Matthew 2:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

They stayed there until Herod died, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled, saying [Hosea 11:1], “I [i.e., God] called my Son out of Egypt.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And remained there until Herod's death. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, Out of Egypt have I called My Son. [Hos. 11:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son.

Common English Bible

He stayed there until Herod died. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: I have called my son out of Egypt.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he remained there, until the death of Herod, in order to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: "Out of Egypt, I called my son."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Matthew 2:15 Cross References

Matthew 1:22

Now all this happened in order to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet [Isaiah 7:14], saying,

Matthew 2:14

So he got up, took the young child and His mother at night and went to Egypt.

Matthew 2:17

This fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

Matthew 2:19

Then when Herod was dead, an angel from the Lord appeared in a [supernatural] dream to Joseph [while he was still] in Egypt, saying,

Matthew 2:23

and settled in a town called Nazareth, so that it could fulfill what was spoken by the prophets [Isa. 11:1 in the Hebrew text] that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.

Matthew 21:4

Now this will happen in order to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying,

Matthew 26:54

How [else] then should the Scriptures be fulfilled that this must happen [than what is taking place]?”

Matthew 26:56

But all this has happened so that the Scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all of His disciples left Him and ran away.

Matthew 27:35

And after they had crucified Him, the soldiers divided His clothing among themselves by gambling for them.

Matthew 8:17

This was in order to fulfill what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, [Isa. 53:4], “[He] Himself took [care of] our [physical] weaknesses and carried [away] our diseases.”

Luke 24:44

Then Jesus said to the apostles, “These are the words that I told you while I was still with you, [when I said] that everything written in the Law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms about me needed to be fulfilled.”

John 19:28

Now Jesus knew that everything had been completed [i.e., relating to His crucifixion], so then He said, in order to fulfill Scripture [Psa. 69:21], “I am thirsty.”

John 19:36

For these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled [Ex. 12:46], “Not a [single] bone of his will be broken.”

Acts 1:16

[He said], “Brothers, it was necessary that the Scriptures be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit spoke through King David about Judas, who guided the soldiers who came to arrest Jesus.