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Selected Verse: Matthew 2:13 - Strong Concordance
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| Mt 2:13 |
Strong Concordance |
And [1161] when they [846] were departed [402], behold [2400], the angel [32] of the Lord [2962] appeareth [5316] to Joseph [2501] in [2596] a dream [3677], saying [3004], Arise [1453], and take [3880] the young child [3813] and [2532] his [846] mother [3384], and [2532] flee [5343] into [1519] Egypt [125], and [2532] be thou [2468] there [1563] until [2193] I [302] bring [2036] thee [4671] word [2036]: for [1063] Herod [2264] will [3195] seek [2212] the young child [3813] to destroy [622] him [846]. |
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King James |
And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT--THE MASSACRE AT BETHLEHEM--THE RETURN OF JOSEPH AND MARY WITH THE BABE, AFTER HEROD'S DEATH, AND THEIR SETTLEMENT AT NAZARETH. ( = Luk 2:39). (Mat 2:13-23)
And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother--Observe this form of expression, repeated in Mat 2:14 --another indirect hint that Joseph was no more than the Child's guardian. Indeed, personally considered, Joseph has no spiritual significance, and very little place at all, in the Gospel history.
and flee into Egypt--which, being near, as ALFORD says, and a Roman province independent of Herod, and much inhabited by Jews, was an easy and convenient refuge. Ah! blessed Saviour, on what a checkered career hast Thou entered here below! At Thy birth there was no room for Thee in the inn; and now all Judea is too hot for Thee. How soon has the sword begun to pierce through the Virgin's soul (Luk 2:35)! How early does she taste the reception which this mysterious Child of hers is to meet with in the world! And whither is He sent? To "the house of bondage?" Well, it once was that. But Egypt was a house of refuge before it was a house of bondage, and now it has but returned to its first use.
and be thou there until I bring thee word; for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him--Herod's murderous purpose was formed before the Magi had reached Bethlehem. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The angel appeareth to Joseph in a dream - See Mat 1:20.
Flee into Egypt - Egypt is situated to the southwest of Judea, and is distant from Bethlehem perhaps about 60 miles. It was at this time a Roman province. There were many Jews there, who had a temple and synagogues (see the notes at Isa 19:18), and Joseph, therefore, would be among his own countrymen, and yet beyond the reach of Herod. The jurisdiction of Herod extended only to the River Sihon, or "river of Egypt," and, of course, beyond that Joseph was safe from his designs. For a description of Egypt, see the notes at Isa. 19. It is remarkable that this is the only time in which our Saviour was out of Palestine, and that this was in the land where the children of Israel had suffered so much and so long under the oppression of the Egyptian kings. The very land which was the land of bondage and groaning for the Jews, became now the land of refuge and safety for the new-born King of Judea. God can overturn nations and kingdoms, so that those whom he loves shall be safe anywhere. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Flee into Egypt - Many Jews had settled in Egypt; not only those who had fled thither in the time of Jeremiah, see Jeremiah 48; but many others who had settled there also, on account of the temple which Onias IV. had built at Heliopolis. Those who could speak the Greek tongue enjoyed many advantages in that country: besides, they had the Greek version of the Septuagint, which had been translated nearly 300 years before this time. Egypt was now a Roman province, and the rage of Herod could not pursue the holy family to this place. There is an apocryphal work in Arabic, called the Gospel of the infancy, which pretends to relate all the acts of Jesus and Mary while in Egypt. I have taken the pains to read this through, and have found it to be a piece of gross superstition, having nothing to entitle it to a shadow of credibility. |
35 (Yea [1161], a sword [4501] shall pierce through [1330] thy [4675] own [846] soul [5590] also [2532],) that [3704] the thoughts [1261] of [1537] many [4183] hearts [2588] [302] may be revealed [601].
14 When [1161] he arose [1453], he took [3880] the young child [3813] and [2532] his [846] mother [3384] by night [3571], and [2532] departed [402] into [1519] Egypt [125]:
13 And [1161] when they [846] were departed [402], behold [2400], the angel [32] of the Lord [2962] appeareth [5316] to Joseph [2501] in [2596] a dream [3677], saying [3004], Arise [1453], and take [3880] the young child [3813] and [2532] his [846] mother [3384], and [2532] flee [5343] into [1519] Egypt [125], and [2532] be thou [2468] there [1563] until [2193] I [302] bring [2036] thee [4671] word [2036]: for [1063] Herod [2264] will [3195] seek [2212] the young child [3813] to destroy [622] him [846].
14 When [1161] he arose [1453], he took [3880] the young child [3813] and [2532] his [846] mother [3384] by night [3571], and [2532] departed [402] into [1519] Egypt [125]:
15 And [2532] was [2258] there [1563] until [2193] the death [5054] of Herod [2264]: that [2443] it might be fulfilled [4137] which [3588] was spoken [4483] of [5259] the Lord [2962] by [1223] the prophet [4396], saying [3004], Out of [1537] Egypt [125] have I called [2564] my [3450] son [5207].
16 Then [5119] Herod [2264], when he saw [1492] that [3754] he was mocked [1702] of [5259] the wise men [3097], was exceeding [3029] wroth [2373], and [2532] sent forth [649], and slew [337] all [3956] the children [3816] that were in [1722] Bethlehem [965], and [2532] in [1722] all [3956] the coasts [3725] thereof [846], from [575] two years old [1332] and [2532] under [2736], according [2596] to the time [5550] which [3739] he had diligently enquired [198] of [3844] the wise men [3097].
17 Then [5119] was fulfilled [4137] that which [3588] was spoken [4483] by [5259] Jeremy [2408] the prophet [4396], saying [3004],
18 In [1722] Rama [4471] was there [191] a voice [5456] heard [191], lamentation [2355], and [2532] weeping [2805], and [2532] great [4183] mourning [3602], Rachel [4478] weeping [2799] for her [846] children [5043], and [2532] would [2309] not [3756] be comforted [3870], because [3754] they are [1526] not [3756].
19 But [1161] when Herod [2264] was dead [5053], behold [2400], an angel [32] of the Lord [2962] appeareth [5316] in [2596] a dream [3677] to Joseph [2501] in [1722] Egypt [125],
20 Saying [3004], Arise [1453], and take [3880] the young child [3813] and [2532] his [846] mother [3384], and [2532] go [4198] into [1519] the land [1093] of Israel [2474]: for [1063] they are dead [2348] which [3588] sought [2212] the young child's [3813] life [5590].
21 And [1161] he arose [1453], and took [3880] the young child [3813] and [2532] his [846] mother [3384], and [2532] came [2064] into [1519] the land [1093] of Israel [2474].
22 But [1161] when he heard [191] that [3754] Archelaus [745] did reign [936] in [1909] Judaea [2449] in the room [473] of his [846] father [3962] Herod [2264], he was afraid [5399] to go [565] thither [1563]: notwithstanding [1161], being warned of God [5537] in [2596] a dream [3677], he turned aside [402] into [1519] the parts [3313] of Galilee [1056]:
23 And [2532] he came [2064] and dwelt [2730] in [1519] a city [4172] called [3004] Nazareth [3478]: that [3704] it might be fulfilled [4137] which [3588] was spoken [4483] by [1223] the prophets [4396], [3754] He shall be called [2564] a Nazarene [3480].
39 And [2532] when [5613] they had performed [5055] all things [537] according [2596] to the law [3551] of the Lord [2962], they returned [5290] into [1519] Galilee [1056], to [1519] their own [846] city [4172] Nazareth [3478].
18 In that day [03117] shall five [02568] cities [05892] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] speak [01696] the language [08193] of Canaan [03667], and swear [07650] to the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; one [0259] shall be called [0559], The city [05892] of destruction [02041].
20 But [1161] while he [846] thought on [1760] these things [5023], behold [2400], the angel [32] of the Lord [2962] appeared [5316] unto him [846] in [2596] a dream [3677], saying [3004], Joseph [2501], thou son [5207] of David [1138], fear [5399] not [3361] to take [3880] unto thee [4675] Mary [3137] thy wife [1135]: for [1063] that which is conceived [1080] in [1722] her [846] is [2076] of [1537] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151].