Matthew 2:12 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹² And having been divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew into their own country by another way.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And receiving an answer to their asking, they were divinely instructed and warned in a dream not to go back to Herod; so they departed to their own country by a different way.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

Common English Bible

¹² Because they were warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country by another route.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And having received a response in sleep that they should not return to Herod, they went back by another way to their own region.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And having received an answer in sleep that they should not return to Herod, they went back another way into their country.

Matthew 2:12 Cross References

Matthew 1:20

But while he was thinking about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take unto [you] Mary your wife, for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 2:13

Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise, and take along the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is about to seek the young Child to destroy Him."

Matthew 2:19

Now after Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

Matthew 2:22

But hearing that Archelaus was reigning over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being divinely instructed in a dream, he withdrew into the regions of Galilee.

Matthew 27:19

Now as he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that just Man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him."

Luke 2:26

And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he should see the Lord's Christ.

Acts 10:22

And they said, "Cornelius the centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, having a good reputation among all the nation of the Jews, was given a revelation by a holy angel to send for you to his house, and to hear words from you."

Acts 4:19

But Peter and John answered them and said, "Whether it is right before God to hear you rather than God, you judge.

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles answered, and said: "We must obey God rather than men.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness";

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, having being warned [by God] concerning the things[ ]not yet seen, being reverent, prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, through which he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

Hebrews 8:5

who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses had been warned when he was about to complete the tabernacle, for He says, "See, you shall make all things according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain."