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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.

Matthew 2:9

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 9-12)

We have here the wise men’s humble attendance upon this new-born King of the Jews , and the honours they paid him. From Jerusalem they went to Bethlehem, resolving to seek till they should find ; but it is very strange that they went alone; that not one person of the court, church, or city, should accompany them, if not in conscience, yet in civility to them, or touched with a curiosity to see thi...

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