New English Translation
Matthew 2:21
21So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel.
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
19After Herod had died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.” So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned 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. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee. 23He came to a town called Nazareth and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.
Read all of Matthew 2Matthew 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
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
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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
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