Matthew 2:20

Arise, take to [thee] the little child and its mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they who sought the life of the little child are dead.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.

In Context

19But Herod having died, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

21And he arose and took to [him] the little child and its mother, and came into the land of Israel;

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Cross References

Exodus 4:19And Jehovah said to Moses in Midian, Go, return to Egypt; for all the men are dead who sought thy life.

1 Kings 11:40And Solomon sought to kill Jeroboam; and Jeroboam arose and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt; and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

Proverbs 3:5Confide in Jehovah with all thy heart, and lean not unto thine own intelligence;

Matthew Henry on Matthew 2:20-23

Christ's Return from Egypt. 19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life. 21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God… Read the whole commentary →

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