Where did the wise men (Matthew 2:1) find the child Jesus— in Bethlehem or Nazareth?

I do not think there can be any reasonable doubt that it was in Bethlehem. Verse i tells us the narrative happened “when Jesus was born in Bethlehem.” It was thither theywere directed by the teaching of the elders (vv. 4-6) and sent by Herod. Nazareth is not mentioned. It was in Bethlehem and its borders that the slaughter of the innocents took place (ver. 16), after the Child and Mary and Joseph had departed into Egypt. From verse 22 we learn that after the death of Herod they would have returned into Juda, but hearing that Archelaus, his son, was reigning in his stead, Joseph was afraid to go thither and being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee and dwelt in a city, now mentioned for the first time—Nazareth.

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• Can we approach the Lord Jesus to worship Him apart from the Father?
• Could Jesus Christ have returned to heaven without dying on the cross?
• Did Christ become the image of the invisible God when He was born or before?
• Did Christ become the Son of God when He was born?
• Did Christ use the power of resurrection in his own resurrection?
• Did God die on the cross?
• Did Isaiah say a virgin would give birth?
• Did Jesus die of a broken heart?
• Did Jesus have to be buried in order to complete his work?
• Did Jesus suffer the pains of Hell on the cross?
• Did our Lord have a will distinct from His Father?
• Did the Lord Jesus bear our sins only during the three hours of darkness?
• Did the wise men visit Jesus in Bethlehem?
• Do His stripes (Isaiah 53:5) refer to Christ
• Does Christ Jesus still have marks on his body from the cross?
• Does the Lord Jesus possess omniscience only as far as the Father allows?
• Does the sword in Psalm 22 refer to the solder's spear that pierced Christ's side?
• How are the written and the Incarnate Word related?
• How could Christ be tempted by sin since He is God?
• How do we understand the meaning of "only begotten" Son?
• How does our humanity differ from the Lord
• How is the Lord Jesus Christ a priest like Melchisedec?
• In Isaiah 53:12, who are the
• In what sense, if any, did our Lord confess His people
• In what ways could the Lord experience pain in a sinless body?
• Is Christ a mixture of man and God?
• Is it possible that the Lord
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• Is Jesus Christ inferior to His Father?
• Is Jesus the only person in the Godhead?
• Is the title "the Son of Man" a messianic title?
• Should we use the name Jesus or Lord Jesus Christ?
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• Was Jesus in Hell between his death and resurrection?
• Was Jesus robe scarlet or purple?
• Was Judas present at the institution of the Lord
• Was Melchizedek an appearance of Christ in the flesh?
• Was Mount Moriah the same place as Calvary, the place of the crucifiction?
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• Were Jesus "brothers" actually his cousins?
• What are the titles and names of Jesus Christ?
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• What is "very God of very God"?
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• Who was the "virgin" who "shall conceive" in Isaiah 7?
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• Why does only Matthew mention people raised from the dead when Jesus died?
• Why does the Bible say that Christ was an angel?
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