Matthew 2:22

Matthew 2:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
• New International Version (NIV)But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
• English Standard Version (ESV)But 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned by God in a dream, he turned aside into the region of Galilee.

Context of Matthew 2:22

20saying, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are dead.” 21So he got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel. But hearing that Archelaus was king of Judea in place of his father Herod, he became afraid to go there. Then after being warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of the Galilee. 23And he went and lived in a city called Natzeret, to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets, that Yeshua shall be called a Natzrati.

Matthew 2:22 word by word

Ἀκούσας δὲ ὅτι Ἀρχέλαος βασιλεύει τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἀντὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ Ἡρῴδου ἐφοβήθη ἐκεῖ ἀπελθεῖν. χρηματισθεὶς δὲ κατ᾽ ὄναρ ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὰ μέρη τῆς Γαλιλαίας,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• when he heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• ArchelausἈρχέλαοςArchelaos · ArchelausG745
• did reignβασιλεύωbasileuō · to reignG936
• inἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• Judeaὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JudeaἸουδαίαIoudaia · JudeaG2449
• in the room ofἀντίanti · forG473
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• HerodἩρώδηςHērōdēs · HerodG2264
• he was afraidφοβέωphobeō · to fearG5399
• to goἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
• thitherἐκεῖekei · thereG1563
• being warned of Godχρηματίζωchrēmatizō · to announceG5537
• inκατάkata · according toG2596
• a dreamὄναρonar · dreamG3677
• he turned asideἀναχωρέωanachōreō · to leaveG402
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the partsμέροςmeros · partG3313
• of GalileeΓαλιλαίαGalilaia · GalileeG1056

Cross-references for Matthew 2:22

• Genesis 19:17When they brought them outside, one said, “Flee for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stop anywhere in the surrounding area! Escape to the hills, or else you’ll be swept away!”
• 1 Samuel 16:2But Samuel replied, “How can I go? If Saul hears of it, he will kill me.” Adonai said, “Take a heifer with you and say: ‘I have come to sacrifice to Adonai.’
• Acts 9:13But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man—how much harm he has done to your kedoshim in Jerusalem.
• Matthew 2:12And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another way.
• Matthew 1:20But while he considered these things, behold, an angel of Adonai appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Miriam as your wife, for the Child conceived in her is from the Ruach ha-Kodesh.
• Psalms 48:14Consider her ramparts, go through her palaces, so you may describe it to the next generation.
• Psalms 73:24You guide me with Your counsel, and afterward You will take me into glory.
• Psalms 107:6So they cried out to Adonai in their distress, and He delivered them out of their troubles.
• Psalms 121:8Adonai will watch over your coming and your going from this time forth and forevermore.
• Isaiah 30:21Your ears will hear a word behind you saying: “This is the way, walk in it. When you turn to the right, or when you turn to the left.”
• Isaiah 48:17Thus says Adonai, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am Adonai your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go.
• Matthew 3:13Then Yeshua came from the Galilee to John, to be immersed by him in the Jordan.
• Luke 2:39When Joseph and Miriam had completed everything according to the Torah of Adonai, they returned to the Galilee, to their own city of Natzeret.
• John 7:41Others were saying, “This is the Messiah.” Still others were saying, “The Messiah doesn’t come from the Galilee, does He?

Commentaries on Matthew 2:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22When he heard that Archelaus did reign - Herod, having put Antipater his eldest son to death, altered his will, and thus disposed of his dominions: he gave the tetrarchy of Galilee and Petrea to his son Antipas; the tetrarchy of Gaulonitis, Trachonitis, Batanea, and Paneadis, to his son Philip; and left the kingdom of Judea to his eldest remaining son, Archelaus. This son partook of the cruel and blood-thirsty disposition of his father: at one of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22He heard that Archelaus did reign - Archelaus possessed a cruel and tyrannical disposition similar to his father. At one of the Passovers he caused 3,000 of the people to be put to death in the temple and city. For his crimes, after he had reigned 9 years, he was banished by Augustus, the Roman emperor, to Gaul, where he died. Knowing his character, and fearing that he would not be safe, Joseph hesitated about going there, and was directed by God to go to…Read the comment
• 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. 22Archelaus, like his father, ruled with cruelty, injustice, and harshness. Joseph moved to Galilee to escape the control of Archelaus. This fulfilled a prophecy (see Matthew 4:12–16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod--Archelaus succeeded to Judea, Samaria, and Idumea; but Augustus refused him the title of king till it should be seen how he conducted himself; giving him only the title of ethnarch [Josephus, Antiquities, 17.11,4]. Above this, however, he never rose. The people, indeed, recognized him as his father's successor; and so it is here said that he "reigned in the room of…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 2:22

• Archelaus (Archaelaus)
• Dream
• Jesus, the Christ
• Joseph
• Miracles

In the dictionaries

• Galilee
• God
• Judea
• Herod
• Judaea, or Judea
• Galilee, Galilean
• Herod, Herod Antipas
• Herod, Herod the Great
• Judea, Judah
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry

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