Chapter 16.
And when the second year was past,1652
| 1652 One
ms. has: When two days were past.
Another: On the thirteenth day. |
Magi came from the east to
Jerusalem,
bringing great
gifts. And they made
strict inquiry of the
Jews,
saying: Where is the king who has been
born to you? for we have
seen his
star in the east, and have come to
worship him. And word
of this came to King
Herod, and so alarmed him that he called together
the
scribes and the
Pharisees, and the
teachers of the people, asking
of them where the
prophets had foretold that
Christ should be
born. And they said: In Bethlehem of
Judah. For it is
written: And thou Bethelehem, in the
land of
Judah, art by no
means the least among the
princes of
Judah; for out of thee shall come
forth a
Leader who shall rule my people
Israel.
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Then King
Herod summoned the magi
to him, and strictly inquired of them when the
star appeared to
them. Then, sending them to Bethlehem, he said: Go and make
strict inquiry about the
child; and when ye have found him, bring me
word again, that I may come and
worship him also. And while the
magi were going on their way, there appeared to them the
star, which
was, as it were, a
guide to them, going before them until they came to
where the
child was. And when the magi saw the
star, they
rejoiced with great
joy; and going into the
house, they saw the
child
Jesus sitting in His mother’s lap. Then they opened their
treasures, and presented great
gifts to the
blessed Mary and
Joseph. And to the
child Himself they offered each of them a
piece of
gold.
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| 1654 The siclus
aureus, or gold shekel, was worth £1, 16s. 6d. |
And
likewise one gave
gold, another
frankincense, and the third
myrrh.
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And when
they were going to return to King
Herod, they were
warned by an angel
in their sleep not to go back to Herod; and they returned to their own
country by another road.
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