Wh&ebar; &cross2; Iesus was borne at Bethle&ebar;
a cytie of Iewry, in the tyme
of Herode the kynge. Beholde,
there came wyse men fr&obar; the east
to Ierusalem, sayinge: Where is
he that is borne king of Iewes? For we haue
sene hys note starre in the east, and are come
to worshyppe hym.
When Herode the kyng had hearde these
thynges, he was troubled, and all the cyte of
Ierusalem with hym. And whan he had gathered
all the chefe prestes and scrybes of the
people togeather, he demaunded of them,
where Christ shulde be borne. And they sayd
vnto hym: At Bethleem in Iewrye. For
thus it is wrytt&ebar; by the prophet: &rhand; note And
þu; Bethleem in the lande of Iuda, art not the
leest among the princes of Iuda. For note oute
of the shal there come vnto me the captayne,
that shall gouerne my people Israel.
Then Herode (wh&ebar; he had preuely called
the wyse men) he enquyred of th&ebar; diligently
what tyme the starre appered, ∧ he bad them
-- --
go to Bethleem, ∧ sayd: God your waye thither,
∧ searche dilig&ebar;tly for þe; childe. And wh&ebar;
ye haue fo&ubar;de him, bryng me word agayne,
that I maye come and worshyp hym also.
&cross2; Wh&ebar; they had heard þe; kyng, they departed:
and lo, the starre which they sawe in
the easte, w&ebar;t before th&ebar;, tyll it came, ∧ stode
ouer the place, wherin the chylde was. Wh&ebar;
they sawe the starre, they were exceadynge
glad: and went into the house, and found the
chylde with Mary his mother note ∧ fel downe
flatt and worshipped hym, and opened their
treasures ∧ offered vnto hym gyftes, golde,
franckincense, ∧ myrre. And after they were
warned of God in slepe (that they shuld not
go agayne to Herode) they returned &ibar;to their
awne countre another waye. &cross3;
Wh&ebar; they were departed, behold, the angel
of the Lord appered to Ioseph in slepe saying,
aryse, ∧ take the chyld and his mother,
and flye into Egipt: and be thou there tyll I
brynge the worde. For it wyll come to passe
that Herode shall seke the chylde, to destroye
hym.
C So whan he awoke, he toke the childe
and hys mother by night, and departed into
Egipt, and was there vnto the deeth of Herode,
that it myght be fulfylled, which was
spoken of þe; Lorde by the prophete, sayenge:
note out of Egypt haue I called my sonne.
Then Herode wh&abar; he sawe þt; he was mocked
of þe; wyse m&ebar;, he was exceading wroth,
∧ sent forth m&ebar; of warre, ∧ slue all þe; chyldr&ebar;
that were in Bethleem, and in all þe; coastes,
(as many as were two yeere olde or vnder)
accordynge to the tyme, whych he had dilygently
knowe out of the wyse men.
Then was fulfylled that, which was spok&ebar;
by the prophet Ieremy: where as he sayd:
in Rama was there a voyce herde note lamentacyon,
weping, and great mourninge. Rachel
weping for her chyldren, ∧ wolde not be
c&obar;forted &rhand; because they were not. &cross3; But
when Herode was deed: beholde, &cross2; an angell
of the Lorde appeared in a slepe to Ioseph,
in Egypte,
D sayenge: aryse, and take the
chylde of hys mother, and go into the lande
of Israell. note for they are deed which sought
the chyldes lyfe. And he arose, and toke the
chylde and hys mother, ∧ came into the land
of Israell. But when he hearde that Arthelaus
dyd raygne in Iewry, in the rowme of
his father Herode, he was afrayde to go thither.
Notwithstandinge, after he was warned
of God in a slepe, he turned a syde into þe;
parties of Galile, and went and dwelt in a
cyte which is called Nazareth: that it might
be fulfylled which was spoken by the prophetes:
he shalbe called a Nazarite. &cross3;
Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
