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PATROLOGOS edutainment

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying; «Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and we have come to worship Him». 

When he heard this, Herod the king, he was troubled and all Jerusalem with him, and gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people he inquired of them where the Christ would be born. 

So they said to him; «In Bethlehem of Judea; for thus it is written by the prophet; And you Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way the least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you shall come forth a ruler, who will shepherd my people Israel. 

Then Herod when he had privately called the wise men determined from them what time the star had appeared, and he sent them to Bethlehem and said; «Go and search diligently for the young child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, so that I also may come and worship Him». 

After listening to the king they departed; and behold, the star which they had seen in the East, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was; 

when they saw the star they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy, and when they had come into the house they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and they fell down and worshiped Him, and opening their treasures they presented gifts to Him, gold and frankincense and myrrh; 

and having been warned in a dream that they should not return to Herod, using another way they departed for their own country. 

Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph saying; «Arise take the young Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him». 

When he arose he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet saying; «Out of Egypt I called My Son». 

Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, he became extremely angry, and he sent forth and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all the surrounding countryside from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. 

Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet saying; «A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and weeping and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted, because they are no more». 

Now when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt saying; «Arise take the young Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel; for they are dead those who sought the life of the young Child». 

Then he arose took the young Child and His mother and came into the land of Israel. 

However when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea instead of Herod his father, he was afraid to go there; and being warned in a dream he withdrew into the region of Galilee, 

and he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled what had been spoken through the prophets that «He shall be called a Nazarene».