Matthew 2:12
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
KJV
καὶ χρηματισθέντες κατ’ ὄναρ μὴ ἀνακάμψαι πρὸς Ἡρῴδην, δι’ ἄλλης ὁδοῦ ἀνεχώρησαν εἰς τὴν χώραν αὐτῶν.
Greek NT
Et responso accepto in somnis ne redirent ad Herodem, per aliam viam reversi sunt in regionem suam.
Vulgate
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
ASV
And having received an answer in sleep that they should not return to Herod, they went back another way into their country.
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
χρηματίζω
chrematizo
verb · 9×
χώρα
chora
noun · 28×
ἀνακάμπτω
anakampto
verb · 4×
ἀναχωρέω
anachoreo
verb · 13×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
Ἡρώδης
erodes
noun · 43×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὁδός
odos
noun · 101×
ὄναρ
onar
noun · 6×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§486The Father's only Son, conceived as man in the womb of the Virgin Mary, is "Christ", that is to say, anointed by the Holy Spirit, from the beginning of his human existence, though the manifestation of this fact takes place only progressively: to the shepherds, to the magi, to John the Baptist, to the disciples.123 Thus the whole life of Jesus Christ will make manifest "how God …
2. And when they were departed, behold, an angel appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young Child and His mother, and flee into Egypt. Matthew 2:13 There is something here worth inquiring into, both touching the magi, and touching the Child; for if even they were not troubled, but received all with faith, it is worthy of examination on our part, why they an…
Cross-references
- Acts 4:19 — But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
- Acts 5:29 — Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
- Dan 2:19 — Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
- Exod 1:17 — But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
- Gen 20:3 — But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
- Gen 20:6 — And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
- Gen 28:12 — And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
- Gen 31:24 — And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
- Heb 11:7 — By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness whi
- Job 33:15 — In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
- Matt 1:20 — But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceiv
- Matt 2:13 — 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
- Matt 2:13 — 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
- Matt 2:19 — But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
- Matt 2:19 — But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
- Matt 2:22 — But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea 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 Ga
- Matt 2:22 — But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea 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 Ga
- Matt 27:19 — When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
- Matt 27:19 — When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
- Num 12:6 — And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.