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Matthew 2:2The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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λέγοντες Ποῦ ἐστὶν ὁ τεχθεὶς βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων; εἴδομεν γὰρ αὐτοῦ τὸν ἀστέρα ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ καὶ ἤλθομεν προσκυνῆσαι αὐτῷ.
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Matthew 2:2The Bible in Living English
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2 saying “Where is the King of the Jews that has been born? for we saw his star coming up and have come to do him reverence.”
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Matthew 2:2American Standard Version
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2 Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
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Matthew 2:2The Emphasized Bible
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2 saying—Where is he that hath been born king of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and have come to bow down to him.
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Matthew 2:2King James Version
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2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
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MatthewWatch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
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2:2 w85 7/1 16-17; w84 12/1 10; w77 740; ad 478-479, 1147, 1242, 1552; im 82; w63 448; g62 12/22 7; g61 12/8 6; w60 396; w31 205
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Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 2New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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star: Most probably not a real star or a conjunction of planets. Only the astrologers “saw” the star.
when we were in the East: The Greek word rendered “East” literally means “rising.” In this context, the expression evidently refers to the location of the astrologers when they saw the star, though some have understood it to mean that the astrologers saw the star on the eastern sky or as it was “rising,” or appearing.
do obeisance: Or “bow down.” When the Greek verb pro·sky·neʹo is used to refer to the worship of a god or a deity, it is rendered “to worship.” In this context, however, the astrologers were asking for “the one born king of the Jews.” So it is clear that it refers to obeisance or homage to a human king, not a god. A similar usage is found at Mr 15:18, 19, where the term is used of the soldiers who mockingly “bowed down” to Jesus and called him “King of the Jews.”—See study note on Mt 18:26.
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