Matthew 2:12

God warned them in a dream not to return to Herod, so they departed to their own country by another way.

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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

11They went into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother. They fell down and worshiped him. They opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

13After they had departed, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the young child and his mother, and flee to Egypt. Remain there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”

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Cross References

Genesis 31:24Now God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, “Be careful that you speak to Jacob neither good nor bad.”

Job 33:15In a dream, in a vision of the night, 1 when deep sleep falls upon men, 1 in slumber on the bed— 1

Matthew 1:20As he thought about these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, because the one who is conceived in her is conceived by the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 2:19When Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said,

Matthew 27:19While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him and said, “Have nothing to do with that innocent man. For I have suffered much today because of a dream I had about him.”

Acts 5:29But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must 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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