“"Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared:" Attempting to slay that which was born, an act of extreme folly not of madness only; since what had been said and done was enough to have withholden him from any such attempt. For those occurrences were not…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on the Gospel of Matthew 7
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7Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
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5And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
6And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
— Matthew 2:7 —
8And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
9When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.