# Matthew 2:8

> And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”

— Matthew 2:8, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Bethlehem** (Judea · today Bethlehem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/bethlehem

## 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

- 1 Corinthians 3:19-20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-corinthians/3/19
- Jeremiah 41:5-7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/41/5
- Luke 20:20-21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/20/20

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/8
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).