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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he rose and 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.

Context of Matthew 2:21

19But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said, 20“Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.” So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into 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. Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee, 23and came and lived in a city called Nazareth. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: “He shall 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

• Soδέde · thenG1161
• Joseph gotἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
• up, tookπαραλαμβάνωparalambanō · to takeG3880
• the Childπαιδίονpaidion · childG3813
• and His motherμήτηρmētēr · motherG3384
• and cameεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• into the landγῆgē · earth: countryG1093
• of IsraelἸσραήλIsraēl · IsraelG2474

Cross-references for Matthew 2:21

• Genesis 6:22Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did.
• Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for 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