Matthew 2:13
And after they had gone away, behold, an Angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: “Rise up, and take the boy and his mother, and flee into Egypt. And remain there until I tell you. For it will happen that Herod will seek the boy to destroy him.”
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In The King James Version
In Context
14And getting up, he took the boy and his mother by night, and withdrew into Egypt.
Cross References
Exodus 2:2And she conceived and bore a son. And seeing him to be handsome, she hid him for three months.
Joshua 3:17Then the people advanced opposite Jericho. And the priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord were standing, fully-dressed, upon dry soil in the midst of the Jordan, and all the people passed over, through the channel that was dried up.
Joshua 4:18And when those who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord had ascended, and they began to step on dry soil, the waters returned to their channel, and they flowed as they usually did before.
Job 33:15Through a dream in a vision of the night, when a deep sleep falls over men, and they are sleeping in their beds,
Daniel 3:25Then Azariah, while standing, prayed in this manner, and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire, he said:
Matthew 2:12And having received a response in sleep that they should not return to Herod, they went back by another way to their own region.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 2:10-13
The Wise Men Worship Christ. 9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. 12 And being warned of… Read the whole commentary →