Matthew 2:12

and having been divinely warned in a dream not to return to Herod, through another way they withdrew to their own region.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

In Context

11and having come into the house, they found the Child with His mother Mary, and having fallen down they worshiped Him, and having opened their treasures, they presented to Him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh,

13And on their having withdrawn, behold, a messenger of the LORD appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, “Having risen, take the Child and His mother, and flee to Egypt, and be there until I may speak to you, for Herod is about to seek the Child to destroy Him.”

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Cross References

Genesis 31:24And God comes to Laban the Aramean in a dream of the night and says to him, “Take heed to yourself lest you speak with Jacob from good to evil.”

Job 33:15In a dream—a vision of night, || In the falling of deep sleep on men, || In slumberings on a bed.

Matthew 1:20And on his thinking of these things, behold, a messenger of the LORD appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, you may not fear to receive your wife Mary, for that which was begotten in her is of [the] Holy Spirit,

Matthew 2:19And Herod having died, behold, a messenger of the LORD appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

Matthew 27:19And as he is sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Nothing—to you and to that Righteous One, for I suffered many things today in a dream because of Him.”

Acts 5:29And Peter and the apostles answering, said, “It is required to obey God, rather than men;

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 →

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