Matthew 2:12 KJV — MannaFest

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.

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ASV

And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

WEB

And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.

YLT

and having been divinely warned in a dream not to turn back unto Herod, through another way they withdrew to their own region.

DBT

And being divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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Matthew 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 thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Matthew 2:19
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
Matthew 2:22
But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea 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 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.
Matthew 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 conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.

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Those that mean honestly and well themselves are easily made to believe that others do so too, and cannot think the world is as bad as it really is; but the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation. We do not find that the wise men promised to come back to Herod, and, if they had, it must have been with the usual proviso, If God permit;

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed--or, "withdrew." to their own country another way--What a surprise would this vision be to the sages, just as they were preparing to carry the glad news of what they had seen to the pious king! But the Lord knew the bloody old tyrant better than to let him see their face again.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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MAT 2:12MAT 2:13 MAT 1:20
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MAT 2:12MAT 2:13 ACT 10:7
MAT 2:12MAT 1:20 PRO 3:5-6
MAT 2:12MAT 2:13 ACT 5:19
MAT 2:12MAT 2:13 EXO 1:22
MAT 2:12MAT 2:13 ACT 12:11
MAT 2:12MAT 1:20 LUK 1:19
MAT 2:12MAT 1:20 MAT 1:18

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