Matthew 2:13
After they'd left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and told him, “Get up, and take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt. Remain there until I tell you, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
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12Warned by a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by a different route.
14So Joseph got up and took the boy and his mother, and left during the night for Egypt.
Cross References
Exodus 2:2She became pregnant and had a son. She saw he was a lovely baby, and she hid him for three months.
Joshua 3:17The priests carrying the Ark stood on the dried-up riverbed of the Jordan as all the people went by, staying there until everyone had crossed over on dry ground.
Joshua 4:18The priests came up out of the Jordan carrying the Ark of the Agreement, and as soon as their feet touched dry ground the waters of the Jordan returned to where they had been, overflowing its banks as before.
Job 33:15Through dreams and visions in the night, when people fall into deep sleep, resting on their beds,
Daniel 3:25“Look!” he cried out. “How is it that I can see four men, not tied up, walking around in the fire and not being burned? And the fourth one looks like a god!”
Matthew 2:12Warned by a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by a different route.
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 →