Matthew 2:15

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Joseph stayed in Egypt until Herod died. This gave full meaning to what the Lord said through the prophet: “I called my son to come out of Egypt.”

Cross References

Hosea 11:1

The Lord said, “I loved Israel when he was a child, and I called my son out of Egypt.

Exodus 4:22

Then you should say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son.

Numbers 24:8

“God brought them out of Egypt. They are as strong as a wild ox. They will defeat all their enemies. They will break their bones and shatter their arrows.

Luke 24:44

Jesus said to them, “Remember when I was with you before? I said that everything written about me must happen—everything written in the Law of Moses, the books of the prophets, and the Psalms.”

Matthew 1:22

All this happened to make clear the full meaning of what the Lord said through the prophet:

Matthew 26:54

But it must happen this way to show the truth of what the Scriptures said.”

Matthew 21:4

This showed the full meaning of what the prophet said:

Matthew 8:17

So Jesus made clear the full meaning of what Isaiah the prophet said: “He took away our diseases and carried away our sicknesses.” Isaiah 53:4

Matthew 2:23

He went to a town called Nazareth and lived there. This gave full meaning to what God said through the prophets. God said the Messiah would be called a Nazarene.

Matthew 2:19

While Joseph was in Egypt, Herod died. An angel from the Lord came to Joseph in a dream

Matthew 2:17

This gave full meaning to what God said through the prophet Jeremiah:

John 19:36

These things happened to give full meaning to the Scriptures that said, “None of his bones will be broken”

John 19:28

Later, Jesus knew that everything had been done. To make the Scriptures come true he said, “I am thirsty.”

Matthew 26:56

But all these things have happened to show the full meaning of what the prophets wrote.” Then all of Jesus’ followers left him and ran away.

Acts 1:16

“Brothers and sisters, in the Scriptures the Holy Spirit said through David that something must happen. He was talking about Judas, one of our own group. Judas served together with us. The Spirit said that Judas would lead men to arrest Jesus.”

Matthew 27:35

The soldiers nailed Jesus to a cross. Then they threw dice to divide his clothes between them.

Matthew 2:14

So Joseph got ready and left for Egypt with the child and the mother. They left during the night.