Mat 2:3-13, 16, Joh 11:47-50, Act 2:23, 5:28, 7:52, 13:27-28 | ESV | STEP | When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled , and all Jerusalem with him ;

3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where ^athe Christ was to be born. 5 They 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.’”
7 Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared. 8 And 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.” 9 After 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. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. 11 And 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. 12 And ^hbeing warned ⁱin a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.

The Flight to Egypt

13 Now 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.”

Matthew 2:16

Herod Kills the Children

16 Then 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 11:47-50

47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees ^kgathered ^lthe council and said, ^m“What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and ⁿthe Romans will come and take away both our ^oplace and our nation.” 49 But one of them, ^pCaiaphas, ^qwho was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. 50 Nor do you understand that ^rit is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.”

Acts 2:23

23 this Jesus, ^{▼▼Greek this one} ^tdelivered up according to ^uthe definite plan and ^vforeknowledge of God, ^wyou crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men.

Acts 5:28

28 saying, ^x“We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you ^yintend to bring this man’s blood upon us.”

Acts 7:52

52 ^zWhich of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of ^aathe Righteous One, ^abwhom you have now betrayed and murdered,

Acts 13:27-28

27 For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because ^acthey did not recognize him nor understand ^adthe utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, ^aefulfilled them by condemning him. 28 And ^afthough they found in him no guilt worthy of death, ^agthey asked Pilate to have him executed.