Matthew 2:12 - Tree of Life Version

¹² And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to 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

Genesis 31:24

But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and said to him, “Watch yourself—lest you say anything to Jacob, good or bad.”

Exodus 1:17

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

Daniel 2:19

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

Matthew 1:20

But while he considered these things, behold, an angel of Adonai appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Miriam as your wife, for the Child conceived in her is from the Ruach ha-Kodesh.

Matthew 2:13

Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of Adonai appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the Child, to kill Him.”

Matthew 2:19

But when Herod died, behold, an angel of Adonai appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

Matthew 2:22

But hearing that Archelaus was king of Judea in place of his father Herod, he became afraid to go there. Then after being warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of the Galilee.

Matthew 27:19

While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “Don’t have anything to do with that righteous Man, for today I’ve suffered many things in a dream because of Him.”

Luke 2:26

And it had been revealed to him by the Ruach ha-Kodesh that he would not die before he had seen the Anointed One of Adonai.

Acts 10:22

And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man well-spoken of by all the Jewish people, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

Acts 4:19

But Peter and John replied, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you decide.

Acts 5:29

Peter and the emissaries replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

1 Corinthians 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the sight of God. For it is written, “He catches the clever in their craftiness.”

Hebrews 11:7

By faith Noah, when warned about events not yet seen, in holy fear prepared an ark for the safety of his household. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Hebrews 8:5

They offer service in a replica and foreshadower of the heavenlies—one that is just as Moses was instructed by God when he was about to complete the tabernacle. For He says, “See that you make everything according to the design that was shown to you on the mountain.”