Matthew 2:2
Douay-Rheims
Saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to adore him.
Francis Patrick Kenrick
A star shall arise out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall spring up from Israel." Numb. xxiv. 17. It may have been connected with the gene- ral persuasion then prevailing, that about that time there would arise in Judea, one who would rule over the world. Tacitus and Suetonius, al- though pagans, testify to the existence of this belief.
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1863 · Matthew 2:2
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