14 He said, Go search, and if you find the child that has been born a king, return and tell me all, that I may go and honor him.
15 The magians went their way and found the child with Mary in the shepherd’s home.
16 They honored him; bestowed upon him precious gifts and gave him gold, gum-thus and myrrh.
17 These magian priests could read the hearts of men; they read the wickedness of Herod’s heart, and knew that he had sworn to kill the new born king.
18 And so they told the secret to the parents of the child, and bid them flee beyond the reach of harm.
19 And then the priests went on their homeward way; they went not through Jerusalem.
20 And Joseph took the infant Jesus and his mother in the night and fled to Egypt land, and with Elihu and Salome in ancient Zoan they abode.
CHAPTER 6.
Herod learns of the supposed mission of John. The infants of Bethlehem are massacred by Herod’s order. Elizabeth escapes with John. Because Zacharias cannot tell where his son is hidden, he is murdered. Herod dies.
Now, when the magian priests did not return to tell him of the child that had been born a king, King Herod was enraged.