Matthew 2:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another road.

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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.

Matthew 2:12 Cross References

Matthew 2:22

But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And after being warned in a dream, he went away to the district of Galilee.

Matthew 2:19

When Herod died, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said,

Matthew 2:13

Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”

Matthew 27:19

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for today I have suffered a great deal because of a dream about him.”

Matthew 1:20

But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.

Genesis 31:24

But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night and said to him, “Take heed that you say not a word to Jacob, either good or bad.”

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, warned by God about events as yet unseen, respected the warning and built an ark to save his household; by this he condemned the world and became an heir to the righteousness that is in accordance with faith.

Acts 5:29

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.

Acts 4:19

But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge;

Daniel 2:19

Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night, and Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

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,”

Luke 2:26

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.

Acts 10:22

They answered, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish people, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear what you have to say.”

Hebrews 8:5

They offer worship in a sanctuary that is a sketch and shadow of the heavenly one, just as Moses was warned when he was about to erect the tent. For, God said, “See that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain.”