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Matthew 2:21

And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

KJV

ὁ δὲ ἐγερθεὶς παρέλαβεν τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς γῆν Ἰσραήλ.

Greek NT

Qui consurgens, accepit puerum, et matrem ejus, et venit in terram Israël.

Vulgate

And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

ASV

Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἰσέρχομαι
eiserchomai
verb · 195×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μήτηρ
meter
noun · 84×
παιδίον
paidion
noun · 52×
παραλαμβάνω
paralambano
verb · 49×
ἐγείρω
egeiro
verb · 143×
Ἰσραήλ
israel
noun · 68×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: εἰσῆλθεν | WH/Treg/NIV: εἰσῆλθεν | RP: ἦλθεν
  • εἰσῆλθενSBLGNT
  • εἰσῆλθενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἦλθενRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 6:22 — Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
  • Heb 11:8 — By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.