# Matthew 2:1

> After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

— Matthew 2:1, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem
- **Bethlehem** (Judea · today Bethlehem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/bethlehem
- **East** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/east
- **Judea 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/judea-1

## When

- 6-4 BC? (counted from the text)
- Date source: Matthew 2 puts the birth under Herod the Great, whose death Josephus (Antiquities XVII.8) dates to 4 BC.

## Who ruled

- **Herod the Great**, king of Judea, 37-4 BC, named in the text · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XIV-XVII
- **Augustus**, emperor of Rome, 27 BC – AD 14 · Source: Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Augustus; Res Gestae Divi Augusti
- **Archelaus**, ethnarch of Judea, 4 BC – AD 6 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.13; Jewish War II.7
- **Herod Antipas**, tetrarch of Galilee, 4 BC – AD 39 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- **Philip**, tetrarch of Ituraea, 4 BC – AD 34 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4

## See also

- Micah 5:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/micah/5/2
- John 7:42 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/7/42
- Luke 2:4-7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/2/4
- Psalms 72:9-12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/72/9
- Luke 2:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/2/11
- Isaiah 11:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/11/10
- Genesis 49:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/49/10
- Isaiah 60:1-22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/60/1

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## Questions linked to this verse

- In which town was Jesus born? — https://scriptoria.digital/en/questions/01a151d8-1aad-7d66-87e4-3a3ab344d085

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/1
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).