Matthew 2:15

Matthew 2:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
• New International Version (NIV)where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, "Out of Egypt I called my son."
• New King James Version (NKJV)and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”

Context of Matthew 2:15

13Now when they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod intends to search for the Child in order to destroy Him.” 14So Joseph got up and took the Child and His mother while it was still night, and left for Egypt. He remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet [Hosea]: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.” 16Then Herod, when he realized that he had been tricked by the magi, was extremely angry, and he sent [soldiers] and put to death all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that area who were two years old and under, according to the date which he had learned from the magi. 17Then what had been spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:

Matthew 2:15 word by word

καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ ἕως τῆς τελευτῆς Ἡρῴδου, ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ κυρίου διὰ τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος· ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἐκάλεσα τὸν υἱόν μου.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• thereἐκεῖekei · thereG1563
• untilἕωςheōs · untilG2193
• the deathτελευτήteleutē · deathG5054
• of HerodἩρώδηςHērōdēs · HerodG2264
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• it might be fulfilledπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137
• which was spokenἐρῶereō · to sayG2046
• ofὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
• the Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• the prophetπροφήτηςprophētēs · prophetG4396
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Out ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• EgyptΑἴγυπτοςAiguptos · EgyptG125
• have I calledκαλέωkaleō · to call: callG2564
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207

Cross-references for Matthew 2:15

• Matthew 2:19But when Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said,
• Acts 12:1Now at that time Herod [Agrippa I] the king [of the Jews] arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to harm them.
• Matthew 2:17Then what had been spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:
• Matthew 1:22All this happened in order to fulfill what the Lord had spoken through the prophet [Isaiah]:
• Matthew 4:14This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:
• Matthew 8:17so that He fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He Himself took our infirmities [upon Himself] and carried away our diseases.”
• Matthew 12:16and warned them not to tell [publicly] who He was.
• Matthew 21:4This happened so that what was spoken by the prophet would be fulfilled, saying:
• Luke 24:44Then He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you, everything which has been written about Me in the Law of Moses and the [writings of the] Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”
• John 19:28After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said in fulfillment of the Scripture, “I am thirsty.”
• Acts 1:16“Brothers and sisters, it was necessary that the Scripture be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the lips of David [king of Israel] about Judas [Iscariot], who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.
• Exodus 4:22Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Israel is My son, My firstborn.
• Numbers 24:8God brought Israel out of Egypt; Israel has strength like the wild ox; He will devour [Gentile] nations, his adversaries (enemies), And will crush their bones in pieces, And shatter them with his arrows.
• Hosea 11:1When Israel was a child [a young nation], I loved him, And I called My son out of Egypt.

Commentaries on Matthew 2:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Out of Egypt have I called my son - This is quoted from Hosea 11:1, where the deliverance of Israel, and that only, is referred to. But as that deliverance was extraordinary, it is very likely that it had passed into a proverb, so that "Out of Egypt have I called my son," might have been used to express any signal deliverance. I confess, I can see no other reference it can have to the case in hand, unless we suppose, which is possible, that God might have…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15The death of Herod - Herod died in the thirty-seventh year of his reign. It is not certainly known in what year he began his reign, and hence it is impossible to determine the time that Joseph remained in Egypt. The best chronologers have supposed that he died somewhere between two and four years after the birth of Christ, but at what particular time cannot now be determined. Nor can it be ascertained at what age Jesus was taken into Egypt. It seems…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-15Verses 13-15 Egypt had been a house of bondage to Israel, and particularly cruel to the infants of Israel; yet it is to be a place of refuge to the holy Child Jesus. God, when he pleases, can make the worst of places serve the best of purposes. This was a trial of the faith of Joseph and Mary. But their faith, being tried, was found firm. If we and our infants are at any time in trouble, let us remember the straits in which Christ was when an infant.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Out of Egypt I called My Son: See Hosea 11:1, which refers to when God led the Israelites out of Egypt.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. And was there until the death of Herod--which took place not very long after this of a horrible disease; the details of which will be found in Josephus [Antiquities, 17.6.1,5,7,8]. that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying--(Ho 11:1). Out of Egypt have I called my son--Our Evangelist here quotes directly from the Hebrew, warily departing from the Septuagint, which renders the words, "From Egypt have I recalled his…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 2:15

• Egypt
• Fugitives
• Jesus, the Christ
• Joseph
• Miracles
• Quotations and Allusions

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Herod
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Herod, Herod Antipas
• Herod, Herod the Great
• Dream
• Flee
• Herod the Great
• Hosea, Prophecies of
• Jesus

Commentaries on Matthew 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings