Matthew 2:13

New Century Version

After they left, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt, because Herod is starting to look for the child so he can kill him. Stay in Egypt until I tell you to return.”

Cross References

1 Kings 11:17

At that time Hadad was only a young boy, so he ran away to Egypt with some of his father’s officers.

1 Kings 3:5

While he was at Gibeon, the Lord appeared to him in a dream during the night. God said, “Ask for whatever you want me to give you.”

Job 33:15

He speaks in a dream or a vision of the night when people are in a deep sleep, lying on their beds.

Job 33:17

to turn them away from doing wrong and to keep them from being proud.

Exodus 1:22

So the king commanded all his people, “Every time a boy is born to the Hebrews, you must throw him into the Nile River, but let all the girl babies live.”

Matthew 1:20

While Joseph thought about these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream. The angel said, “Joseph, descendant of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the baby in her is from the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 10:23

When you are treated badly in one city, run to another city. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Matthew 2:12

But God warned the wise men in a dream not to go back to Herod, so they returned to their own country by a different way.

Matthew 2:14

So Joseph got up and left for Egypt during the night with the child and his mother.

Matthew 2:16

When Herod saw that the wise men had tricked him, he was furious. So he gave an order to kill all the baby boys in Bethlehem and in the surrounding area who were two years old or younger. This was in keeping with the time he learned from the wise men.

Matthew 2:22

But he heard that Archelaus was now king in Judea since his father Herod had died. So Joseph was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the area of Galilee,

Acts 10:22

They said, “A holy angel spoke to Cornelius, an army officer and a good man; he worships God. All the people respect him. The angel told Cornelius to ask you to come to his house so that he can hear what you have to say.”

Acts 10:7

When the angel who spoke to Cornelius left, Cornelius called two of his servants and a soldier, a religious man who worked for him.

Acts 12:11

Then Peter realized what had happened. He thought, “Now I know that the Lord really sent his angel to me. He rescued me from Herod and from all the things the people thought would happen.”

Acts 12:7

Suddenly, an angel of the Lord stood there, and a light shined in the cell. The angel struck Peter on the side and woke him up. “Hurry! Get up!” the angel said. And the chains fell off Peter’s hands.

Acts 16:36

The jailer said to Paul, “The officers have sent an order to let you go free. You can leave now. Go in peace.”

Acts 5:19

But during the night, an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and led the apostles outside. The angel said,

Acts 7:19

This king tricked our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to leave their babies outside to die.

Joshua 3:13

The priests will carry the Ark of the Lord, the Master of the whole world, into the Jordan ahead of you. When they step into the water, it will stop. The river will stop flowing and will stand up in a heap.”

Joshua 3:17

The priests carried the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord to the middle of the river and stood there on dry ground. They waited there while all the people of Israel walked across the Jordan River on dry land.

Joshua 4:10

The priests carrying the Ark continued standing in the middle of the river until everything was done that the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people, just as Moses had told Joshua. The people hurried across the river.

Joshua 4:18

Then the priests carried the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord out of the river. As soon as their feet touched dry land, the water began flowing again. The river again overflowed its banks, just as it had before they crossed.

Revelation 12:14

But the woman was given the two wings of a great eagle so she could fly to the place prepared for her in the desert. There she would be taken care of for three and one-half years, away from the snake.

Revelation 12:4

His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and threw them down to the earth. He stood in front of the woman who was ready to give birth so he could eat her baby as soon as it was born.

Revelation 12:6

The woman ran away into the desert to a place God prepared for her where she would be taken care of for one thousand two hundred sixty days.