde was. BSB BSB: After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.
10 TNT When they sawe the starre they were marvelously glad: BSB BSB: When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great delight.
11 TNT and went into the house and found the chylde with Mary hys mother and kneled doune and worshipped hym and opened their treasures and offred vnto hym gyftes gold frackynsence and myrre. BSB BSB: On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.
12 TNT And after they were warned of God in a dreame that they shuld not go ageyne to Herod they retourned into their awne countre another waye. BSB BSB: And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.
The Flight to Egypt (Hosea 11:1–7)
13 TNT When they were departed: beholde the angell of the Lorde appered to Ioseph in dreame sayinge: aryse and take the chylde and his mother and flye into Egypte and abyde there tyll I brynge the worde. For Herod will seke the chylde to destroye hym. BSB BSB: 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.”
14 TNT The he arose and toke the chylde and his mother by night and departed into Egypte BSB BSB: So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,
Weeping and Great Mourning (Jeremiah 31:1–25)
16 TNT Then Herod perceavynge that he was moocked of the wyse men was excedynge wroth and sent forth and slue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem and in all the costes there of as many as were two yere olde and vnder accordynge to the tyme which he had diligetly searched oute of the wyse men. BSB BSB: 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.
17 TNT Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by the Prophet Ieremy sayinge: BSB BSB: Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:
18 TNT On the hilles was a voyce herde mornynge wepynge and greate lamentacion: Rachel wepynge for her chyldren and wolde not be conforted because they were not. BSB BSB: “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
The Return to Nazareth (Luke 2:39–40)
20 TNT sayinge: arise and take the chylde and his mother and go into the londe of Israel. For they are deed which sought the chyldes life. BSB BSB: “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.”
21 TNT Then he arose vp and toke the chylde and his mother and cam into the londe of Israhel. BSB BSB: So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.
22 TNT But when he hearde that Archelaus did raygne in Iury in the roume of his father Herode he was afrayde to goo thither. Not withstondynge after he was warned of god in a dreame he turned a syde into the parties of Galile BSB BSB: 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,
23 TNT and wet and dwelt in a cite called Nazareth to fulfill that which was spoken by the Prophetes: he shalbe called a Nazarite BSB BSB: and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”