Matthew 2:22 - English Majority Text Version 2009

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judæa 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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² But because he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in the place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judæa in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither; and being warned of God in a dream, he withdrew into the parts of Galilee,

Common English Bible

²² But when he heard that Archelaus ruled over Judea in place of his father Herod, Joseph was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he went to the area of Galilee.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² Then, hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned in sleep, he withdrew into parts of Galilee.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judea in the room of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither: and being warned in sleep retired into the quarters of Galilee.

Matthew 2:22 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 2:1

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East arrived in Jerusalem,

Matthew 2:19

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

Matthew 2:21

Then he rose and took along the young Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

Matthew 3:13

Then Jesus arrived from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.

Luke 2:39

So when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

John 7:52

They answered and said to him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search and see, because no prophet has arisen out of Galilee."