Matthew 2:12 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 2:12

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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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Commentary

4 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Warned of God - This was done, doubtless, because, if they had given Herod precise information where he was, it would have been easy for him to send forth and kill him. And from this we learn that God will watch over those whom He loves; that He knows how to foil the purposes of the wicked, and to deliver His own out of the hands of those who would destroy them. In a dream - See the note at Mat 1:20.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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;

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

It is not known who these wise men were. Their names and dwelling-place are alike kept back from us. We are only told that they came “from the east.” Whether they were Chaldeans or Arabians we cannot say. Whether they learned to expect Christ from the ten tribes who went into captivity, or from the prophecies of Daniel, we do not know. It matters little who they were. The point which concerns us most is the rich instruction which their history conveys.

Modern Voices1 voice

G.K. Chesterton

1874–1936

The Everlasting Man, Part II Ch. 1 "The God in the Cave" (1925)

That truth that is tradition has wisely remembered them almost as unknown quantities, as mysterious as their mysterious and melodious names: Melchior, Caspar, Balthazar.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
χρηματισθέντες	chrēmatisthentes	having been divinely warned	G5537 →
κατ᾽	kat᾽	in	G2596 →
ὄναρ	onar	a dream	G3677 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἀνακάμψαι	anakampsai	to return	G344 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
Ἡρῴδην,	Hērōdēn	Herod,	G2264 →
δι᾽	di᾽	through	G1223 →
ἄλλης	allēs	another	G243 →
ὁδοῦ	hodou	route	G3598 →
ἀνεχώρησαν	anechōrēsan	they withdrew	G402 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
χώραν	chōran	country	G5561 →
αὐτῶν.¶	autōn	of them.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 2:13
When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I…
leads to
- Matthew 1:20
  But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife,…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 10:7
  When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.
- Acts 5:19
  But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,
- Exodus 1:22
  Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
- Acts 12:11
  Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
Through
Matthew 1:20
But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife,…
leads to
- Proverbs 3:5–6
  Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
- Luke 1:19
  “I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
- Matthew 1:18
  This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy…