Matthew 2:21

Matthew 2:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
• New International Version (NIV)So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he arose, took the young Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So Joseph got up and returned to the land of Israel with Jesus and his mother.

Context of Matthew 2:21

19But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead." And he rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 22But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee. 23And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.

Matthew 2:21 word by word

Ὁ δὲ ἐγερθεὶς παρέλαβεν τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς γῆν Ἰσραήλ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• he aroseἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
• and tookπαραλαμβάνωparalambanō · to takeG3880
• the young childπαιδίονpaidion · childG3813
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• motherμήτηρmētēr · motherG3384
• cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the landγῆgē · earth: countryG1093
• of IsraelἸσραήλIsraēl · IsraelG2474

Cross-references for Matthew 2:21

• Genesis 6:22Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him.
• Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

Commentaries on Matthew 2:21

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-23Verses 19-23 Egypt may serve to sojourn in, or take shelter in, for awhile, but not to abide in. Christ was sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, to them he must return. Did we but look upon the world as our Egypt, the place of our bondage and banishment, and heaven only as our Canaan, our home, our rest, we should as readily arise and depart thither, when we are called for, as Joseph did out of Egypt. The family must settle in Galilee. Nazareth…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-21Jesus returned to Israel to fulfill the prophecy in Hosea 11:1 (see Hosea 2:13–15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel--intending, as is plain from what follows, to return to Bethlehem of Judea, there, no doubt, to rear the Infant King, as at His own royal city, until the time should come when they would expect Him to occupy Jerusalem, "the city of the Great King."Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 2:21

• Dream
• Jesus, the Christ
• Joseph
• Miracles

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Dream
• Flee
• Herod the Great
• Jesus
• Lamentation
• Mary
• Warn

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