Matthew 2:13 “When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a d…”

Matthew 2:13

When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

World English Bible

Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.”

American Standard Version

Now when they were departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I tell thee: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

Geneva Bible 1599

After their departure, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeareth to Ioseph in a dreame, saying, Arise, and take the babe and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there til I bring thee word: for Herod will seeke the babe, to destroy him.

Darby Translation

Now, they having departed, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, Arise, take to [thee] the little child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I shall tell thee; for Herod will seek the little child to destroy it.

Young's Literal Translation

And on their having withdrawn, lo, a messenger of the Lord doth appear in a dream to Joseph, saying, 'Having risen, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and be thou there till I may speak to thee, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.'

Bible in Basic English

And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.

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Cross references

“the angel”

Matthew 1:20 Acts 5:19 Acts 10:7 Acts 12:11 Acts 10:22 Matthew 2:19

Matthew 1:20 · BSB

But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit…

Acts 5:19 · BSB

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,

Acts 10:7 · BSB

When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.

Acts 12:11 · BSB

Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”

Acts 10:22 · BSB

“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could…

Matthew 2:19 · BSB

After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.

“Arise”

Matthew 10:23 Revelation 12:14 Revelation 12:6

Matthew 10:23 · BSB

When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Revelation 12:14 · BSB

But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.

Revelation 12:6 · BSB

And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.

“until”

Joshua 4:18 Joshua 3:17 Joshua 3:13 Joshua 4:10 Acts 16:36 Matthew 2:20

Joshua 4:18 · BSB

When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.

Joshua 3:17 · BSB

The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed over the dry ground, until the entire nation had crossed the Jordan.

Joshua 3:13 · BSB

When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will stand up in a heap.”

Joshua 4:10 · BSB

Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until the people had completed everything the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell them, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurrie…

Acts 16:36 · BSB

The jailer informed Paul: “The magistrates have sent orders to release you. Now you may go on your way in peace.”

Matthew 2:20 · BSB

“Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.”

“for”

Exodus 1:22 Matthew 2:16 Job 33:15 Job 33:17 Acts 7:19 Revelation 12:4

Exodus 1:22 · BSB

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”

Matthew 2:16 · BSB

When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had le…

Job 33:15 · BSB

In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,

Job 33:17 · BSB

to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,

Acts 7:19 · BSB

He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

Revelation 12:4 · BSB

His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.

Also

Matthew 2:12 Matthew 2:22

Matthew 2:12 · BSB

And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.

Matthew 2:22 · BSB

But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.

14So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,

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