Matthew 2:9

Oἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες τοῦ βασιλέως, ἐπορεύθησαν· καὶ ἰδοὺ, ὁ ἀστὴρ ὃν εἶδον ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ προῆγεν αὐτοὺς ἕως ἐλθὼν ἐστάθη ἐπάνω οὗ ἦν τὸ παιδίον.

After they had listened to the king, they departed; and behold, the star which they saw in the east, went before them until it came and stood over where the child was.

Matt 2:9 [Textus Receptus (Elzevir) (1624)]
Οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες τοῦ βασιλέως, ἐπορεύθησαν. καὶ ἰδού, ὁ ἀστὴρ, ὃν εἶδον ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ, προῆγεν αὐτοὺς, ἕως ἐλθὼν ἔστη ἐπάνω οὗ ἦν τὸ παιδίον.

MSS: E, M (f23rc1-2), S, W, 3, 7, 8, 11 (f14v-15r), 12 (p46), 18, 22 (f7r-v), 34 (f15v-16r), 35 (f2r-v), 36 (f16v), 44, 46, 57, 65, 72, 116, 157 (f24r), 182, 200, 201, 230 (f17vc2), 272, 439, 476, 478, 500^c, 504, 543, 556, 652 (f29v-30r), 699, 700 (f15v-16r), 892 (f22v-23r), 2603 (f6r-v|15-16), 2835 (f1vc2), 3000 (f7v|27), ℓ1086 (f290r-v)

Matt 2:9 [Peshitta]
ܗܶܢܽܘܢ ܕ݁ܶܝܢ ܟ݁ܰܕ݂ ܫܡܰܥܘ ܡܶܢ ܡܰܠܟ݁ܳܐ ܐܶܙܰܠܘ ܘܗܳܐ ܟ݁ܰܘܟ݁ܒ݂ܳܐ ܗܰܘ ܕ݁ܰܚܙܰܘ ܒ݁ܡܰܕ݂ܢܚܳܐ ܐܳܙܶܠ ܗ݈ܘܳܐ ܩܕ݂ܳܡܰܝܗܽܘܢ ܥܕ݂ܰܡܳܐ ܕ݁ܶܐܬ݂ܳܐ ܩܳܡ ܠܥܶܠ ܡܶܢ ܐܰܝܟ݁ܳܐ ܕ݁ܺܐܝܬ݂ܰܘܗ݈ܝ ܛܰܠܝܳܐ܂

Matt 2:9 [Old Syriac Curetonian (Codex Curetonianus Syriacus sy^c)]
ܗܢܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܟܕ ܩܒܠܘ ܦܘܩܕܢܐ ܡܢ ܡܠܟܐ ܐܙܠܘ܂ ܘܐܬܚܙܝ ܠܗܘܢ ܟܘܟܒܐ ܗܘ ܕܚܙܘ ܗܘܘ ܒܡܕܢܚܐ ܐܙܠ ܗܘܐ ܩܕܡܝܗܘܢ܂ ܥܕܡܐ ܕܐܬܐ ܘܩܡ ܠܥܠ ܡܢ ܟܪ ܕܬܡܢ ܗܘܐ ܛܠܝܐ܂

Matt 2:9 [Old Syriac Sinaitic (Codex Sinaiticus Syriacus sy^s)]
ܗܢܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܟܕ ܩܒܠܘ ܦܘܩܕܢܐ ܕܡܠܟܐ ܐܙܠܘ ܘܐܬܚܙܝ ܠܗܘܢ ܟܘܟܒܐ ܗܘ ܕܚܙܘ ܗܘܘ ܒܡܕܢܚܐ܂ ܐܙܠ ܗܘܐ ܩܕܡܝܗܘܢ ܥܕܡܐ ܕܐܬܐ ܩܡ ܐܬܪ ܕܬܡܢ ܗܘܐ ܛܠܝܐ܂

Matt 2:9 [Vulgate]
qui cum audissent regem abierunt et ecce stella quam viderant in oriente antecedebat eos usque dum veniens staret supra ubi erat puer

Critical Apparatus :

(1) ακουσαντες : א, B, C, D, E, K, L, M, S, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 22, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 46, 57, 65, 72, 83, 109, 113, 116, 157, 182, 200, 201, 230, 272, 438, 439, 476, 478, 490, 500, 501, 504, 505, 543, 556, 652, 699, 700, 892, 901, 1203, 1582, 2603, 2835, 3000, ℓ1086, Majority
(2) ADD παρα : 27

(3) ο αστηρ : א, B, C, D, E, K, M, S, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 22, 27, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 46, 57, 65, 72, 83, 109, 113, 116, 157, 182, 200, 201, 230, 272, 439, 476, 478, 490, 500, 501, 504, 505, 543, 556, 652, 699, 700, 892, 901, 1203, 1582, 2603, 2835, 3000, ℓ1086, Majority, Eusebius of Caesarea
(4) OMIT ο : L, 438

(5) ειδον : א¹, B, E, L, M, S, W, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 18, 22, 27, 34, 35, 36, 44, 46, 57, 65, 72, 83, 113, 116, 157, 182, 200, 201, 230, 272, 438, 439, 476, 478, 490, 500^c, 501, 504, 505, 543, 556, 652, 699, 700, 892, 901, 1203, 1582, 2603, 2835, 3000, ℓ1086, Majority, Eusebius of Caesarea
(6) ιδον : א*, C, K, Δ, Σ, Ω, 9, 43, 109, 500*

(7) προηγεν : א, B, C, E, K, L, M, S, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 22, 27, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 46, 57, 65, 72, 109, 113, 116, 157, 182, 200, 201, 230, 272, 438, 439, 476, 478, 490, 500, 501, 504, 505, 543, 556, 652, 699, 700, 892, 901, 1203, 1582, 2603, 2835, 3000, ℓ1086, Majority
(8) προειγεν : 83

(9) εως : א, B, C, E, K, L, M, S, W, Δ, Σ, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 18, 22, 27, 33, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 46, 57, 65, 83, 109, 116, 157, 182, 200, 201, 230, 272, 438, 439, 476, 478, 490, 500, 501, 504, 543, 556, 652, 699, 700, 892, 1582, 2603, 2835, 3000, ℓ1086
(8) ADD ου : 10, 113, 505, 901, 1203

(10) εστη : E, K, L, M, S, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 0233, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 22, 27, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 46, 57, 65, 72, 109, 113, 116, 157, 182, 200, 201, 230, 272, 438, 439, 476, 478, 490, 500, 501, 504, 505, 543, 556, 652, 699, 700, 892, 901, 1203, 2603, 2835, 3000, ℓ1086, Majority, Eusebius of Caesarea (partim), Protevangelium Jacobi
(11) εσταθη : א, B. C, D, 1, 33, 1582, Origen, Eusebius of Caesarea (partim)

(12) ου ην : א, B, C, E, K, L, M, S, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 22, 27, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 46, 57, 65, 72, 109, 113, 116, 157, 182, 200, 201, 230, 272, 438, 439, 476, 478, 490, 500, 501, 504, 505, 543, 556, 652, 699, 700, 892, 901, 1203, 1582, 2603, 2835, 3000, ℓ1086, Majority, Eusebius of Caesarea
(13) OMIT ου ην : D

(14) το παιδιον : א, B, C, E, K, L, M, S, W, Δ, Σ, Ω, 1, 2^c, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 22, 27, 34, 35, 36, 43, 44, 46, 57, 65, 72, 109, 113, 116, 157, 182, 200, 201, 230, 272, 438, 439, 476, 478, 490, 500, 501, 504, 543, 556, 652, 699, 700, 892, 901, 1203, 1582, 2603, 2835, 3000, ℓ1086, Majority, Eusebius of Caesarea
(15) το παιδιων : 2*
(16) του παιδιου : D, 505

Tischendorf 2:9

Early Church Fathers

(1) Eusebius of Caesarea (Demonstratio Evangelica, p330, 9, Eusebius Werke, Ivar A. Heikel)
οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπορεύθησαν· καὶ ἰδού ὁ ἀστὴρ, ὃν εἶδον ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ, προῆγεν αὐτοὺς, ἕως ἐλθὼν ἔστη ἐπάνω οὗ ἦν τὸ παιδίον.

(2) Eusebius of Caesarea (Demonstratio Evangelica, p404, 15, Eusebius Werke, Ivar A. Heikel)
ἐπορεύθησαν καὶ ἰδού, πάλιν ὁ αὐτὸς ὁ ἀστὴρ, ὃν εἶδον ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ, προῆγεν αὐτοὺς, ἕως ἐλθὼν ἐστάθη ἐπάνω οὗ ἦν τὸ παιδίον.

A Textual Commentary On Matthew 2:9

(a) ἔστη or ἐστάθη?  ἔστη = Second aorist tense, Active voice, Indicative mood, Third person singular. εσταθη = Aorist tense, Passive voice, Indicative mood, Third person singular. ἐστάθη is prefered, because it is more likely to be changed to ἔστη than the other way round.

According to Bloomfield, the evidence for ἐστάθη is insufficient, for ἔστη occurs in the majority of MSS, and is confirmed by Protevangelium Jacobi, likewise by internal evidence, since ἐστάθη is evidently a critical alternation which occurs also at Luke 6:8 and elsewhere. The critics ought to have known that ἔστη is here taken in a popular sense, namely, as Wettstein saw, for desiit procedere atque adeo evanuit.

(b) In addition to variants which are the result of ascetic or hannonistic tendencies, there are many others of a miscellaneous character which appear in both the Persian Harmony and in one or more of the Eastern and Western witnesses to Tatian. A Diatessaric reading which Peters detected in the West-Saxon versions seems to have left a trace in the Persian Harmony also. The statement in Mt. 2.9 regarding the Magi: οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπορεύθησαν, appears in slightly divergent forms in the following Tatianic witnesses. The reading of the Venetian Harmony, e li magi aldito ço, partironssi dal re, suggests an underlying Old Latin text running something like magi cum audivissent (hoc) a rege abierunt, which reappears in the West-Saxon version oā hi paet gebod gehyrdon, pāfērdon hi (“When they had heard the command, then they went”).4 Similarly in the East the Arabic Diatessaron by its reading, !tiJ .1zj1 illil ~ ~ Lt ~.J (“and they, when they had heard [this] from the king, went on their way”), presupposes a form of the Syriac like that which is preserved in the Curetonian, ܗܢܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܟܕ ܩܒܠܘ ܦܘܩܕܢܐ ܡܢ ܡܠܟܐ ܐܙܠܘ (“now they, when they received the command from the king, went”); the Sinaitic reads ܕܡܠܟܐ instead of ܡܢ ܡܠܟܐ .   Likewise in the Persian Harmony, quando sentirono la parola del re obviously represents a form of the Matthean text which, instead of construing the genitive τοῦ βασιλέως as the object of ἀκούσαντες, inserted a noun or pronoun as the object of the Greek participle, as is preserved today in the various circumlocutions set forth above.

(Bruce M. Metzger, Chapters in the History of New Testament Textual Criticism, pp. 116-117)