Matthew 2:14
When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
KJV
ὁ δὲ ἐγερθεὶς παρέλαβεν τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ νυκτὸς καὶ ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον,
Greek NT
Qui consurgens accepit puerum et matrem ejus nocte, et secessit in Ægyptum :
Vulgate
And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt;
ASV
Who arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death of Herod:
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Αἴγυπτος
aiguptos
noun · 25×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μήτηρ
meter
noun · 84×
νύξ
nux
noun · 61×
παιδίον
paidion
noun · 52×
παραλαμβάνω
paralambano
verb · 49×
ἀναχωρέω
anachoreo
verb · 13×
ἐγείρω
egeiro
verb · 143×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§530The flight into Egypt and the massacre of the innocents217 make manifest the opposition of darkness to the light: "He came to his own home, and his own people received him not."218 Christ's whole life was lived under the sign of persecution. His own share it with him.219 Jesus' departure from Egypt recalls the exodus and presents him as the definitive liberator of God's people.…
'When he arose, he took the young child and His mother by night, and departed into Egypt: and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called My Son.' See Matt. ii. 14-15 and Hos. xi. 1. Here again is prophecy fulfilled. In Hosea, God speaks of Israel as His son called out of Egypt; b…
Cross-references
- Acts 26:21 — For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
- Matt 1:24 — Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
- Matt 2:20 — Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.