Matthew 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.
KJV
λέγων, ἐγερθεὶς παράλαβε τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ πορεύου εἰς γῆν Ἰσραήλ, τεθνήκασιν γὰρ οἱ ζητοῦντες τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ παιδίου.
Greek NT
dicens : Surge, et accipe puerum, et matrem ejus, et vade in terram Israël : defuncti sunt enim qui quærebant animam pueri.
Vulgate
Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead that sought the young child’s life.
ASV
Saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel. For they are dead that sought the life of the child.
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Exod 4:19 · echo"And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life."Exodus: those who sought your life are dead — return from Egypt like Moses
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Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 11:21 — And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
- 1Kgs 11:40 — Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
- 1Kgs 12:1 — And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
- Eccl 9:6 — Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
- Exod 4:19 — And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
- Exod 4:19 — And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
- Isa 26:14 — They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
- Judg 9:5 — And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal w
- 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 2:14 — When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
- Matt 12:46 — While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
- Prov 3:5 — Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.