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Matthew 2:22 KJV
Matthew · chapter 2 · verse 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 Galilee:Matthew 2:22 · King James Version
Matthew 2:22 in context
20Saying, 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.
21And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
22But 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 Galilee:
23And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ArchelausarchelaosArchelaus = " prince of the people" , A son of Herod the Great by Malthace, the…G745 →
- thitherekeithere, in or to that placeG1563 →
- JudaeaioudaiaJudaea = " he shall be praised" , in a narrower sense, to the southern portion of…G2449 →
- fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- afraidphobeōto put to flight by terrifying , to put to flight, to flee, to fear, be afraid, to be…G5399 →
- heardakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
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We have here Christ's return out of Egypt into the land of Israel again. Egypt may serve to sojourn in, or take shelter in, for a while, but not to abide in. Christ was sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, and therefore to them he must return. Observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-23