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Then Herod[a] privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared. He[b] sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.” After listening to the king they left, and once again[c] the star they saw when it rose[d] led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:7 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.
  2. Matthew 2:8 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
  3. Matthew 2:9 tn Grk “and behold the star.”
  4. Matthew 2:9 tn See the note on the word “rose” in 2:2.