CHAP. II.
The offerings of the wise men:
the flight into Egypt: the
massacre of the Innocents
1 Now when Jesus was
born in Bethlehem of
Juda, in the days of king
Herod, behold, there came
wise men from the east to
Jerusalem,
2 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.
3 And king Herod hearing
this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem
with him.
4 And assembling together
all the chief priests and the
scribes of the people, he enquired
of them where Christ
should be born.
5 But they said to him:
In Bethlehem of Juda. For so
it is written by the prophet:
6 And thou Bethlehem, the
land of Juda, art not the least
among the princes of Juda:
for out of thee shall come forth
the ruler that shall rule my
people Israel
7 Then Herod privately
calling the wise men enquired
of them diligently the time of
the star's appearing to them:
8 And sending them into
Bethlehem, said: Go, and
search diligently after the
child; and when you have
found him, bring me word
again, that I also may come
and adore him.
9 And when they had
heard the king, they went
their way; and behold the star
which they had seen in the
east, went before them, until
it came and stood over where
the child was.
10 And seeing the star
they rejoiced with exceeding
great joy.
11 And going into the
house, they found the child
with Mary his mother, and
falling down they adored
him: and opening their
treasures, they offered him
gifts; gold, frankincense,
and myrrh.
12 And having received an
answer in sleep that they
should not return to Herod,
they went back another way
into their country.
13 And after they were
departed, behold an Angel of
the Lord appeared in sleep to
Joseph, saying: Arise, and
take the child and his mother,
and fly into Egypt; and
be there until I shall tell thee.
For it will come to pass that
Herod will seek the child to
destroy him.
14 And he arose and
took the child and his mother
by night, and departed
into Egypt: and he was
there until the death of
Herod:
15 That the word might
be fulfilled which the Lord
-- --
spoke by the prophet, saying:
Out of Egypt have I called
my Son.
16 Then Herod perceiving
that he was deluded by the
wise men, was exceeding angry;
and sending killed all the
men-children that were in
Bethlehem, and in all the borders
thereof, from two years
old and under, according to
the time which he had diligently
enquired of the wise
men.
17 Then was fulfilled that
which was spoken by Jeremias
the prophet, saying:
18 A voice in Rama was
heard, lamentation and great
mourning: Rachel bewailing
her children, and would not be
comforted, because they are not.
19 But when Herod was
dead, behold an Angel of the
Lord appeared in sleep to
Joseph in Egypt,
20 Saying: Arise, and
take the child and his mother,
and go into the land of
Israel. For they are dead that
sought the life of the child.
21 And he arose, and
took the child and his mother,
and came into the land
of Israel.
22 But hearing that Archelaus
reigned in Judea in
the room of Herod his father,
he was afraid to go thither:
and being warned in sleep he
turned aside into the quarters
of Galilee.
23 And he came and dwelt
in a city called Nazareth:
that what was said by the
prophets might be fulfilled:
He shall be called a Nazarene.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
