Matthew 2:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The angel said, “Get up and take the child and his mother back to Israel. The people who wanted to kill him are now dead.”

Cross References

1 Kings 11:21

When Hadad heard that David and Joab were dead, he said to the king, “Your Majesty, please let me go back to my own country.”

1 Kings 11:40

When Solomon learnt what the LORD had told Jeroboam, Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam. But he escaped to King Shishak of Egypt and stayed there until Solomon died.

Exodus 4:19

But even before this, the LORD had told Moses, “Leave the land of Midian and return to Egypt. Everyone who wanted to kill you is dead.”

Matthew 2:13

After the wise men had gone, an angel from the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Hurry and take the child and his mother to Egypt! Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is looking for the child and wants to kill him.”

Matthew 2:19

After King Herod died, an angel from the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph while he was still in Egypt.

Matthew 2:21

Joseph got up and left with them for Israel.