2:7 Then Herod 1 privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared. 2:8 He 2 sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.”
2:16 When Herod 3 saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men 4 to kill all the children in Bethlehem 5 and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.
1 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.
2 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
3 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Note the fulfillment of the prophecy given by the angel in 2:13.
4 tn Or “soldiers.”
5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.