Matthew 2:12

And when they had taken an answer in sleep, that they should not turn again to Herod, they turned again by another way into their [own] country. (And when they had received a warning in their sleep, that they should not return to Herod, they returned by another way to their own country.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 they entered into the house, and found the child with Mary, his mother; and they felled down, and worshipped him. And when they had opened their treasures, they offered to him gifts, gold, incense, and myrrh.

13And when they were gone, lo! the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in sleep, and said, Rise up, and take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there, till that I say to thee; for it is to come, that Herod seek the child, to destroy him.

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Cross References

Genesis 31:24And Laban saw in sleep the Lord saying to him, Beware that thou speak not anything sharply against Jacob.

Job 33:15God speaketh by a dream in the vision of (the) night, when sleep falleth on men, and when they sleep in their bed. ( God speaketh in a dream in the vision of the night, when sleep falleth on men, and they sleep in their beds.)

Matthew 1:20But while he thought (on) these things, lo! the angel of the Lord appeared to him in sleep, and said, Joseph, the son of David, do not thou dread to take Mary, (to be) thy wife; for that thing that is born in her is of the Holy Ghost. (But while he thought on these things, behold! the angel of the Lord appeared to him in sleep, and said, Joseph, the son of David, do not fear to take Mary to be thy wife; for that which is born in her is by the Holy Spirit.)

Matthew 2:19But when Herod was dead, lo! the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in sleep in Egypt,

Matthew 27:19And while he sat for doomsman [or for judge], his wife sent (word) to him, and said, Nothing to thee and to that just man (or Do not have anything to do with that innocent or righteous man); for I have suffered this day many things for him, by a vision.

Acts 5:29And Peter answered, and the apostles, and said, It behooveth (us) to obey to God, more than to 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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