Matthew 2:19

BUT when Herodes, the king, was dead, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Jauseph in Metsreen,

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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

18A cry was heard in Rometha; weeping and great lamentation; Rochel weeping for her children, and not willing to be comforted, because they are not.

20and said to him, Arise, take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Isroel; for they are dead who sought the life of the child.

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Cross References

Matthew 2:12And it was shown to them in a dream, that they should not return unto Herodes; so, by another way, they went unto their place.

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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