Matthew 2:13

Protection and safety Angels and the spiritual world Fear

¹¹ On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh.

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

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.”

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

¹⁵ where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.”
KJV: 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.
WEB: 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.”
ASV: 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.
DARBY: 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.
BLB: And [on] their having withdrawn, behold, an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream saying, “Having arisen, take the Child and His mother and flee into Egypt. And be there until I should tell you, for Herod is about to seek the Child to destroy Him.”

ÅB: Men da de hadde dratt bort, åpenbarte Herrens engel seg i en drøm for Josef og sa: «Stå opp, ta barnet og dets mor og flykt til Egypt, og bli der fram til jeg sier fra! For Herodes vil lete etter barnet for å drepe det.»
OTB: Etter at de hadde dratt, viste en Herrens engel seg for Josef i en drøm og sa: “Stå opp, ta barnet og hans mor, og flykt til Egypt. Bli der til jeg sier fra, for Herodes vil lete etter barnet for å drepe ham.”
B1930: Men da de hadde draget bort, se, da åpenbarer Herrens engel sig i en drøm for Josef og sier: Stå op, ta barnet og dets mor og fly til Egypten, og bli der inntil jeg sier dig til! for Herodes vil søke efter barnet for å drepe det.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 10:7
When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.
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Acts 12:11
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.”
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Matthew 2:12
And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.
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Exodus 1:22
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.”
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Matthew 1:20
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.
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Acts 5:19
But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
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Job 33:15
In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
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Matthew 2:19–20
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
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