Matthew 2 Cross References - Williams

¹ Now when Jesus was born at Bethlehem in Judea in the days of King Herod, stargazers came from the East to Jerusalem ² and asked, "Where is He that is born King of the Jews? We saw His star when it rose and have come to worship Him." ³ Now when King Herod heard of it, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ So he called together all the high priests and scribes of the people, and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born. ⁵ They told him, "At Bethlehem in Judea, for this is what the prophet wrote: ⁶ 'And you, Bethlehem in Judah's land, You are not at all the least among the leading places of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler, who will shepherd my people Israel.'" ⁷ Then Herod secretly sent for the stargazers, and found out from them exactly the time the star appeared. ⁸ So he sent them to Bethlehem with this order, "Go and carefully search for the child, and when you find Him, bring back word to me, and I too may come and do Him homage." ⁹ After listening to the king, they started on their journey, and the star which they had seen rise led them on until it came and stopped over the place where the child was. ¹⁰ When they saw the star, they were thrilled with ecstatic joy, ¹¹ and went into the house and saw the child with His mother, Mary; and they fell at His feet and worshiped Him. They opened up their treasure sacks and presented Him with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. ¹² Then, as they had been divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they set out to their own country by another route. ¹³ After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Wake up! Tenderly take the child and His mother, and escape to Egypt; stay there until I further direct you, for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy Him." ¹⁴ Then he awoke and tenderly took the child and His mother by night and made their escape to Egypt; ¹⁵ he stayed there until Herod's death, so as to fulfill what the Lord had said by the prophet, "Out of Egypt I called my Son." ¹⁶ Then Herod, because he saw that a trick had been played on him by the stargazers, was very angry, and sent and slaughtered all the boy babies in Bethlehem and in all that neighborhood, from two years down, in accordance with the time which he had found out from the stargazers. ¹⁷ Then the saying was fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: ¹⁸ "A sob was heard in Ramah, weeping and great wailing, Rachel weeping for her children, and she refused to be comforted, because they were gone." ¹⁹ But after Herod died, an angel of the Lord in a dream appeared to Joseph in Egypt, ²⁰ and said, "Wake up, tenderly take the child and His mother, and make the trip to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead." ²¹ Then he awoke, tenderly took the child and His mother, and made the trip to the land of Israel. ²² But because he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there; and because he was divinely warned in a dream, he set out for the region of Galilee. ²³ He went to a town called Nazareth and made his home there, so that the saying of the prophet was fulfilled: "He shall be called a Nazarene."

²⁰ But just as this thought occurred to him, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for it is through the influence of the Holy Spirit that she has become an expectant mother.

²² Now all this occurred to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:

²⁴ So when Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord directed him, and took her as his wife; ²⁵ but he did not live with her as a husband until she had had a son; and he named Him Jesus.

¹ Now when Jesus was born at Bethlehem in Judea in the days of King Herod, stargazers came from the East to Jerusalem ² and asked, "Where is He that is born King of the Jews? We saw His star when it rose and have come to worship Him." ³ Now when King Herod heard of it, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

⁵ They told him, "At Bethlehem in Judea, for this is what the prophet wrote:

¹⁰ When they saw the star, they were thrilled with ecstatic joy, ¹¹ and went into the house and saw the child with His mother, Mary; and they fell at His feet and worshiped Him. They opened up their treasure sacks and presented Him with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. ¹² Then, as they had been divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they set out to their own country by another route.

¹² Then, as they had been divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they set out to their own country by another route. ¹³ After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Wake up! Tenderly take the child and His mother, and escape to Egypt; stay there until I further direct you, for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy Him."

¹³ After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Wake up! Tenderly take the child and His mother, and escape to Egypt; stay there until I further direct you, for Herod is going to search for the child to destroy Him."

¹⁶ Then Herod, because he saw that a trick had been played on him by the stargazers, was very angry, and sent and slaughtered all the boy babies in Bethlehem and in all that neighborhood, from two years down, in accordance with the time which he had found out from the stargazers. ¹⁷ Then the saying was fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:

¹⁹ But after Herod died, an angel of the Lord in a dream appeared to Joseph in Egypt,

¹⁹ But after Herod died, an angel of the Lord in a dream appeared to Joseph in Egypt, ²⁰ and said, "Wake up, tenderly take the child and His mother, and make the trip to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."

²⁰ and said, "Wake up, tenderly take the child and His mother, and make the trip to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead." ²¹ Then he awoke, tenderly took the child and His mother, and made the trip to the land of Israel. ²² But because he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there; and because he was divinely warned in a dream, he set out for the region of Galilee. ²³ He went to a town called Nazareth and made his home there, so that the saying of the prophet was fulfilled: "He shall be called a Nazarene."

¹³ Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be baptized by him.

⁹ and said to Him, "Every bit of this I will give to you, if you will fall on your knees and worship me." ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For the Scripture says, 'You must worship the Lord your God, and serve Him alone.'"

¹⁴ to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: ¹⁵ "Land of Zebulon and land of Naphtali, on the road to the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the nations;

²⁹ for He was teaching them as one who had authority to teach, and not as their scribes did.

¹⁷ and so fulfilled what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, "He took our sicknesses and bore away our diseases."

²⁹ And they suddenly screamed, "What do you want of us, you Son of God? Have you come here before the appointed time to torture us?"

²³ But whenever they persecute you in one town, flee to a different one. For I solemnly say to you, you will not cover all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man returns.

¹⁶ and charged them not to publish Him, ¹⁷ and in this way fulfilled the saying spoken by the prophet Isaiah: ¹⁸ "Here is my Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved, in whom my soul delights itself. I will endow Him with my Spirit, and He will announce a judgment to the heathen.

⁵² He said to them, "Every scribe who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who can bring out of his storeroom new furnishings as well as old."

³³ And the men in the boat worshiped Him, and said, "You are certainly God's Son."

⁴ Now this occurred to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: ⁵ "Tell the daughter of Zion, your King is now coming to you, gentle, and riding on a donkey, yea, on the colt of a beast of burden."

¹⁵ But because the high priests and scribes saw the wonders that He did and the children shouting in the temple, "Welcome the Son of David," they were indignant

²³ And when He had come into the temple, the high priests and elders of the people came up to Him while He was teaching, and asked, "What sort of authority have you for doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"

³⁷ "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! The city that has kept on murdering the prophets, and stoning those who have been sent to her, how often I have yearned to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you refused!

³ Then the high priests and the elders of the people met in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

³ Then the high priests and the elders of the people met in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, ⁴ and plotted to arrest Jesus by stratagem and put Him to death. ⁵ But they kept saying, "It must not be at the feast, for a riot may break out among the people."

⁴⁷ Even while He was still speaking, here came Judas, one of the Twelve, and with him a crowd, with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the elders of the people. ⁴⁸ Now His betrayer had given them a signal by saying, "The one I kiss is He. Seize Him!" ⁴⁹ And he went straight up to Jesus and said, "Good evening, Rabbi," and affectionately kissed Him.

⁵⁴ How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, for they say this is the way it must be?"

⁵⁶ But this has all taken place so that the writings of the prophets may be fulfilled." Then the disciples all forsook Him and made their escape.

⁷¹ Then he went out into the gateway, and another waiting girl saw him, and said to those there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene."

¹ As soon as day broke, all the high priests and elders held a consultation against Jesus, to put Him to death.

¹¹ Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus answered, "Yes."

¹⁹ Now while he was on the bench, his wife sent him this word, "Do not have anything to do with that righteous man, for I have this morning suffered excruciating pain in a dream caused by Him."

³⁵ Then they crucified Him and divided among them His clothes by drawing lots,

¹⁸ Then Jesus came up to them, and said, "Full authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

²⁴ "What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, God's Holy One!"

³¹ Then He instructed them for the first time that the Son of Man had to endure great suffering and be disowned by the elders and the high priests and the scribes, and be killed but rise again after three days.

⁵ In the days when Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest whose name was Zechariah, who belonged to the division of Abijah. His wife was also a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

²⁶ Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

⁷⁸ Because the heart of our God is merciful. And so the day will dawn upon us from on high, ⁷⁹ to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

⁴ And Joseph too went up from Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to the town of David in Judea called Bethlehem, because he was a descendant of the house and family of David, ⁵ to register with Mary who was engaged to be married to him and who was an expectant mother. ⁶ While they were there, the time came for her to give birth, ⁷ and she bore her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him up and laid Him in a manger, for there was no room for them at the inn.

¹⁰ But the angel said to them: "Stop being afraid, for now I bring you good tidings of great joy which is to be for all the people; ¹¹ for today, in the town of David, a Saviour for you has been born, who is to be your Messiah and Lord.

¹⁵ Then when the angel left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us now go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has told us." ¹⁶ So they hurried to the place and found Joseph and Mary; also the baby lying in the manger.

²⁰ Then the shepherds went back continuing to give glory and praise to God for all that they had heard and seen, just as it had been told them.

²⁶ It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not die without seeing the Lord's Messiah. ²⁷ So under the Spirit's guidance he went into the temple, and when the parents brought the child Jesus there to do for Him as the custom of the law required, ²⁸ Symeon also took Him in his arms and blessed God, and said: ²⁹ "Now, Master, you will let your slave go free in peace, as you have promised; ³⁰ for my eyes have seen your Salvation, ³¹ which you prepared before all peoples, ³² a light of revelation to the heathen, and a glory to your people Israel."

³⁸ Just at that time she came up and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were expecting the deliverance of Jerusalem. ³⁹ Now when they had completed everything that was in accordance with the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

³⁸ and said: "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and praise on high!"

¹⁹ Then the scribes and the high priests tried to arrest Him at that very hour, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that He meant this story for them. ²⁰ So they closely watched and sent spies who pretended to be upright men, to catch Him in His conversation, so as to turn Him over to the power and authority of the governor. ²¹ They asked Him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and show no favors to anyone, but teach the way of God honestly.

³ Then Pilate asked Him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" And He answered him, "Yes, I am."

¹⁰ Meanwhile, the high priests and the scribes stood by and continued vehemently to accuse Him.

³⁸ Yes, there was a placard above His head: "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS."

⁴⁴ Then He said to them, "This is what I told you while I was still with you, that everything which is written about me in the law of Moses, in the prophets, and in the Psalms, had to be fulfilled."

⁴⁵ Philip sought out Nathaniel and said to him, "We have found the One about whom Moses wrote in the law and the One about whom the prophets wrote; it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazareth." ⁴⁶ Then Nathaniel said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."

⁴⁹ Nathaniel answered Him, "Teacher, you are the Son of God, you are the king of Israel!"

¹⁰ Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel and do not know this?

²² For the Father passes sentence on no one, but He has committed all judgment to the Son, ²³ that all men may honor the Son as they do the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

²³ that all men may honor the Son as they do the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

³² The Pharisees heard the people whispering this about Him, and so the high priests and Pharisees sent some officers to arrest Him.

⁴¹ Others said, "This is the Christ." But still others said, "The Christ does not come from Galilee, does He? ⁴² Do not the Scriptures say that the Christ is to spring from David and to come from the village of Bethlehem where David lived?"

⁴² Do not the Scriptures say that the Christ is to spring from David and to come from the village of Bethlehem where David lived?"

⁵² Then they answered him, "You are not from Galilee, too, are you? Search the record and see that no prophet has ever come from Galilee."

³ And the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman they had caught in adultery. And standing her in the middle,

³⁸ So he said, "Lord, I believe!" Then he worshiped Him.

⁴⁷ So the high priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council, and began to say, "What are we to do? For this man is certainly performing many wonder-works. ⁴⁸ If we let Him go on this way, everybody will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and blot out both our city and nation."

¹³ took palm branches and went out to meet Him, and kept on shouting: "Blessings on Him! Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord; Blessings on the King of Israel!"

³ So Judas got together the Roman garrison and some attendants from the high priests and Pharisees, and went there with lanterns and torches and weapons.

⁵ They answered Him, "Jesus of Nazareth." He said to them, "I am He." And Judas who betrayed Him was standing among them.

⁷ So once more He asked them, "Who is it that you are looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."

³⁷ Then Pilate said to Him, "So you are a king then?" Jesus answered, "Certainly I am a king. For this very purpose I was born, for this very purpose I have come into the world, to testify for truth. Everybody who is a friend of truth listens to my voice."

¹² Because of this Pilate kept on trying to set Him free, but the Jews shouted, "If you set Him free, you are no friend to the emperor. Anyone who claims to be a king is uttering treason against the emperor!" ¹³ On hearing this Pilate had Jesus brought out and had Him sit on the judge's bench at the place called the Stone Platform, or in Hebrew, Gabbatha. ¹⁴ It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, and it was about noon. Then Pilate said to the Jews, "There is your king!" ¹⁵ But they shouted, "Kill Him! Kill Him! Crucify Him!" Pilate said to them, "Must I crucify your king?" The high priests answered, "We have no king but the emperor!"

¹⁹ Pilate had a placard written and had it put over the cross: "JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS."

²⁸ After this, as Jesus knew that everything was now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, He said, "I am thirsty."

³⁶ For this took place that this Scripture might be fulfilled, "Not a bone of His will be broken."

²⁸ Thomas answered Him, "My Lord and my God!"

¹⁶ Jesus again said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, are you really devoted to me?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I tenderly love you." Jesus said to him, "Then be a shepherd to my sheep."

¹⁶ "Brothers, that Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit uttered by the mouth of David in the former times about Judas who became the guide to those who arrested Jesus;

²² "Fellow Israelites, listen to what I say. Jesus of Nazareth, as you yourselves well know, a man accredited to you by God through mighty deeds and wonders and wonder-works which God performed through Him right here among you,

² because they were very much disturbed over their continuing to teach the people and to declare in the case of Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

⁵ On the next day the leading members of the council, the elders, and the scribes,

¹⁹ But Peter and John answered them, "You must decide whether it is right in the sight of God to obey you instead of Him,

²⁴ When they heard this, with one united prayer to God they said: "O Lord, you are the Maker of heaven, earth, and sea, and everything that is in them, and the One ²⁵ who spoke thus through the Holy Spirit by the lips of our forefather David, your servant: 'Why did the heathen rage, and the peoples make vain designs? ²⁶ The kings of the earth took their stand. The rulers met against the Lord, and too, against His Christ.' ²⁷ "For in this city they actually met against your holy Servant Jesus, whom you had consecrated -- Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the heathen and the peoples of Israel,

¹⁹ But in the night the angel of the Lord threw open the jail doors and let them out, and said to them,

²⁴ When the military commander of the temple square and the high priest heard this, they were utterly at a loss to know how this might turn out. ²⁵ But somebody came by and reported to them, "The men that you put in jail are standing right here in the temple square, teaching the people." ²⁶ Then the military commander went with his attendants and brought them back, but without any violence, for they were afraid of being pelted with stones by the people. ²⁷ So they brought them and had them stand before the council. And the high priest asked them, ²⁸ "Did we not positively forbid you to teach anymore on this authority, and yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and now want to bring on us the people's vengeance for this man's death!" ²⁹ Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.

¹² By this means they excited the people, the elders, and the scribes, and so they rushed upon him, seized him, and brought him before the council.

¹⁹ By taking a cunning advantage of our race he oppressed our forefathers by forcing them to expose their infants so that they should not live.

¹³ But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard many people tell of this man, especially the great sufferings he has brought on your people in Jerusalem. ¹⁴ Now he is here and has authority from the high priests to put in chains all who call upon your name."

⁷ After the angel who had spoken to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his household servants, and a religious soldier who was one of his devoted attendants,

²² They answered, "Cornelius, a colonel in the army, an upright man and one who reveres God, and a man of high reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to listen to a message you would bring."

²⁵ When Peter went into the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet and did homage to him. ²⁶ But Peter lifted him to his feet, saying, "Get up, I too am just a man myself."

¹ About that time Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, in order to do them violence. ² He had James the brother of John murdered with a sword, ³ and when he saw that this was agreeable to the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too -- it was at the time of the feast of Unleavened Bread. ⁴ He had him seized and put into prison, and turned him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, planning after the Passover to bring him out again to the people.

¹¹ Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I really know that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from the power of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting to do to me."

²³ But the angel of the Lord at once struck him down, because he did not give the glory to God; he was eaten by worms, and so died. ²⁴ But the message of the Lord continued to grow and spread.

⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas courageously spoke out, "God's message had to be spoken to you Jews first, but since you continue to thrust it from you and since you show yourselves unworthy to receive eternal life, now and here we turn to the heathen. ⁴⁷ For here are the orders that the Lord has given us: 'I have made you a light to the heathen, To be the means of salvation to the very ends of the earth.'" ⁴⁸ The heathen kept on listening and rejoicing and giving the glory to God's message, and all who had been destined to eternal life believed,

²⁰ and brought them to the chiefs of the police court. They said, "These men are Jews; they continue to make great disturbance in our town ²¹ and to advocate practices which it is against the law for us Romans to accept or observe."

³⁶ The jailer reported this message to Paul, saying, "The chiefs of the police court have sent orders to let you go. So now you may come out and go in peace."

⁶ They stopped at Jason's house and tried to bring them out to the people. So, as they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the town magistrates, shouting, "These fellows, who have turned the world topsy-turvy, have come here too, ⁷ and Jason has welcomed them. They are all acting contrary to the Emperor's decrees, because they claim there is another king, Jesus."

⁹ So there was a vociferous yelling until some of the scribes, belonging to the party of the Pharisees, got up and fiercely contended, "We find nothing wrong with this man. Suppose a spirit or angel has really spoken to him!"

⁵ For we have found this man a perfect pest and a distributor of the peace among the Jews throughout the world. He is a ringleader in the sect of the Nazarenes;

²¹ For these very things the Jews arrested me in the temple and kept on trying to kill me.

⁹ and for the heathen peoples to praise God for His mercy, as the Scripture says: "For this I will give thanks to you among the heathen, and will sing praises to your name." ¹⁰ And again: "Rejoice, you heathen peoples, with His people!" ¹¹ And again: "All you heathen peoples, praise the Lord, yea, let all peoples sing His praise." ¹² And again Isaiah says: "The noted Son of Jesse will come, even He who rises to rule the heathen; on Him the heathen will set their hope." ¹³ May the hope-inspiring God so fill you with perfect joy and peace through your continuing faith, that you may bubble over with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁹ For this world's wisdom is mere nonsense to God. For the Scripture says, "He who catches the wise with their own cunning,"

¹⁹ For this world's wisdom is mere nonsense to God. For the Scripture says, "He who catches the wise with their own cunning," ²⁰ and again, "The Lord knows that the arguings of the wise are useless."

²² And so He has put all things under His feet and made Him the supreme Head of the church,

¹⁸ Yes, He is the Head of the church as His body. For He is the beginning, the first-born among the dead, so that He alone should stand first in everything.

⁶ Or again, "I will become His Father, and He shall become my Son"? But when He brings again His first-born Son into the world, He says, "And let all the angels worship Him."

¹³ But to what angel did He ever say: "Just keep your seat at my right hand, until I make your foes a footstool for your feet"? ¹⁴ Are not the angels all attending spirits sent forth to serve for the sake of those who are going to be unceasing possessors of salvation?

⁷ By faith Noah, on being divinely warned about things not seen as yet, in reverence prepared an ark for saving his family, and by his faith condemned the world and became possessor of the uprightness that results from faith. ⁸ By faith Abraham, on being called, obeyed in starting off for a country which he was to receive as his own, and he did it in spite of the fact that he did not know where he was going.

¹⁹ So we have the message of the prophets more certainly guaranteed. Please pay attention to this message as to a lamp that is shining in a dismal place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;

²⁷ he will govern them with a scepter of iron and shatter them like earthen jars -- just such authority as I have received from my Father --

⁸ When He took it, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each with a harp, and golden bowls that were full of incense, which represent the prayers of God's people.

¹³ Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in mid-air say in a loud voice, "Alas! Alas! Alas for the inhabitants of the earth because of the remaining blasts of the three angels who are going to blow their trumpets!"

¹⁵ Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and loud voices were heard in heaven, saying, "The sovereignty of the world has come into the possession of our Lord and His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever."

¹ Then a great symbol was seen in heaven -- a woman clothed in the sun with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. ² She was about to become a mother, and she cried out in anguish in giving birth to a child. ³ Another symbol was seen in heaven -- there was a huge dragon, red as fire, with seven heads and ten horns, with seven diadems on his heads. ⁴ His tail was dragging after it a third part of the stars of heaven and dashed them down upon the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth to a child, in order to devour her child as soon as it was born.

⁴ His tail was dragging after it a third part of the stars of heaven and dashed them down upon the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth to a child, in order to devour her child as soon as it was born. ⁵ She gave birth to a son, a male child who is going to rule all the nations with a scepter of iron; and the child was caught up to God, to His throne. ⁶ Then the woman fled into the desert, where she had a place of safety made ready by God, so that she might be cared for one thousand, two hundred and sixty days.

¹⁴ But the two wings of a great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly to her place in the desert, where she could be taken care of for a time, times, and a half-time, safe from the presence of the serpent. ¹⁵ Then the serpent made water, like a river, spout from his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with its torrent.

⁶ I saw the woman drinking herself drunk with the blood of God's people and the blood of the martyred witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was utterly astonished,

¹⁰ Then I fell before his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must take care not to do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers who hold to the testimony borne by Jesus. Worship God. For the testimony borne by Jesus is the inspiring spirit of prophecy."

⁸ It is I, John, who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw them, I fell at the feet of the angel who was showing them to me, to worship him. ⁹ But he said to me: "You must be careful not to do that; I am only a fellow-slave of yours, of your brothers the prophets, and of the people who practice the truths contained in this book. Worship God." ¹⁰ Then he said to me: "Do not seal up the words of prophecy contained in this book, for the time of their coming true is near.

¹⁶ "I, Jesus, sent my angel to bear this testimony to you for the churches. I belong to the line and family of David; I am the bright morning star."