As this video begins, Jesus has already been borne in the town of Bethlehem. Mary and Joseph take him to the temple in Jerusalem to be circumcised, and during this time they meet an old man named Simeon and a faithful widow named Anna. Simeon recognizes the child as the Messiah before he even sees Jesus, for he had been promised by the Lord that he would not die before setting his eyes on the Son of God. Next we meet the three wise men from the East who, having followed the star of Bethlehem, have come to honor the newborn king of Israel. They of course make their initial inquiries of Herod, assuming that the current king is familiar with the future king. Thus, Herod now learns of this new threat to his ill-begotten throne and, when the wise men, following advice received in a dream, purposefully return home on a path far outside the bounds of Jerusalem, an angry Herod orders all male children under two years of age in and around Bethlehem to be killed. An angel of the Lord warns Joseph in the nick of time, and this video ends with Joseph, Mary, and the infant Jesus setting out on their journey to Egypt.