aSee ch. 1:17
bCited from Mic. 5:2
cEzek. 34:23; John 21:15-17; [2 Sam. 5:2; Rev. 7:17]
d[1 Sam. 9:7; Ps. 72:10]
eIsa. 60:6
fRev. 18:13
gEx. 30:23; Ps. 45:8; John 19:39
hver. 22; [ver. 13, 19]
i[ch. 27:19; Gen. 20:6; 31:11; Num. 12:6; Job 33:15]
jver. 19; ch. 1:20; [ver. 12, 22]
kSee ch. 1:22
lCited from Hos. 11:1
m1 John 3:8, 12; [ver. 23]; See Matt. 13:38
nGen. 4:8, 9; 1 John 3:12, 15; [Rom. 5:12]
o[1 John 2:4]
pGen. 3:4; 2 Cor. 11:3; Rev. 12:9
qSee ch. 1:13
rSee Matt. 24:42
sEph. 4:27; 6:11; Rev. 12:9, 12; [Job 1:9-12; Luke 22:31; 2 Cor. 2:11]
tJob 1:7; 2:2
u[Ps. 22:21]
v[Isa. 66:7-10; Mic. 4:10]

Exodus 1:16

16“When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.”

Matthew 2:3-16

3When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where athe Christ was to be born. 5They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:

6 b“‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for from you shall come a ruler
who will cshepherd my people Israel.’”
 7Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. 8And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.” 9After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was. 10When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. 11And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, dthey offered him gifts, egold and ffrankincense and gmyrrh. 12And hbeing warned iin a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.

The Flight to Egypt

13Now when they had departed, behold, jan angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt 15and remained there until the death of Herod. kThis was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, l“Out of Egypt I called my son.”

Herod Kills the Children

16Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.

John 8:44

44 mYou are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. nHe was a murderer from the beginning, and odoes not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. pWhen he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

1 Peter 5:8

8 qBe sober-minded; rbe watchful. Your sadversary the devil tprowls around ulike a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Revelation of John 12:2

2She was pregnant and vwas crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth.
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