Matthew 2:2
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"Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him."
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageJerusalem was Judea’s royal and religious center, where the Magi came seeking the newborn “king of the Jews” after observing his star in the East, likely lands east of Judea. Bethlehem, Egypt, Ramah, Galilee, Nazareth, and Judea frame Matthew’s surrounding account of Jesus’ birth, flight, mourning
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Matthew 2:2 mentions Bethlehem, East, Egypt, Galilee, Jerusalem, Judea, Nazareth and Ramah.
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