Matthew 2:19

Now after Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

In Context

18“ A voice was heard in Ramah, 1 lamentation and weeping, and great mourning, 1 Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted, 1 because they are no more.” 1 The Return from Egypt

20saying, “Arise, and take with you the young Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the life of the young Child have died.”

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Cross References

Matthew 2:12And having been divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew into their own country by another way. 1 The Escape to Egypt

Matthew Henry on Matthew 2:17-19

The Slaughter of the Children. 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. 17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, 18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not… Read the whole commentary →

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