and sent and massacred all the boys under two years of age,
in Bethlehem and all its neighbourhood, according to the date
he had so carefully ascertained from the Magi.
002:017 Then were these words, spoken by the Prophet Jeremiah, fulfilled,
002:018 "A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and bitter lamentation:
It was Rachel bewailing her children, and she refused to be
comforted because there were no more."
002:019 But after Herod's death an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream
to Joseph in Egypt, and said to him,
002:020 "Rise from sleep, and take the child and His mother, and go
into the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's
life are dead."
002:021 So he roused himself and took the child and His mother and came
into the land of Israel.
002:022 But hearing that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod
on the throne of Judaea, he was afraid to go there; and being
instructed by God in a dream he withdrew into Galilee,
002:023 and went and settled in a town called Nazareth, in order that
these words spoken through the Prophets might be fulfilled,
"He shall be called a Nazarene."
003:001 About this time John the Baptist made his appearance,
preaching in the Desert of Judaea.
003:002 "Repent," he said, "for the Kingdom of the Heavens is now
close at hand."
003:003 He it is who was spoken of through the Prophet Isaiah when he said,
"The voice of one crying aloud, `In the desert prepare ye
a road for the Lord: make His highway straight.'"
003:004 This man John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a loincloth
of leather; and he lived upon locusts and wild honey.
003:005 Then large numbers of people went out to him--people from Jerusalem