Matthew 2:22 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²² But when he heard that Archelaus reigned over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district 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

Psalm 121:8

The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and for evermore.

Psalm 48:14

that this is God, our God for ever and ever. He will be our guide for ever.

Psalm 73:24

Thou dost guide me with thy counsel, and afterward thou wilt receive me to glory.

Isaiah 30:21

And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.

Matthew 1:20

But as he considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit;

Matthew 2:1

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying,

Matthew 2:19

But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,

Matthew 2:21

And he rose and took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel.

Matthew 3:13

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

Luke 2:39

And when they had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

John 7:52

They replied, “Are you from Galilee too? Search and you will see that no prophet is to rise from Galilee.”

1 Samuel 16:2

And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’